Council approves consent agenda with added $300,000 appropriation for stadium enhancement

Petersburg City Councilors moved and approved the consent agenda and a late addition to the agenda at the May 6 work session.

Councilor Myers moved to approve the consent agenda as stated (items A–H); Councilor Smith Lee seconded. The roll call recorded aye votes from Councilor Cuthbert, Councilor Jones, Councilor Myers, Councilor Westbrook, Councilor Smith Lee, Vice Mayor Hill and Mayor Perham. Later in the meeting Councilor Westbrook moved and Councilor Smith Lee seconded adding a final appropriation of $300,000 from the city toward the stadium enhancement committee’s sports training facility at the high school; that motion passed on a roll call with the same unanimous ayes. Following the addition, Councilor Myers moved and Councilor Westbrook seconded approval of the consent agenda with the added item; the roll call again recorded aye votes from all present council members.

The consent agenda included (as listed in the meeting packet) several routine items and first readings: approval of minutes from April meetings, scheduling public hearings on the FY‑26 operating budget and school budget, first read and schedule public hearings for an ordinance authorizing the city manager to execute a purchase option between the city and Substrate LLC for development of portions of North Union Street and West Ham Street, and a first reading and scheduling of a public hearing to adopt the FY‑26 tax rate. The agenda packet item referencing the purchase option did not include a plat or map; a councilor requested that the city manager provide a plat and map before the item returns for final action.

Ending

Council approved the consent items and asked staff to supply a plat or map for the purchase‑option property prior to the final hearing and to publicize upcoming budget community meetings.