Park & Recreation Board

AGENDA MINUTES OF PARKS & RECREATION BOARD MEETING Monday, August 1st, 2022 City Hall 2nd Floor Conference Room– 7pm Present: Dian Christensen-Hills, Aaron Paden, Dan Moran, Connie Giese, Nate Schwanke, Wendy Eairleywine, Nick Hansen, Jody Sanders, and Tammy McKeighan. 1. Call to Order: Meeting was called to order at 7:03pm by Chairman Giese. The agenda displayed at City Hall, 400 E Military and was distributed to the Park Board, Mayor and City Council on July 27th, 2022 and is open to the public. The open meeting law is posted continually for public inspection. 2. Roll Call: Roll Call showed members Eairleywine, Giese, Moran, Paden, and Christensen-Hills present. Absent: Washburn. City Administrator Sanders present as guest. 3. Open Meeting Law posted for public review. 4. Reading of the Parks & Recreation Board Minutes, June 6th, 2022. Christensen-Hills moved to suspend the reading since the board has read them, seconded by Giese, to suspend the reading of June 6th minutes. Motion carried. 5. The board discussed about vending in the parks. Hansen discussed the ordinance that was passed by city council. Hansen attached the ordinance for board members to view before August board meeting. Discussion was brought up to amend park hours into the ordinance. Motion was made by Paden. Seconded by Giese. 6. Recreation Report – Schwanke *Summer Recreation report: Schwanke provided update of recreation programs that are finishing up. Schwanke discussed programs were up and position were all filled this summer. Schwanke discussed about changes next Summer to the playground kids’ programs. Schwanke discussed the pools were extremely busy with the high temperatures this Summer. 7. Director Report- Hansen *Auditorium project: Hansen provided an update on Library finishing moving over to the Auditorium. Hansen discussed coordinating keys to different staff, moving P&R tables and chairs, adding additional flooring. We’ve been in contact with BLT to get an estimate to put the thermostats onto different units instead of individual units. *Parks Update- Hansen discussed M&E will repair cracks, punctured hoes, and scratched in graffiti. Hansen discussed the parks targeted were Rotary, Buckridge, Miller, Davenport, Ronin, Ruwe, and Van Anda. Hansen discussed a donation was made for cornhole/bage in Van Anda parks. Hansen discussed parks would pour the pads to set the games. Hansen discussed Friends in the Park wanted to donate an expression swing with toddler seat and parent seat attached.  Discussion with board they suggested Clemmons as the destination. Hansen discussed the pool compressor was installed and will be operational for a month. *Forestry update Hansen discussed he applied for 10 free trees through the NE Arboretum. *Open Positions: Hansen discussed they are fully staffed for maintenance II & III positions. He mentioned they have a full-time Senior Office Associate open. *Leases/Agreements: Hansen discussed baseball and softball organizations have reached out to P&R to discuss possible leases or agreements for specific fields. *Civic Recreation Software: Hansen discussed P&R is continuing to build the website and hoping to be live October 1st. *Capital Improvement Plan: Hansen discussed CIP projects that are projected for the 2021-22 budget. 8. Next Meeting – Monday, August 1st, 2022, 7pm, City Hall 2nd Floor Conference Room. 9. Adjournment- Motion was made by Paden, seconded by Geise to adjourn. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:43pm. Respectfully submitted, Nicholas Hansen, Secretary I, the undersigned, the Secretary for the Parks and Recreation Board, Fremont, Nebraska, hereby certify that all of the subjects included in the attached proceedings were contained in the notice of said meeting of August 1st,2022 kept continually current and available for public inspection at the Parks & Recreation Office; that such subjects were contained in said notice for at least twenty-four hours prior to said meeting; that the minutes of the Park Board of the Parks and Recreation Department, Fremont, Nebraska were in written form and available for public inspection prior to the next convened meeting of said body. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of August, 2022. Nicholas Hansen, Director of Parks & Recreation August 1st, 2022