Norfolk Daily News

Tuesday – April 22, 2008

Monday marked the last city council meeting for Mike Nolan, who’s becoming executive director of the League Association of Risk Management next week.

Mayor Gordon Adams called Nolan a loyal and effective city administrator. He served in the post for 28 years.

“We will have a difficult time to find anyone to actually replace him,’’ Adams said, adding that it was appropriate to give Nolan a round of applause.

Nolan responded by saying that while there were things the city couldn’t get done recently, there were two accomplishments on the legislative front.

One was placing on the November ballot a constitutional amendment to enable the Legislature to pass a bill to use revenue other than sales tax and property tax for economic development. The other was rejection of a bill to extend workers’ compensation to first responders, which Gov. Dave Heineman vetoed Monday.

An open house for Nolan is set Sunday, April 27, from 2-4 p.m. at the Norfolk Arts Center. There will be a short program at 3 p.m.