Seven days after a judge denied the city of Forest Lakeís request to annex the I-35 corridor of Columbus Township, the city has filed a motion for reconsideration. The city is asking Administrative Law Judge Beverly Jones Heydinger to reconsider her decision, made on July 6, based on new information about the townshipís wells, among other items. Heydingerís ruling denied Forest Lakeís request to annex an area of neighboring Columbus Township, but allowed Columbus Township to become a city.

On July 13, City Administrator Chip Robinson said in an affidavit that ìthe record and statements made by the Township engineer subsequent to the hearing in this case clearly show that Columbus Township is unable to meet the water demands and needs for fire suppression and commercial development in the I-35 corridor. ìThe city on the other hand, is willing and in a position to better provide municipal water to the I-35 corridor.î The ruling by the administrative law judge could come as early as this Friday.

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