The Charleston City Council Tuesday voted to rename the Kiwanis Park amphitheater in honor of retired teacher and Charleston community band director John Daum.

The council voted unanimously to rename the Kiwanis Park amphitheater the Daum Amphitheater.

Daum, 83, of Charleston, established the Charleston community band in 1977 and led and directed the band until April 2012.

He also directed the Charleston High School band and taught music from 1962 until his retirement in 1988, said Susan Bartling, Daum’s daughter.

Daum served on the Charleston Parks and Recreation Advisory Board from Aug. 21, 1990, to June 20, 2012, resigning due to health reasons, said Brian Jones, recreation director of the Charleston Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.

The dedication ceremony for the Daum Amphitheater will take place 7 p.m. today at Kiwanis Park, located on the corner of Division Street and Jackson Avenue.

Daum and family members will be in attendance.

A performance by the Charleston community band will follow.

The council also unanimously approved prevailing wage rates for Fiscal Year 2013.

Prevailing wage rates are the hourly pay rates Charleston must pay to workers the city contracts, Mayor John Inyart said.

Prevailing wages are determined for each trade and occupation the city might contract workers for based on the pay rates set by local unions.

Also during the meeting, Herb Meeker, a reporter for the Journal Gazette-Times Courier, brought an issue to the council raised by a letter to the Journal Gazette-Times Courier’s editor.

The letter, published June 18 and written by Charleston resident Tom Skinner, raised concerns about potholes and visibility along Harrison Street Road east of Illinois Route 16.

Curt Buescher, director of public works, said the stretch of Harrison Street Road is maintained by the Illinois Department of Transportation.

IDOT has plans to resurface the road next summer, Buescher said.

Tim Deters can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].