Topeka council transfers $2.01 million to rainy-day fund and authorizes $2.2 million property purchase

The Topeka Town Council voted May 11 to move $2,010,040 from the town’s General Fund into its Rainy‑Day Fund and to authorize a $2.2 million purchase of real estate related to the Crossroads corporate office.

Council Member Marlynn Mast moved approval of Resolution No. 2026‑57 to transfer $2,010,040 to the Rainy‑Day Fund; Council Member Steve Schrock seconded and the motion passed with all ayes, according to the meeting record. Later in the meeting the council considered Resolution No. 2026‑4‑27(a), authorizing a $2,200,000 purchase of real estate. Mast moved that measure and Council Member Ray Folk seconded; the minutes record that Council Member Steve Schrock opposed the real‑estate authorization. The minutes do not record a roll‑call tally beyond the named opposition.

Council members also approved an offer to purchase the Crossroads Corporate Office property from Keystone RV Company with a planned closing by June 15, 2026. The motion to approve the purchase offer was moved by Ray Folk and seconded by Marlynn Mast; the record shows Schrock opposed that vote as well. The council requested that Council President Adam Lambright sign closing documents as part of the transaction.

Town Attorney Bill Eberhard presented a draft response to a formal FOIA complaint and asked the council president to sign the response to the state; the council approved that action on a unanimous vote. The meeting adjourned at 4:49 p.m.; the council’s next general meeting is scheduled for May 26, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.

Note: the meeting minutes list the resolutions and the purchase authorization by resolution numbers shown in the record; the minutes do not include additional details about the property being acquired beyond its description as the Crossroads Corporate Office.