At its meeting, the Burns Harbor Town Council voted to allocate up to $32,000 from the town’s ceded account to the park board for playground equipment and site work at Cortlands Landing. The park board asked the council for an additional contribution of $31,141; the full invoice from the vendor was cited in the meeting as about $51,014.10.

The council was told the current balance in the ceded account for the year is $375,847.05. A motion on the floor sought approval of a payment "not to exceed $32,000" to allow for small overages; the motion passed on a roll-call vote.

Council members asked whether other projects had already been earmarked from the ceded account for the year and whether the council could pay a portion of the playground work now and add to it later. Park board representatives said the playground vendor estimates include mulch and border work and that the board could add items later if needed; they also noted an initial amount of roughly $7,680 tied to the original playground scope.

Discussion was hampered by audio and connectivity problems during portions of the agenda; several participants said they could not hear remote speakers clearly. A council member moved to end debate and call the question, the motion was seconded, and the council then conducted a roll-call vote that recorded unanimous support from members present.

The vendor names cited during the discussion included Rule Recreations LLC and Landscape Structures; the council did not record a delivery or installation schedule during the meeting. A council member volunteered to follow up to confirm what other projects, if any, are earmarked from the ceded account and to confirm next steps for payment and installation.

Implementation details—such as exact payment schedule, vendor contract number, and expected installation dates—were not specified during the meeting. The council did not adopt additional ordinances or policy changes in connection with the allocation; the action recorded was the approved transfer/commitment of funds from the ceded account to the park board for the Cortlands Landing project.