Board of Park Commissioners
Regular MeetingHobart, IN · September 14, 2020
Minutes
Board of Park Commissioners
Meeting Minutes of
September 14, 2020
Call to Order: Mr. Kara called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. followed by the recitation of
the Pledge of Allegiance.
Roll Call: Commissioners in attendance: Mrs. Sills, Mr. Weinman and Mr. Kara. Also present:
School Board Representative Mr. Rogers, Park Board Secretary Ms. Montes, and Park Director
Mrs. Goodpaster. Absent: Commissioner Mrs.Galka, Common Council representative Mr.
Huddlestun
Approval of Agenda: Motion by Mrs. Sills, seconded by Mr. Weinman to approve the agenda
as presented. All aye, motion carried. (3-0)
Approval of Minutes: Motion by Mrs. Sills, seconded by Mr. Weinman to accept the minutes as
presented. All aye, motion carried. (3-0)
Approval of Register of Claims: There was a question in regards to TK Electric invoice for the
amount of 4,175.63. Mrs. Goodpaster explained that there were a total of four damaged poles
due to a drunk driver hitting the poles. Five poles were ordered and replaced, there is one left
over for future damage. She plans to order five poles at a time per year so they can always be on
hand when needed. Motion by Mr. Weinman, seconded by Mrs. Sills to accept the register of
claims as amended. All aye, motion carried. (3-0)
Correspondence: Nothing under Correspondence
Director Report: Mrs. Goodpaster reported that the deck at the Community Center is complete
and she is satisfied with the end results. The digging for the concrete pads will start soon to make
it fully ADA. She mentioned that the Parks is left with only one part-timer for the mowing crew
and one part-timer for watering crew. Mrs. Goodpaster announced that all seven playgrounds
should start getting installed September 22 and hopefully be done by the end of October. She
also mentioned that due to covid-19 the summer market was extended and it is going till October
8th and we are now planning for the October golf cart parade for the Halloween event.
Plan Commission Report: Nothing to report under Plan Commission.
Common Council Report: Nothing under Common Council Report
School Board Report: Mr. Rogers reported that schools are coming along and that the kids are
adapting to the changes. Sports are doing well and everyone seems to enjoy themselves as they
follow the guidelines to social distancing.
Old Business: Nothing to report under old business.
New Business: Consideration of change Order #1 Community Pool Project: There was a
small discussion of the community pool project; Mrs. Goodpaster expressed that Imboden
Construction has saved us money in value engineering options for the base bid. Imboden has also
given us an alternate to add the additional restroom with 5 stalls in the lieu of mechanical room
and office for the cost of 12,000. Motion by Mrs. Sills, seconded by Mr. Weinman to accept the
change order #1 as presented. All aye, motion carried. (3-0)
Consideration of Farm tile Services, Inc. Quote: Drain tile at Robinson Lake Park: Farm
Tile Services, Inc. is to install a tile grid system in the field on the East Side of Robinson Lake.
The system will be installed using an Ag-Leader GPS monitoring system controlling the depth.
The Cost is 9,850.00 in which includes labor, materials and equipment. Mrs. Goodpaster feels
that this system is the first step on getting Robinson Lake prepped for the installation of
playground along with moving forward with any future plans. Motion by Mr. Weinman,
seconded by Mrs. Sills to accept drain tile service from Farm Tile Services, Inc. All aye, motion
carried. (3-0)
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mrs. Goodpaster announced that the Site Plan for the pool did go to the
Stormwater Board and they are opening bids tomorrow September 15th. They are anticipating to
aware the bid on September 22nd.
ADJOURNMENT: Motion to adjourn by Mrs. Sills, seconded by Mr. Weinman. All aye,
motion carried.
(3-0)
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Agenda
AGENDA
THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF HOBART
PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Hobart City Hall, 414 Main Street, 2nd Floor Council Chambers
September 14, 2020 at 6:00 pm
Dial-in number Access code
+1 312-626-6799 897-4521-6902
CALL TO ORDER / PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
APPROVAL OF MINUTES Regular Meeting of August 10, 2020
APPROVAL OF REGISTER OF CLAIMS
CORRESPONDENCE
DIRECTOR REPORT
PLAN COMMISSION REPORT
COMMON COUNCIL REPORT
SCHOOL BOARD REPORT
OLD BUSINESS:
NEW BUSINESS:
Consideration of change order 1: Community Pool Project
Consideration of Farm tile Services, Inc. Quote: Drain tile at
Robinson Lake Park
BF&S: Setting of the fountain
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
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