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Baldwin City Council adopts three ordinances including street vacation and appointment process
Summary
The Baldwin City Council approved Ordinances No. 1526, 1527 and 1528. The council vacated a platted street cut (retaining a 10‑foot utility easement), and codified the council’s board‑appointment interview process; all three votes passed unanimously.
Baldwin City — The Baldwin City Council voted unanimously to adopt three ordinances during its meeting, approving measures that included a street vacation on the city’s southwest corner and a new written process for council appointments to several boards.
Ordinance No. 1526 was approved on a motion and roll-call vote, recorded as affirmative from Julie, Scott, Corey, Susan and Jay. City staff introduced Ordinance No. 1527 to vacate a street cut platted roughly 35 years ago on the city’s southwest corner; staff said the petitioners had maintained the cut for decades and that a 10‑foot utility easement on the west side would not be vacated. A member of the public asked whether utilities would still be accessible; staff responded that sewer and electric remain along the west side and that the utility easement is retained. The council approved Ordinance No. 1527 by voice vote, recorded as 5–0.
The council also approved Ordinance No. 1528, which places in writing the council’s established practice for appointing members to the library board, the recreation board and the blackjack board. The ordinance specifies that the mayor, the city administrator, the city clerk and one council member serve on the interview committee and that, depending on the board being filled, one member or the director from the relevant board may join the interview committee to recommend finalists to the full council. A resident asked whether the application intake or vetting process would change; the mayor said that the ordinance intentionally leaves some details for the next administration to decide, and that the ordinance mainly formalizes the process prior to bringing candidates to council. The ordinance passed 5–0.
What happens next: All three ordinances were adopted at the meeting and will be reflected in city records. The street‑vacation ordinance retains a 10‑foot utility easement, and the appointments ordinance creates a consistent interview committee structure for future board appointments.
(Reporting note: quotes and vote tallies are taken directly from the meeting record.)
