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1 PARKS, RECREATION & FORESTRY BOARD MEETING Tuesday, August 11, 2026 1. Call to order by Beth Arneberg at 6:01 p.m. Roll Call: Members Present: Beth Arneberg, Audrey Stowell, Travis Siebert, John Abbe and John Monarski Absent: Reggie Geissler and Madelyn Woodhull Staff present: Mikinley Prafke and Ashley Leahy 2. Approval of Minutes: July 14, 2026. Motion by Siebert/Monarski to approve minutes of July 14, 2026. Motion passed. 3. Personal Appearances by Citizens. None. 4. Consider Special Event Applications. None. 5. Discuss/Consider: Madelyn Woodhull arrives. a. Allen Park RFP Bids. There are seven bids ranging from $81,549 up to $640,510. There is an ad hoc committee that will be working on this project, and they would still like our recommendation. The lower bid did not encompass everything the higher bids did. Of import is connecting Allen to Riverfront underneath the road by the river. After discussion, motion by Siebert/Arneberg to recommend accepting one of the top five bids with preference toward local connection. Motion passed. b. Bandshell Repairs. Mikinley reports that Kevin recommends moving forward with Fisher Bros. for bandshell repair. Thorpe funds will be used. Motion by Abbe/Woodhull to move forward with Fisher Bros. for bandshell repairs. Motion passed. c. Demolition of Casper Park House. Kevin was able to move air conditioning to garage for temporary solution. Discussion about retaining items from the house prior to demolition either for use or sale, verifying garage is usable, and obtaining bids for demolishing house only and demolishing house and garage. Committee 4 is meeting this week and will discuss. Paul Nadreau will determine viability of garage and place bidders in contact John. d. Christmas Village Repairs. Motion by Siebert/Woodhull to proceed with repairs by Roshell for $7500 as presented. Motion passed. e. New Activity Building Tables. MiKinley indicates John would like to replace the tables in the activity building. He proposes 15 tables for $7,500. Discussion about different options. MiKinley will explore other options. f. Recreation Report. Mikinley gives report re Pure Water Days pickleball tournament, fall soccer, pop-up parks – big thanks to all of the staff that helped with the pop-up parks, and archery. Looking forward to getting started on programming for next year. Mikinley also discusses aquatics. Dog swim later this month. 2 g. Director Report. No report. 6. Approve Claims. Motion by Woodhull/Siebert to approve claims in the amount of $514,848.27. Motion passed. 7. Park Board Members’ Concerns or Comments. Spreadsheet will be distributed for next month’s potluck. 8. Adjournment. Motion by Siebert/Monarski to adjourn at 7:14 p.m. Motion passed. Submitted by: Audrey Stowell, Secretary