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Sleepy Eye council adopts Resolution #11-2025 accepting donations for library, parks and other city programs
Summary
The council certified adoption of Resolution #11-2025 (July 8, 2025) accepting named donations totaling several thousand dollars for Dyckman Library, parks (disc golf), adult summer reading and other specified purposes; unspecified donations were directed to general departmental expenses.
The Sleepy Eye City Council certified adoption of Resolution #11-2025 on July 8, 2025, formally accepting donations to benefit city programs including the Dyckman Library, parks projects and summer reading programming.
The resolution lists donors and amounts: Duncan McGreggor ($300) toward Dyckman Library; GFWC Women’s Club ($300) for Dyckman Library; Leading Choice Home Helpers ($425) and Johnathan Scharlemami ($575) for parks disc golf; First Security Bank ($100) for the Adult Summer Reading Program; an anonymous donor ($1,000) for the Parks Department; and Danielle Weiss ($50) to Dyckman Library/Jenny Blick. The resolution directs that donations be used for donor-specified expenses or, if none are stated, for the general expenses of the specified department.
The resolution text in the meeting packet cites Minnesota Statutes Section 465.03 and Section 471.17 as the legal authority for accepting gifts and bequests on behalf of the city. The certification block in the minutes states the resolution was adopted by the City Council on July 8, 2025, with Mayor Joann Schmidt and City Clerk Michelle Strate signing the document.
The resolution does not specify additional conditions or required matching funds. The council packet lists the donors and amounts in the resolution text.
