Lori Lundgren, Mayor Pro-Tem, presided over the first Haxtun Town Council meeting of the new year in absence of Haxtun Mayor Brandon Biesemeier. Council members met on Monday, Jan. 4 at the Haxtun Community Center to better practice social distancing, something they plan to do moving forward in 2021.

The meeting, which last just 32 minutes, opened with traditional beginning of the year business, by designating a public meeting posting location. As has been for years, members of the Haxtun Town Council voted to designate the front door of the Town Hall as the official posting location....