Lansing City Council hires coaching personnel for summer recreation softball and baseball

by Alexis Johnson

The regular meeting of the Lansing City Council was held Monday, March 16. The discussion centered around the consent agenda, budgets for the 2021 year and the Parks report. A motion was made and seconded to approve the consent agenda consisting of several items.

An open public hearing for budget FY21 started at 7:03 p.m. and closed at 7:40 p.m. Following discussion, a motion was made and seconded to approve the budget hearing.

Former Kee High School softball players Makayla Walleser and Katie Brennan will be hired to be the assistant coaches for the summer recreation softball program. Harvey Ekern will be hired as the summer recreation baseball coach. A motion was made and seconded to approve the Parks report.

The meeting addressed only what was deemed essential City business in order to limit the number of people in attendance at the meeting in accordance with Iowa Department of Public Health recommendations. See the additional article elsewhere on this same page to read about the City of Lansing’s measures in addressing the continuing concern of the COVID-19 infection.