LAHARPE — The city needs no longer worry about whether playground equipment around City Hall is better suited in its current location, or whether it should be moved to the LaHarpe City Park. COUNCIL members voted, 5-0, to offer Shawn Atwood the job of city superintendent. He was one of three finalists to replace Carol Buzbee, who resigned in January.
That’s because it all needs to be removed.
The declaration came on the heels of an inspection by the city’s insurance carrier, said Councilwoman Sara’Nicole Prock at Wednesday night’s meeting.
Aging play sets with rusted metal, exposed bolts and other issues put the city in danger of a lawsuit if a user is injured, Prock said.
The city is setting aside $5,000 annually for playground equipment purchases, while the LaHarpe PRIDE Committee has some funding available for park improvements.
Prock said she would visit PRIDE members to help find new equipment within the city’s, and PRIDE’s, respective budgets.
City Clerk Michelle Altis told council members the city’s annual dog vaccination clinic will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 28 at City Hall.
Dog tags for 2015 also will be sold that day.
Town’s playground sets deemed safety hazard
