Board of Park Commissioners

Board of Park Commissioners Meeting Minutes June 13, 2022 Call to Order: Mrs. Galka called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. followed by the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. The meeting was held open to the public and a call-in number for remote public participation. Roll Call: Commissioners in attendance: Mrs. Galka, Mr. Kara, Mr. Such and Ms.Grabczak. Also present: Park Board Secretary Ms. Montes and Park Director Mrs. Goodpaster. Council Representative Mr. Huddlestun. Absent: School Board Representative Mrs. Hillan. Approval of Agenda: Motion by Mr. Kara, seconded by Mr. Such to approve the agenda as presented. All aye, motion carried. (4-0) Approval of Minutes: Motion by Mr. Such, seconded by Ms. Grabczak to accept the May 9, 2022 minutes as presented. All aye, motion carried. (4-0) Approval of Register of Claims: There were few questions to the claims list. Mrs. Goodpaster explained that invoice for Besse is where we purchase shirts, suits and bathing suits for the lifeguards for the amount $605.42. Mrs. Goodpaster also explained that the invoice for the Security Door Incorporated was the purchase of the Hillman screen and players are happy. Motion by Mr. Kara, second by Mr. Such to accept the register of claims. All aye, motion carried. (4-0) Correspondence: Nothing under correspondence Director Report: Mrs. Goodpaster stated that the pool is finally open and we have been really busy with both pool and concessions stand. We have a record number of lifeguards, only two people that did not pass the lifeguard training. Mrs. Goodpaster mentioned that she doesn’t have the country jam spread sheet because we are waiting on Indiana Beverage to count the beer back send us the final count of the beer money. However, she did state that the total sales were over $108,000 dollars and once we do the cost of the beer we will than split our profit. Mrs. Goodpaster also stated that we can make few changes but in all she was happy with the end result and how everything turned out. She will bring the full spreadsheet with the entire breakdown as soon as it’s all done. There was a small discussion on small issues that occurred that can improve for next year’s event. Adding more handicap parking, adding few more bathrooms and a satellite beer garden on the top area where the food vendors set up for the people that are sitting at the bleachers. Mrs. Goodpaster will take all the suggestions to the Hometown Jams/Flight Levelz Entertainment team to make improvements for the following year. The sidewalks for the CBDG have been torn up and have begun pouring. Project should be done by the month of July; the only thing that will have to wait is seeding because it won’t grow if it doesn’t get enough water, so the plan is to come back for seeding in the fall. We have started our programming this summer. Arts in the park is a crafting program that we offer kids in different park locations throughout the week. We are also bringing back kids in the kitchen and that is taking place at the Community Center every Wednesday. Kids really enjoy stay busy crafting and learning how to cook with our chef. Lakota Group will being doing their first community open house for the comprehensive plan at the Community Center Thursday night during our summer market June 23rd from 6-9pm. They will set up in the back patio so that they can take advantage of all the people coming to the market. July 4th will happen before we meet again, theme this year is Hometown Holiday, and Dave Leonard of Area Sheet Metal is our grand marshal and is very excited. Third Street is under construction so we are staging at middle school, North Lincoln, down Main to Front, to Old Ridge to Washington Street. We started our Thursday night summer market and we had record breaking sales this past Thursday. We had a lot of people from out of town and we are now taking credit cards at the beer garden and that has jumped us up in sales. Mrs. Goodpaster was happy to announce that the fire chief approved the burn plan for Robinson Lake and Fred Rose Park. Sandy O’Brien can start the burning process as long as she follows the proper permitting process through the state. Plan Commission Report: Nothing to report under plan commission Common Council Report: Mr. Huddlestun announced that 61st /Colorado rezone second meeting is at the next council meeting, which has been a hot topic. BF&S is putting a sewer rate meeting June 15th at the Community Center from 7-8pm and the 27th meeting will be at the Council Chamber from 6-8pm. Mr. Huddlestun also mentioned that at last meeting the council approved allocating funds for an IT person in which will help the park department. School Board Report: Nothing to report under school board Old Business: Mudd Volleyball and Golf Cart Event: This is the third year for the mudd volleyball, Victor Martinez is the Hobart Pop Warner president and he does a phenomenal job communicating with us in regards to the event. They have their layout for the event, insurance and Excise permit. Everything is the same as other years; they just need approval to do the event on our property. The Golf cart event is new this year; it’s just permission to start their golf cart to the event. They will also have a beer garden as well and same layout as the volleyball event. They are just trying to have more events to raise more money. We haven’t had any trouble with their events and they do all the work at no cost to us. Motion by Mr. Kara, seconded by Mr. Such to allow Hobart Pop Warner to have their mudd volleyball and golf cart event. All aye, motion carried. (4-0) New Business: Nothing under new business Announcements: Nothing under announcements Adjournment: Motion to adjourn by Mr. Kara, seconded by Mr. Such. All aye, motion carried. (4-0) ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________