Parks & Recreation Commission

PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION MINUTES MONDAY OCTOBER 2, 2017 ACTIVITY CENTER 12:00 NOON Present: Greg A. Weitzel, Brent Martin, Ronnie Campbell, PJ Holm, David Pennock, Bill Combo, Jeff Forbes, Tom Hersh, Matt Hill, Kris Millgate Absent: Mike Davis, Jim Hammon, Kyler Hope, Kerry Martin, John LoBuono, Dave Radford Guest Attendees: Lisa Jones, Shelly Smede, Jim Freeman, Jim Frances APPROVAL OF MINUTES September Minutes – No Quorum – table until next meeting date. PUBLIC COMMENT None Bill Combo – motioned to have Greg Weitzel arrange for all General Election Candidates to have a tour of Parks and Recreation facilities and grounds. Kris Millgate seconded. No quorum for vote. GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE  Jim Francis  Jim Freeman  Shelley Smede DEPARTMENT REPORTS Golf – Tim Reinke (absent)  No report Zoo – David Pennock  Finished fiscal year with 158,534 attendees – almost 25,000 more than last year Recreation – PJ Holm  Brief of NRPA Conference  Piranhas swim team coach retiring Parks/Cemeteries – Brent Martin/Ronnie Campbell  New Ryder Park pond is open and stocked but still having troubles with the pump  NRPA Conference – will be challenging staff to not act like municipal employees MEETING ADJURNED AT 1:47 P.M. Recorded by Lisa Jones Parks and Recreation Division