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Council to quitclaim Marsden Park parcel to Board of Trustees if description matches
Summary
After discussion with park trustees and attorney Ben Wood, the Fennimore Common Council agreed to execute a quitclaim deed to return a parcel of Marsden Park to the Board of Trustees if the legal description matches the parcel in question.
The Common Council of the City of Fennimore voted on March 16 to execute a quitclaim deed returning a portion of Marsden Park to the Marsden Park Board of Trustees if the legal description matches the parcel in question. Attorney Ben Wood said he would file the quitclaim deed once the description is verified. The motion by Alder Adam, seconded by Alder Roth, carried on a roll call vote of 7-0.
The Board of Trustees and resident Chuck Stenner discussed the parcel with the council during the agenda item. The trustees asked whether the city would again donate $5,000 toward the parcel as it has in prior years; council members declined the cash donation this year, citing that the city had already waived a raze permit fee, provided backfill and that city staff performed demolition work related to the site. No financial donation was approved.
The decision resolves the council’s review of a land dispute or title question raised by the Board of Trustees, subject to confirmation that the deed’s legal description corresponds to the parcel the board intends to receive. City staff or the city attorney must verify the description before the quitclaim deed is recorded. The council took the action as a formal property-transfer motion and did not attach additional conditions beyond the legal-description match.
