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Yorkville Parks and Recreation Department
Park Board Meeting
ARC Building
201 W. Hydraulic Avenue
6:30 p.m.
September 10, 2015
Call to Order: Deb Horaz called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
Roll Call: Deb Horaz ‐ yes; Mark Dilday – no; Amy Cesich – yes; Dan Lane – yes; Matt Konecki – no;
Gene Wilberg – no; Sash Dumanovic ‐ yes.
Introduction of City Official and Staff:
Tim Evans – Director of Parks and Recreation
Scott Sleezer – Superintendent of Parks
Shay Remus – Superintendent of Recreation
Joel Frieders and Ken Koch ‐ Alderman
Other Guests: None.
Public Comment: None.
Presentation: None.
Approval of Minutes: The minutes from the July 9, 2015 meeting were approved. Motion by Amy
Cesich and seconded by Dan Lane. Minutes approved.
Bills Review:
Bills List – August 13, 2015 – Informational. The board discussed different events and discussed
different bills.
September 10, 2015 – Informational.
Budget Report – June 2015 – Informational.
July 2015 – Informational.
Old Business:
Smoking Policy in Parks – Tim said the board asked for the city to bring back some language for a policy
and see if they wanted to make changes. The city recommends that all parks are smoke free with
special events being an exception. Dan asked about the vapor cigarettes and Tim said they included any
type of smoking materials.
There will be signs posted over time, not immediately. Scott said this policy will be an honor system.
There will not be a penalty. During special events there will be exceptions. Tim said when he
researched this topic, most towns have exceptions for special events. Tim said it will come back through
the board again for a final approval. The board agrees that the policy looks good.
APPROVED 10/8/15
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New Business:
Used Skate Park Equipment Proposal – Tim said the city bought this equipment previously. There was
an old skate park in town and the equipment was donated to New Life Church and the church ran a
skate park behind it for years, but they were done with it. The city took it back to see if we wanted to
use it. Scott said after looking at it, it is not something that can be used.
Scott said he talked to Kids Around the World that takes playground equipment, they looked and said
no. Scott said another person stopped by and offered to take the equipment for nothing. Scott said the
equipment is something that the city cannot put back into operation in a safe manner.
The board asked if it can be sold. Ken said he thought the city deeded it to New Life Church, so how did
the city get it back. Scott said the church contacted the city and asked if we wanted it back. Scott said
he should have looked at it first.
A sale has to go through city council if it is over $500.00. Tim said someone made an offer and the city
recommends selling it as is. Motion to approve the sale of used skate park to John Schwab for $800.00
as is. Motion made by Amy Cesich and seconded by Dan Lane. Motion passed.
2015/2016 Youth Baseball Field Usage Agreement – Tim said this agreement will be for next year. Tim
said he does not recommend changing any field fees because things are working out well. The only
thing to add is more tournaments. Shay and Tim would like to recommend each group that has an
agreement with the city have a free spot in the city tournaments. Tim said that would bring out more
people, which brings in more revenue and teams.
Tim said it would have to be in an agreement as to who would be able to have one team in the
tournaments. The Reds, YYBS and Fury would be more involved and draw more local attendance. Ken
said the last tournament there were only three teams and that makes it hard. Shay said the more teams
that are in it, it is more competitive and it is an incentive for them to play and bring in more revenue.
Tim said he would like it officially in the agreement. Tim said the fees are fair and the agreement will
stay the same other than adding in the free tournament for each local team.
Park Board Officer Discussion – Tim said Deb is park board president and we lost vice president and
secretary. Tim wanted to know how the board wants to fill these positions. Amy asked if we can do it
by seniority, which is the easiest way. Tim asked how things were done in the past. Amy said as far as
she has seen it was seniority. Amy said seniority works well.
Amy said she thinks seniority is the fairest way to handle it. The board agrees that seniority is the best
solution. Tim said he will bring it to the next meeting for a vote.
Reports:
Recreation ‐ Ready Set Go started this week and all spots are filled except three. Preschool begins next
week with only one spot left. Fall Fest will be the first weekend in October at Riverfront.
Fall catalog came out in August and went to over 19,000 homes and there was $4,000 in sponsorship,
which should be able to pay for a years’ worth of catalogs. Soccer has 330 kids this year which is 50
more than last year. Basketball will be separating 3rd and 4th grade and will have boys and girls separate.
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Parks ‐ Scott said the city is going to move officially and operate out of the south facility next week. He
said there will not be a working phone. Scott said the city is working with Comcast to address the issue.
Scott said he will have a cell phone and he will check his messages at the old office.
There is an issue with a net climber and we contacted the manufacturer and they said they knew there
was an issue and they are replacing it, so we won’t have to fix it again. There have been interviews of
park candidates and hoping to get them hired this month.
Additional Business: None.
Adjournment: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:40 p.m. Motion was
made by Amy Cesich and seconded by Sash Dumanovic. Meeting adjourned.
Minutes Respectfully Submitted by:
Lisa Godwin
Minute Taker