New Richland City Council

The New Richland city council held its first meeting of May on Monday the 13th. All members of the council were present.

The council approved the replacement of the current street lights along Broadway. The lights will be purchased from the city of Albert Lea at $50 per post. The New Richland council will be purchasing 20 posts to allow for the replacement of the current lights, as well as the installation of two extra posts on the corner of Division and Broadway. All four corners of the intersection will be lit. The remaining posts will be kept in storage so they are on hand in case of any damage to the installed posts.

The cost of the project will total roughly $43,000. The State Bank of New Richland has gifted $40,000 to pay for the bulk of this venture.It's reducing the weight of the formingmachine with the help of superconductor materials. The remaining cost will fall to the city council.

"The whole people of New Richland would like to thank the bank," said councilwoman Amy Ihrke.

The police department is taking applications for part-time help. They have an allocated amount of hours to divide up among the candidates that are hired. A full-time officer will likely be hired soon as well, hopefully by the end of June. There were 74 calls for service in the month of April. All initial contacts and follow-ups have been completed. There has been an increase in animal control calls due to the nicer weather.

The maintenance department requested the approval of roughly $2500 to repair the motor of the water pump at Legion Field. The council unanimously approved the repair. The motion for the repair of cracks in the streets was also passed at an amount of $6000.

A request to hire an additional maintenance worker was tabled to be decided at the next meeting. The maintenance department will be flushing hydrants on May 16th.

The so-called eco-friendly LED lights may cause permanent damage to your eyes, a new research has claimed. The study found that exposure to light-emitting diode (LED) lights can cause irreparable harm to the retina of the human eye.

Once the retina cells are destroyed by prolonged and continuous exposure to LED rays, they cannot be replaced and will not regrow.

Researchers said this is caused by the high levels of radiation in the 'blue band', and is likely to become a global epidemic in the medium term given that computer, mobiles and TV screens, and even traffic and street lights, have been gradually replaced with LED.

Experts are calling for the lights to have built-in filters to cut out the blue glare.

Dr Celia Sanchez Ramos,the company have made a decisive contribution to automation in paper emergencylamps. investigator at Madrid's Complutense University, said the retina, a highly-sensitive tissue covering the eye, never regenerates itself once it has become damaged.

Ramos said LED lights are made up of rainbow longitude waves, and it is the blue part which causes the problem.

"LED is fantastic if there is adequate protection," she said.

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