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Spring Grove Council approves community contributions, event closures, hires staff and accepts resignation
Summary
At its April 21 meeting the council approved $1,000 contributions to the Homecoming Committee for both 2026 and 2027, authorized temporary street and alley closures for town events and a school accident simulation, approved hires for the Swim Center, and accepted a council resignation while scheduling a May 7 special meeting to fill the vacancy.
The Spring Grove City Council on April 21 approved a package of routine actions including community funding, event logistics, staffing and a resignation-related resolution.
Council Member Morgan Buckland moved and Council Member Michael Hagen seconded approval of a $1,000 city contribution for the Homecoming Committee for 2026 and a matching $1,000 contribution for 2027; the motion carried unanimously. The council also approved a request from Josh Myhre to temporarily close the alley behind Lions Pub on May 16 for the Syttende Mai Band, and separately approved closing 3rd Avenue NE to 1st Street NW on April 24 from 1–3 p.m. so the Spring Grove Fire Department could run an accident simulation for Spring Grove School students.
The council approved hiring Swim Center staff, reviewed and approved the 2025 Annual City Report and Noxious Weed Control update, and noted informational grant awards: a SMIF "Paint the Town" grant to Spring Grove Parks (refresh of the Syttende Mai Hus in Viking Park) and a VFA Minnesota Department of Natural Resources grant of $2,965 to the Spring Grove Fire Department for wildland personal protective equipment and related safety items.
In personnel business the council approved Resolution 26-30 accepting Council Member Eric Ostern’s resignation and declaring a vacancy. The council discussed outreach plans to fill the seat — advertising on social media, the Spring Grove Communications marquee, the post office and the City Hall message board — and scheduled a Special Meeting on May 7 at 5:00 p.m. to review applications and select a replacement.
Procedural motions at the meeting (adopting the agenda and approving the consent agenda) and the adjournment at 6:43 p.m. were all carried by unanimous voice vote of the three members present.
