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Fountain City council approves library, emergency plan and street vacation but denies new City Administrator/Treasurer hire
Summary
At its March 11 meeting, the Fountain City Common Council approved three resolutions — establishing the official public library, adopting NIMS for emergency management and vacating part of Spring Street — and rejected a motion to create and fill a City Administrator/Treasurer position after a roll-call vote.
Fountain City's Common Council approved three resolutions and rejected a proposed City Administrator/Treasurer position during a March 11 meeting called to order by Mayor Ben Adank at 6:00 PM.
The council denied a motion to approve a City Administrator/Treasurer position and to begin a search for the post after a roll-call vote. Council member Scott Feraro moved the measure, seconded by Council member Barb Schmidtknecht. Council member Christine Williamson voted no; Council member David Endres voted no; Council member Stephen Qualy voted no; Schmidtknecht voted yes; and Feraro voted yes. The motion failed.
The council approved Resolution 2026-02 to establish the Fountain City Public Library and Resolution 2026-03 to adopt the National Incident Management System as the city's emergency management framework. Resolution 2026-04, vacating a portion of Spring Street, also passed. Each of those motions was moved and seconded by council members as recorded in the minutes; the minutes note only that the motions "carried" and do not include roll-call tallies for those items.
Council members also moved to approve the open and closed minutes of Feb. 18, 2026, and to approve the bills as presented; both motions carried. Mayor Ben Adank called the meeting to adjourn at 8:12 PM following a motion by Council member Scott Feraro, seconded by Council member David Endres.
Peter Schaffner was recorded as absent. The minutes document bears the signatures of Mayor Ben Adank and Deputy Clerk Michele Klein.
Votes at a glance - Approve open and closed minutes (Feb. 18, 2026): Mover Barb Schmidtknecht; seconder David Endres; outcome: carried (tally not recorded). - Approve City Administrator/Treasurer position and start search: Mover Scott Feraro; seconder Barb Schmidtknecht; roll-call — Williamson: no; Endres: no; Qualy: no; Schmidtknecht: yes; Feraro: yes; outcome: denied. - Resolution 2026-02 (establish Fountain City Public Library): Mover Stephen Qualy; seconder David Endres; outcome: carried. - Resolution 2026-03 (adopt NIMS): Mover Barb Schmidtknecht; seconder Stephen Qualy; outcome: carried. - Resolution 2026-04 (vacate portion of Spring Street): Mover Barb Schmidtknecht; seconder Stephen Qualy; outcome: carried. - Approve bills as presented: Mover Barb Schmidtknecht; seconder Stephen Qualy; outcome: carried. - Adjourn: Mover Scott Feraro; seconder David Endres; outcome: carried at 8:12 PM.
Details on the scope of the Spring Street vacation, any public testimony at the two listed hearings (Spring Street and Truman Street) and vote tallies for carried motions are not specified in the minutes.
