The Smithville Board of Aldermen approved resolution 14-93, an agreement for camp host services, and heard a city update showing campground occupancy has risen to 51 percent this season.

Alderman Otto Mackens moved to approve the camp host services agreement; a mayoral second followed and the presiding officer announced the motion carried. City staff told aldermen that Dan and Chris (the camp hosts) were "excited to be back," and that occupancy is up nearly 11 percentage points compared with the prior year.

Staff attributed higher occupancy to improvements the board previously approved, including paving and site restorations. "Having all the site or the majority of the sites up and running and paved, it's been great," a board member said, and staff thanked the camp hosts for their relationships with campers.

Discussion vs. decision: the board took formal action to approve the resolution. Staff described operational improvements and occupancy gains; no fiscal details of the camp host contract were provided in the transcript.

The decision allows the camp host arrangement to continue; the transcript does not record contract amounts or the term of the agreement.