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Seymour council approves park project permissions and environmental loan application
Summary
At its Sept. 23 meeting, the Seymour City Council approved a resolution to submit an Environmental Improvement Fund loan application and granted two local organizations permission to proceed with park improvements at Rockledge Park and Lions Park. Motions carried; vote tallies were not specified.
The Seymour City Council on Sept. 23 approved a resolution to pursue an Environmental Improvement Fund loan application and granted two community groups permission to begin park improvement projects.
Mayor Greuel presided over the meeting in City Hall Council Chambers with Alderpersons Krull, VanderHeiden, Schaumberg and Gerbers present; Council President Tetzlaff and Alderperson Hurkman were absent. Administrator Sean Hutchison, Department of Public Works Director John Schoen and Police Chief Isaac Schultz were recorded as present.
Alderperson Gerbers moved (seconded by Alderperson VanderHeiden) to approve Resolution No. RE 2024-163, titled “Environmental Improvement Fund Loan Borrowing Application Approval.” The motion carried; the transcript does not specify the vote tally.
During a recess to convene as the Utility Board, the body recorded the same attendance and conducted the loan-application action before adjourning the Utility Board and reconvening the Regular Council by motion of Alderperson VanderHeiden (seconded by Alderperson Schaumberg).
Back in regular session, Alderperson VanderHeiden moved (second by Alderperson Gerbers) to approve Resolution No. RE 2024-164, granting permission to the Seymour Baseball Association to proceed with replacing lighting at the Rockledge Park baseball diamonds; that motion carried. Alderperson Krull then moved (second by Alderperson Schaumberg) to approve Resolution No. RE 2024-165, granting the Seymour Lions Club permission to proceed with expanding the pavilion and parking lot at Lions Park; that motion also carried. The motions record that permission was granted to the organizations to proceed; the transcript does not state whether the city will provide funding or list permit conditions.
The agenda lists items for guest participation, ordinances, and press time, but no public comments or ordinance text appear in the transcript excerpt provided. Alderperson Krull moved to approve the meeting agenda (seconded by Alderperson Gerbers), and Alderperson Schaumberg moved to approve the Sept. 9 minutes (seconded by Alderperson VanderHeiden); both motions were carried earlier in the meeting.
The meeting was adjourned on a motion by Alderperson Gerbers (seconded by Alderperson VanderHeiden). Clerk-Treasurer Christy Stover signed the minutes as recorded.
Votes are recorded in the transcript as “motion carried” for the items above; specific yes/no/abstain counts are not provided in the excerpt. The resolutions approved grant permission to proceed with the described projects and authorize the Environmental Improvement Fund loan application process; they do not, in the available transcript, specify funding amounts, permitting conditions or implementation timelines.
