Chat with City Council members on June 25

SUMMER UPDATE

After the success of this year's Coffee with the Council sessions, Council members will take advantage of the warmer months to visit the City's parks for informal discussions. The first will be Tuesday, June 25, from 5 to 7 p.m. near the spla...

Council appoints new Police Chief

The Rosemount City Council on June 4 appointed Interim Police Chief Mikael Dahlstrom to serve as the community’s permanent Chief.

Chief Dahlstrom has served his entire law enforcement career with the Rosemount Police Department. He had been servi...

Get a quick building permit by going online

Rosemount residents and builders who want to file for a quick building permit can now apply and pay online for certain projects.

The City has implemented an online permitting system, effective June 3. Users can access the form to get a permit via the City ...

Share your views on rec center planning

The City's consultant on a possible indoor recreation center shared the results of research into Rosemount's needs and what a project might include during an open house on May 20.

292 Design Group displayed a list of features the community could use, based...

Hydrant maintenance begins in May

Hydrant flushing in Rosemount is tentatively scheduled to begin in early May and continue for 3-4 weeks.  

Every spring, our utility crews flush more than 1,400 City water hydrants. This process helps clear mineral deposits from the water mains an...

Rosemount ranks nationally for conservation pledges

Rosemount ranked tenth in the nation this year in an initiative to encourage conservation of water and other resources.

The initiative was the National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation. Rosemount's rank was in the top ten for cities its size (less ...

Retail, recreation highlighted in State of the City address

Rosemount Mayor Bill Droste described the community’s high quality of life and explained how the City will work to improve it even more during his 2019 State of the City message.

“We are aggressively working with developers to bring more retail to Rosemoun...

City awarded for financial reporting

[This news release was provided by the Government Finance Officers Association. This is the 22nd consecutive year that the City of Rosemount has won the award.]

(Chicago, lllinois)--The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has b...

Rosemount Police Chief to retire

Rosemount Police Chief Mitchell Scott has notified the City that he will retire to accept a position in the private sector.

Chief Scott will leave the Rosemount Police Department effective February 28.

In his letter notifying the City of his plans, Chief Sc...

Droste, Weisensel take roles with National League of Cities

Rosemount Mayor Bill Droste and Council member Jeff Weisensel have been reappointed to committees of the National League of Cities (NLC) for 2019. The Council member will take on additional duties within the organization.

As committee members, the Rosemoun...

City Clerk is Rosemount's Employee of the Year

City Clerk Erin Fasbender has been named the City of Rosemount’s 2018 Employee of the Year for her service to the organization and the community it serves.

In the nomination of Fasbender for the award, she was described as “always willi...

City planning for possible recreational facility

[Comment on planning for a potential facility by email.]

The City of Rosemount is moving forward on a project that will meet long-time goals of the community and keep us at the forefront as one of the best places to live. The project could lead to new indo...

City Council approves Energy Action Plan

The Rosemount City Council has approved a plan to make the community a leader in sustainability and energy conservation. The Council voted July 17 to enact an Energy Action Plan.

As part of the Plan, Rosemount has set a community-wide goal of reducing its ...

Emerald Ash Borer detected in Rosemount

An insect that threatens ash trees has been detected in Rosemount. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) on May 18 confirmed the presence of emerald ash borer (EAB) on private property just south of Rosemount High School. The affected tree had bee...