At the final Cloquet City Council meeting for the year and before heading into closed session, city officials and fellow councilors said goodbye to outgoing Mayor Dave Hallback along with council members Dave Bjerkness, Jeff Rock and Barb Wyman. All four ran for re-election but were defeated either in the primary or general election.

As one of the final business items of the year, the council voted 4-3 (Bjerkness, Roger Maki and Kerry Kolodge dissenting) to approve a tentative settlement with the new Teamsters union for the Cloquet police command staff, including the police chief and two co...