Park and Recreation Board — Minutes

Town of Sevastopol, Park, and Recreation Meeting, September 24, 2025 1 Park and Recreation Meeting 2 Wednesday, September 24th, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. 3 4528 State Highway 57, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 4 5 Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Committee Chair, Mark Haen at 6:00 p.m. 6 7 Establish Quorum. In addition to Mark Haen, the following people were in attendance and 8 constitute a quorum: Gary Londo, Dan Woelfel, Hugh Daubner, Trent Olsen, and Ryan Brungraber. 9 Also in attendance: Amy M. Flok, Andrew Flok, Gwenn Graboyes, Brooke Tanck, Chuck 10 Barrigner, Keith Volkmann, Amanda Surfus, Tim Temby, Bill Hebal, Robert DeFaut, Andyn Brull, 11 Chuck Steinmetz, Kathy Stsinmetz, Mike Karbowski, Dan VanBellinger, and Laurie Kull. 12 13 Approve Agenda. Motion by Gary and second by Trent to approve the agenda, as noticed. Motion 14 carried. 15 16 Approval of Minutes from August 20, 2025. Motion by Dan and second by Hugh to approve the 17 minutes of the August 20, 2025, meeting. Motion carried. 18 19 Public Participation (3 Mins. Max Per Individual; 30 Mins Max Overall) 20 Gwenn Graboyes – Spoke on behalf of the Clark Lake Advancement Association regarding wake 21 boating. The DNR will not be making any determination on wake boating, neither is the legislature. 22 23 Kathy Steinmetz – In support of not having wake boating on Clark Lake. 24 25 Tim Temby – In support of not having wake boating on Clark Lake. 26 27 Bob DeFaut – In support of not having wake boating on Clake Lake. 28 29 Pending Business 30 Sevastopol Athletic Committee – Review Memorandum of Understanding for Town Facility 31 Use. Mark and Ryan met with Brooke Tanck (Sevastopol Athletic Director) and Randy Ryskoski 32 (Sevastopol Superintendent) to go over the MOU prior to tonight. Brooke thanked the Park and 33 Recreation committee for the new bathrooms. The Mighty Pioneer Youth Tournament was smaller 34 this year but still happened. There are a few improvements from the school’s side they would like to 35 see. They are hoping the Town will work on short-term and long-term plans to work on left center 36 field on the baseball field. The water continues to pool up in the area. Brooke believes the outfield 37 is unlevel. Brooke thinks bringing the fences in. The lights on the baseball field have been a 38 continued issue. The Packerland Conference will be moving to an all-double header, which means 39 they will us the lights more. The school would like to see core aerating and possibly top dressing 40 the field. They would also like different storage for the tires they use on the tarps. Mark will be 41 Town of Sevastopol, Park, and Recreation Meeting, September 24, 2025 addressing the lights that are out to see what else is wrong. The Committee will think of a solution 1 to the tires for the tarps; possibly making a cart to stack and push them down the baseline. We will 2 investigate bringing in the fence on the baseball field. If we bring in the fence it might help with the 3 drainage issues in left center field. Dan stated there needs to be some work on the dug outs. We 4 already have Stickbuilt Builders working on the exterior of the concession stand. Brooke will update 5 the MOU and the email to Mark and Ryan, and they will adjust. This item will be brought back for 6 review. 7 8 Enhanced Wake Boarding/Wake Boats on Clark Lake. Gary stated the more informed he is 9 getting, the more actual damage he believes is being done to Clark Lake. The legislature hasn’t 10 done anything about this issue, and it doesn’t look like they will in the near future. Mark is 11 concerned about the lawsuit that is going on in the Town of Scott. Trent wants to know if we make a 12 rule without DNR support, do we put ourselves in jeopardy of a lawsuit. Motion by Dan and second 13 by Ryan to make a recommendation to restrict wake boating on Clark Lake. 4-aye to 2- nay. Motion 14 carried. 15 16 Interior Construction on Concession Stand. Mark, Jack and Robert Haen went over to the 17 concession stand and took the compression off the big cooler. They took the shelves out of the 18 cooler, but the cooler itself is still in there. Mark will take the cooler out piece by piece and possibly 19 get Hayes to come take the metal. Mark will reach out to Jeff Isackson to draw up some plans for 20 the interior. 21 22 New Business 23 2026 Budget. See attached. 24 25 Agenda Items for Next Meeting. TBD 26 27 Set Next Meeting Date. TBD 28 29 Adjourn. Motion by Trent and second by Hugh to adjourn. Motion carried and the meeting 30 adjourned at 7:53 p.m. 31 32 Respectfully submitted, 33 34 Amy M. Flok 35 9/29/2025 - draft 36 37 38 39