Wellington City Council passes Sesquicentennial Anniversary measures
by Devin McCue, Sumner Newscow — The Wellington City Council met Tuesday for the first of their biweekly meetings in the month of June. While it wasn’t the flashiest meeting, it was important for city procedures to keep running smoothly.
The meeting started with the unanimous approval of a proclamation recognizing 2021 as the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of our town. This proclamation comes in advance of Wellington’s 150th birthday party to be held this Saturday, June 5 at 10:00 am in Heritage Park (see story below).
The party will have cupcakes, a presentation of the city flag, and the announcement the winners of the sesquicentennial trivia contest. For more information, also check out the Anniversary Celebration Facebook page.
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Stacy Davis, the Director at the Sumner County Economic Development Commission, then alerted the council for their plans to host a Construction Trade Forum on June 16 at 6 p.m. Partnering with Cowley College, the meeting will focus on continuing education and internship opportunities.
The forum is available to any business owner in the construction trade and will take place in their office at 314 N Washington Ave. Dinner will be provided.
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In what has become a recurring theme of these meetings, the most exciting bits are the street closure requests. The first came from the 5 Sisters Mercantile who asked to close Harvey Street at Alley Before Security State Bank Drive-thru to Washington from 4 to 9:30 p.m. on each of the last Saturdays for the next three months.
The closure allows them to put on the “Final Saturday Farm & Art Market” which is open to all and will have merchandise for purchase. The Council passed the request unanimously.
The second closure request was to make room for the 2021 Picnic in the Park on July 7 from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. The picnic will be held at Ash from 7th to 8th Street and instead of one group providing all the food, food trucks are coming in to add some variety. The trucks will also give a portion of their sales to the local food bank. The Council passed the request unanimously.
The meeting closed by establishing June 20 as the date to finally have the meeting to consider demolition for the three condemned buildings previously reported on and approved the first round of bond reimbursements they expect to provide roughly $500,000 in savings.
The meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
