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Mount Carmel Kiwanis requests use of Southgate Industrial Park for two-day circus to fund Park Road shelter
Summary
Wayne Walden, representing the Mount Carmel Kiwanis Club, asked the council for permission to use Southgate Industrial Park (or a private alternate lot) for a two-day circus; proceeds would fund construction of a shelter house on Park Road. No formal vote on the request was recorded.
Wayne Walden, representing the Mount Carmel Kiwanis Club, asked the Mount Carmel City Council for permission to use the Southgate Industrial Park for a two-day circus and carnival whose proceeds would fund a shelter house on Park Road.
Why it matters: The event is intended as a local fundraiser to rebuild or replace a shelter house at Park Road and would bring a multi-show family event to the city.
Walden thanked the mayor, council and city employees for recent snow- and ice-removal work, then described the Kiwanis plan. He said the group previously ran a two-day event that drew "over 800 people" and hopes to host four shows this time (two per day). He described prior problems with the city lot’s high water table that forced a last-minute move two years ago to a private lot owned by Clint and Kent Harrison; Walden said the Harrisons had agreed to let the Kiwanis use their lot if needed.
On schedule, Walden said the two daily shows would run at 2:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. He said proceeds "we will receive from that... we're, going to put towards the shelter house out on Park Road, and we're working on getting that tore down." The transcript does not show a formal council vote or a staff report granting a permit; Walden’s request was presented during the visitors/public-comment portion of the meeting.
What was not decided: No formal permit or rental approval for Southgate Industrial Park (or the Harrison lot) was recorded in the meeting transcript. Any council authorization, insurance, site agreement or facility-use permit would require additional action.
Next steps: The Kiwanis Club will work with city staff on required permissions and logistics; the council did not record a formal decision at this meeting.
