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Council accepts donated dinosaur statue for police-station corner to boost tourism
Summary
Seymour will accept an AES Global Energy-funded dinosaur statue and place it on the police-station corner to mark a gateway to downtown and the dinosaur museum.
The Seymour City Council on March 20 approved accepting a donated dinosaur statue funded by AES Global Energy and authorized placement of the sculpture in the police-station parking area as a visual gateway toward downtown and the local dinosaur museum.
AES (a company working in the area alongside wind-farm developers) offered to pay for the fiberglass/metal statue and for related site work. Council members discussed placement, security and landscaping; staff noted the installation will require moving and resetting a flagpole and building a low base platform and that solar lighting options may be used to minimize new wiring.
Council voted unanimously, 4-0, to accept the donation and proceed with placement on the corner of the police station lot. The city indicated contractors or city crews would fabricate a metal mounting stage and prepare the 16-foot circular base area so the roughly 14.5-foot-long statue will sit about 7 feet tall on its platform.
Council members said the statue is intended to attract visitors to Seymour’s downtown and dinosaur museum, and they asked staff to prioritize installation in time for or shortly after the June PaleoFest tourism event if schedules allow. Councilwoman Debbie Gillespie moved the approval; the motion was seconded and carried 4-0.
