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KDWP survey along Spring Creek approved; golf-board rules and summer hire addressed
Summary
The council allowed a Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks survey along Spring Creek adjacent to the Smith Center golf course, clarified that under-18 students cannot drive course carts with parent waivers, and approved hiring a summer worker at $14/hour.
The Smith Center City Council on March 9, 2026 granted the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks permission to conduct a survey along Spring Creek, which runs adjacent to the municipal golf course, and discussed several golf-course operational matters.
Don Wick moved to permit the KDWP survey and Chris Cole seconded; the motion carried. Tabitha Owen, representing the golf board, told the council that a previously considered allowance for students under age 18 to drive golf carts with a parent-signed waiver is not permitted; the council directed that the policy not be adopted in that form. The council also approved hiring Alex Hobelmann for summer help at the golf course at a starting wage of $14.00 per hour; the minutes do not record who made the motion approving the hire.
Council members discussed uniform treatment for damages to rental carts and asked staff to apply consistent disciplinary responses for incidents. The golf-board guidance and the approved KDWP survey will be carried forward to the next meeting packet where the revised shipping-container ordinance and other golf-board items will also appear.
The KDWP survey permission and the hiring decision are recorded in the minutes as formal actions; details such as survey scope, data use or permit conditions were not specified in the minutes and will require follow-up with parks staff for implementation specifics.
