Parks and Recreation Board

Village of East Troy Parks and Recreation Board Meeting Minutes February 10, 2025 Call meeting to Order – Annie called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. Pledge of Allegiance Present – Director Vickie Muszynski, Board Members, Annie Belka Van Buren, Steve Rostkowski, Andy Seiden, Debbie Arendt, Gary Budzien JJ Lund and Eric Evjen from the Lady Legends Excused – Nick Cieslik Consent Agenda (One motion and second will approve all the following items) 1. Approval of minutes, Jan 13, 2025- Parks and Recreation Commission meeting 2. Approval of Revenue/Expenditure Report -January 31, 2025 3. Approval of Directors Report Motion by Debbie to APPROVE the consent agenda with an amendment to the minutes as Gary attended the meeting and was marked “excused.” seconded by Andy Seiden. Motion carried. Miscellaneous Business 1. JJ Lund & Eric Evjen attended the meeting representing the Softball association, Lady Legends. They addressed the board with concerns about the increase in fees to rent the baseball fields. They have rented the park for 12 years. They like the location and the facility very much. They wanted to see if there is an opportunity to get a reduced fee for this year, if they could quality as a “resident fee.” They have already sent out information for their tournament and did not consider the fee increase, because it had not yet been set. They were concerned that possibly they did something to cause the increase. Vickie informed them the increase had absolutely nothing to do with them. Costs of everything are increasing, we want to make improvements to the park, and we need to increase fees to make these projects happen. We would like to have netting down there and that ticket item comes in at $70,000. Possibly a warning track Infront of the fences and distance markers on the fence. We are trying to make the park better, that’s all it comes down to. We also did a fee study with surrounding communities and tried to be comparable to them. The Legends were receptive to the projects we were proposing and said they would bring a suggestion to their board to see if there was anything they could do to help with smaller projects. A motion was made by Steve Rostkowski to allow the Legends to have the Resident Fee for the 2025 event, providing the village board approved. Second from Debbie Arendt, Motion carried. 2. Ben Keating was unable to attend. 3. Park Restrooms- Vickie presented a proposal from Tim Lynch for Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and a grant from the WI DNR Recreational Trails Grant Application. Lynch & Associates would prepare necessary forms for the grant application, prepare cost estimate and maps. The total fee for this is $35,473. This would be paid out of the Capital -Playmore Park Fund. A motion was made by Annie Belka-VanBuren to move forward with the engineering and design for the restrooms at Playmore park and to move forward with the grant applications with Lynch & Associates, with the fees being paid out of the Capital Budget, Playmore Park account. Second by Andy Seiden, Motion passed.  4. Lights at Center Field- Vickie presented a proposal from Trawicki Electric to update the lighting at the Center Field Diamond. The quote was given to her by John Biersack from the ET Lions Club. The total to update lights is $49,950. The Lions club offered to pay $25,000 and the Village would pay the rest. It was tabled by the board to bring it to the next meeting after Vickie finds out how much money is available in the Capital improvement budget-Playmore Park. Agenda Items to Discuss at Next Meeting- Lights at Center Field Adjourn – Motion by Debbie Arendt to adjourn the meeting at 7:18PM, seconded by Andy Seiden. Motion carried. Respectfully Submitted, Vickie Muszynski Director of Parks & Recreation Future Meeting Dates- Mar. 10, April 14, May 12.