(KLZA)-- On a 3-1 vote during the May 11 Pawnee City Council meeting,  Council members voted not to open the Pawnee City swimming pool this summer due to uncertainty concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Council member Susan Eisenhauer cast the lone vote against the motion not to open the pool.

City Clerk Tammy Curtis said there are several projects at the pool that will be worked on this summer so some summer help will be hired to complete those tasks. 

The Council did approve opening the campgrounds and the shelter and allow fishing at the Pawnderosa campsite.

In other business the Council approved allowing a $1-thousand credit to the Pawnee City Historical Society towards their water bill and a $650 credit for the Pawnee City Ball Association  toward their water bill along with paying for the Ball Association electric bill from NPPD.

Approval was also given to moving forward with a mudjacking project to raise the sidewalk in front of the new City Office at a cost of up to $600.

The meeting began with an approximately 90-minute closed session to discuss the job evaluations for City Foreman Spencer CuMley and City Clerk / Treasurer Tamela Curtis