Hessville St. Patrick’s Day parade route forwarded to Public Works and EMA; police parade committee to coordinate logistics

A not-for-profit organizer from Hessville presented a revised route for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade and city officials moved to forward the request to Public Works and Emergency Management for barricade and traffic support.

Jaime Prieto, representing a Hessville not-for-profit that organizes the annual parade, told the hearing the parade will stage at Morton Elementary School and Harding and follow a revised route that proceeds down 170th to Kennedy, north on Kennedy to 160th, then east on 160th to Harding. Prieto said he had been in contact with School City and would pick up building-use permits. He asked the city for traffic-control assistance and said about 16 intersections would need to be blocked.

Prieto gave the parade date and times for the record: “it would be Saturday, March 15, with the staging beginning at 1, and parade beginning at 2,” he said. He also asked for coordination with EMA and Public Works for barricades.

City staff told Prieto that the police department is forming a parade committee that will handle parade requests and security coordination; staff said either Matthew Siegfried or Ryan Terry would likely contact him to finalize details. The hearing body voted to forward the parade request to Public Works and EMA for review and assistance.

The matter was forwarded to the appropriate city departments for permit review, traffic-control planning, and coordination with School City of Hammond for use of school parking lots for staging.