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Council orders lock changes after repeated access violations at baseball building

Montrose City Council · September 9, 2025

Summary

Following reports that the baseball building door was left open repeatedly and that volunteers used the facility after winterization, the council directed locks be changed and that keys/access will be handled via lock boxes; the named volunteer Gene Struck was not present.

The council discussed repeated misuse of the city baseball building and directed staff to change the locks and move to lock-box access after Finance Officer Nicole Siemonsma reported that the building door had been left open several times and that volunteer Gene Struck had allowed nonemployees to use the facility after the building was winterized in 2024.

Siemonsma told council members that "all city non-employees such as volunteers do not have city keys to city buildings to adhere to an internal control mechanism in place to protect and regulate city property." The minutes show the council agreed to change locks and move to lock-box access moving forward; no disciplinary action or specific timeline for changing locks was recorded in the published minutes.

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