HUMBOLDT — A new office manager and court clerk for the Humboldt Police Department will be hired soon.
Humboldt City Council members approved a new job description for the police department at their council meeting Monday night to ensure someone is on hand to answer calls during the day.
The position will be increasingly important after the city offices and police headquarters are relocated to the old Emprise Bank building, City Administrator Larry Tucker told Council members.
The city is in the planning stages of renovating the building to serve as Humboldt’s new city hall.
The city hopes to move into the building by Sept. 1.
The new position will not require the city to add an employee. Rather the job descriptions for an existing employee will be rewritten.
COUNCIL members will accept applications from residents in the city’s south ward to fill a vacant spot on the City Council. Jeremy Weilert is resigning his post because he recently moved from the south to the north ward.
The remaining Council members will appoint Weilert’s replacement to fill the remaining year on his term.
THE CITY will hire a co-manager for the Humboldt Municipal Pool to ensure a manager is there whenever the pool is open. With a single manager, that would be impossible, Tucker and Councilman Otis Crawford agreed. Crawford serves on the city’s pool committee.
The pool will open May 23. Hours are from 1 to 9 p.m. seven days a week, unless a private party is scheduled. The pool hours then would be 1 to 7. Parties are available from 8 to 10 p.m.
HUMBOLDT is considering its options to provide better access for businesses to K-244. The city is limited in the number of access points to the highway because it remains a state thoroughfare, Tucker explained.
Council members heard about the services that will be available once the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility opens later this year in LaHarpe. Sue Tucker, representing ACARF, detailed the services offered. Humboldt would have the option of having stray animals held for three days, then shipped to the ACARF shelter.
Currently, animals are kept for three days before they are euthanized.
No action was taken.
COUNCIL members agreed to share costs with the Humboldt Recreation Commission to expand parking near the Sweatt baseball complex on the south edge of town.
The project is expected to cost between $6,000 and $10,000, reported Jason Bauer, HRC director.
