North St. Paul council approves park projects, new payroll system and several infrastructure agreements

The City of North St. Paul Council on unanimous voice votes approved a package of staff'recommended actions covering parks, payroll, emergency planning and streets.

Council approved five additional 2025 parks and recreation capital-improvement projects that staff said total "just under $177,000" and would be funded from the park fund. Staff described items including a $10,000 Casey Lake open-air shelter, a roughly $100,000 reutilization update at Casey Lake (reconfiguring ball fields and adding open space and soccer nets), a recommendation to move a gaga ball pit to Northwood as a portable unit rather than installing a permanent pit at Housy/Howy Park, Polar Park playground equipment replacements (roughly $63,000), and a small urban ecology seating element (about $2,000). The Park & Recreation Commission unanimously supported moving the requests to council, and council voted to approve the additional CIP items.

Council also approved a four'year agreement with Paycom for a cloud-based…