City Council

Town of New Chicago Parks Board Meeting Agenda DATE: 3/1/2022 Start Meeting: Roll Call: Kim Krikava - Joe Bachman - Trilaina Bachman - Morgan McCabe - Dave Anderson (Council Member) - Minutes: February Meeting Minutes Ordinance: Amendment to Ordinance 2008-07 This ordinance change was brought before the town council and has been added to their agenda for March. This will take a couple of months to fully pass, but the council did seem to be on board with this change. Old Business: • Easter Egg Hunt o This will be held on April 16th, 2022 at 9am. ▪ Update: Need to decide on date/time to meet to fill eggs. Also need date/time for leaf cleanup. o Kim will talk with Tammy to see if she will still come in the Easter Bunny costume. ▪ Update: Tammy will be dressing up as the Easter bunny. o Joe will talk with Sue to see if Tara still wants to help with prizes like she has in the past. ▪ Update: o Kim is going to get with Dorothy to get the eggs (both pre-filled and empty) ordered. ▪ Update: Eggs have been ordered and delivered already. o Trilaina has a meeting with the principal at River Forest on Friday to talk about getting some of the high schoolers to help with cleanup the weekend before and also the day of the event that would count towards their community service hours for graduation. ▪ Update: Due to COVID, they have dropped the requirements for community service hours, but they are very excited to partner with us in the future. o Morgan is going to reach out to her contact that does event planning with other schools in the area to see if they have anyone needing to complete their community service hours for graduation. ▪ Update: • “Rummage in the Park” o Size of Spaces ▪ 10’ x 10’ space o Cost of Spaces  ▪ $25 per space or two for $40. o Concession Stand Open ▪ Hot Dogs, Pop, Water, Coffee, Chips, Popcorn will be available at the concession stand. o Power Generators ▪ No power generators needed unless needed for lighting. o Date/Time ▪ This will be talked about at the March meeting. • Trash Can Replacement o ULINE Trash Cans w/ Wheels ▪ 35 Gallon Capacity ▪ $79 each for 6 or more • After further discussion amongst the board members, the following was decided as a course of action: o 8 cans would be ordered for Twin Oaks Park ▪ Update: Council approved the purchase of cans for Twin Oaks. Joe plans to have them order these this month. o We are going to see about getting two garbage cans from Total Disposal for Teeter and Tot parks. Morgan is going to call to see what the additional cost would be to the parks for two more cans. ▪ Update: Morgan did speak with Total Disposal. There is no additional charge for two cans for the other parks. Joe plans to have Dorothy order these in April so that we are hopefully fully out of the snow season and he can drag the old cans out. New Business: • Town Cleanup o Many residents have been asking about this. ▪ Is this something the park would be willing to sponsor? Legal Reports: Announcements: Other Business: Open Forum for community (3 mins per person): Comments from Board Members: Adjournment: