Timnath council approves municipal-adviser engagement, traffic‑calming contract and development‑review extension

The Timnath Town Council unanimously approved three separate resolutions on April 8, 2025, to advance financing work for a potential recreation center, begin neighborhood traffic‑calming implementation, and extend outside development‑review services while the town continues hiring.

The measures matter because they set the town’s near‑term path on a possible voter ballot measure for a recreation center, allocate the first implementation funding for a resident‑driven traffic‑calming program, and close a staffing gap in development review that could slow permit processing.

Director Lisa Gagliardi presented the first item, Resolution No. 26, Series 2025, asking the council to engage UMB Financial Services Inc. for debt advisory and ballot‑issue services tied to a potential recreation center ballot measure. The council approved the engagement unanimously. The contract is staged: if the town does not pursue a ballot issue the advisor’s fee is $5,000; if a ballot measure is pursued but fails the fee is $7,500; if the ballot measure passes the advisor would serve in a debt‑advisory capacity with fees estimated at $2 per $1,000 of bonds (equivalent to $2,000 per $1,000,000), which staff said would equal about 0.2% of the total bond…