Mayor’s Column April 5, 2025
Rohn Bishop, Mayor of Waupun
Hello Waupun!
Sorry if this is posted a little later than usual. I’m in Bloomington, Minnesota for a dance competition. I also want to mention that since being here, I’ve had over two dozen text messages, several messenger messages, and voicemails. I will get back to you, but it may take me a few days. Many of those messages deal with the dog attack of the little boy that happened yesterday. I am not going to comment yet, because I have not had a chance to talk with police officials and learn the whole story; and praying for the child’s full recovery is most important at this time.
In city municipal news; I have good news and bad news. We’ll do the bad news first.
The bad news is the floor in the community center commons area is already failing. The good news is that it is under warranty.
Late last year, people started to notice some areas of concern with the plank flooring. City staff quickly alerted our contractors, and they brought the flooring rep in to review. A determination was made that the product had a quality defect and was going to need to be replaced under warranty. Since then, the city has met with contractors to start to map out a plan for the replacement. This impacts a large portion of the building and is a fairly extensive project to undertake. In laying this out, our goal is to ensure the quality of the repair and building impact and minimize disruption to building operations. Over the course of the next month, we will have a more detailed plan to share with you. For now, know that we will be breaking the building into 3 or 4 quadrants for floor replacement. Crews will be working overnight and as needed and on weekends, but it is probable that we will have a shutdown of the building for one week this summer to complete the repairs. Not ideal, but this impacts the kitchen area, and it would be unlikely that we could safely operate the building with the volume of traffic we have while contractors are in the main areas of the facility.
Thank you for your patience. Hopefully the gym space and workout areas can remain open.
Thank you,
Mayor Rohn
