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Council approves committee appointments, Main Street closure for July event

City Council of Wessington Springs · June 1, 2026
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Summary

Council approved committee and board appointments, and approved blocking Main Street July 11, 2026 for a Sons of American Legion poker run (motion passed with one abstention).

The council approved an updated committee and board list for May–November 2026 and recorded appointments to boards including the Zoning Board and Airport Board.

Committee assignments were entered into the minutes (Electric Head: Layton Schimke; Water-Sewer Head: Shawn Tobin; Library Representative: Cherie Maxwell; multiple other committee roles were listed). Pat Fastnacht moved and Kari Fagerhaug seconded approval of the committee list; the motion carried unanimously.

The council also considered a request from Gwen Fastnacht to block part of Main Street on July 11, 2026 for the Sons of American Legion poker run in front of Pin Twisters. Pat Fastnacht moved, seconded by Shawn Tobin, to approve the street closure; the motion carried with Scott Vaske recorded as abstaining (Ayes: 4; Vaske abstained). Council directed staff to obtain pricing for parking-strip installation in a separate discussion about Main Street parking and U-turns.