The Jamesport City Council set the city’s upcoming sesquicentennial celebration for the first week of July 2022, to coincide with the annual Fourth of July celebration.
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The sesquicentennial event was discussed during the public meeting of the city council held April 19. Member of the sesquicentennial committee also planned to meet at city hall on April 20.
In other business, council members agreed to purchase $500 of fireworks for the Independence Day celebration scheduled at the city park on July 5.
The council approved the Jamesport Community Association using the former fire station for the May Days Festival on May 7-8.
A continuation of services was approved with Conrad and Higgins, LLC for the next three audit years. The company’s bid for the audit year ending June 30, 2021, was $4,550, the budget year ending 2022 was $4,750, and the year ending 2023 was $4,950.
New flag poles at the Spillman Event Center were discussed. Mayor Dana Urton said a flag-raising ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. May 6. Several organizations were involved with getting the new flag poles and new flags. The poles were donated, and the Jamesport Community Association purchased the flags.
City council members Geoff Eads and Earle Wright were sworn in, as well as Mayor Urton who assigned officers for the 2021-2022 term with Eads as street commissioner, Brandon Robb for the cemetery, Rob Murphy for finance, and Wright as mayor pro-tem.