Among the items on tonight's Chaska City Council agenda is:

* Electric francise fees

NOTE: A worksession to discuss the MMPA Hometown Wind Power Program as well as police administrative fines will take place at 6 p.m.

Chaska City Council meetings are held the first, third and fifth Mondays of each month at 7 p.m. at Chaska City Hall, One City Hall Plaza.

Among the items on tonight's Chaska City Council agenda are:

* Ridgeview's 212 Medical Center project

* Stop sign plan for Hundertmark Heights

* Chaska Community Land Trust presentation

Chaska City Council meetings are held the first, third and fifth Mondays of each month at 7 p.m. at Chaska City Hall, One City Hall Plaza.

It has been six months since the final stretch of new Highway 212 opened, linking the southwest metro to I-494 and the rest of the Twin Cities.

The nearly 12-mile, $238 million section of freeway between Eden Prairie and Carver was completed in July and has been leaving its mark on the area ever since.

“This is a safety issue pure and simple,” Chaska City Engineer Bill Monk told the council Monday night as he presented a concept plan to install a traffic signal on Highway 41 at Second Street.

Greg Boe is no stranger to long meetings. Years on the Jonathan Association Board of Directors and the Chaska Planning Comission have seasoned the 49-year-old Chaskan for the next logical step in servant leadership: city council.

“It’s a natural step,” said Boe, who defeated Sara Machakaire in November to become Chaska’s Ward 2 councilor.

If there is a group that meets on regular basis in Chaska, chances are Rick Ford is currently or has previously been on it.

Ford’s curriculum vitae is six pages long, including more than a page of experience on various boards, foundations and committees – everything from Chaska Rotary and the Chaska Chamber of Commerce to the League of Women Voters and the Carver Scott Educational Foundation.

Monday night was the first time in three decades that someone other than Bob Lindall occupied the seat of the Ward 2 councilor.

If newcomer Greg Boe felt uncomfortable in the chair of the long-time councilor, it didn’t show. Instead, he paid homage to his predecessor and the mark Lindall made during his time on the council.

The council made several appointments to its various commissions Monday night.

Chad Hewitt was appointed to the Planning Commission, along with alternates Dan Keyport and Jean Personius.

Among the items on tonight's Chaska City Council agenda are:

* Public hearing for application for DEED Small Cities Grant for The Landing

* Second Street traffic light concept

* Commission appointments

Chaska City Council meetings are held the first, third and fifth Mondays of each month at 7 p.m. at Chaska City Hall, One City Hall Plaza.

Whether it was due to a vote for eminent domain use or a kick in the pants from the purported “good old boys” network or a polarizing stances, Jay Rohe will not be the mayor of Chaska come 2009. But despite losing his bid for mayor in this year’s election, the eight-year Ward 4 council veteran isn’t ruling out a return to the city’s political arena in 2010.