Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting — Minutes

VILLAGE OF FOOTVILLE-MEETING NOTICE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE THURSDAY , APRIL 2, 2026 MINUTES 1. The Parks and Recreation Committee meeting was called to order at 5:00 pm by Chairperson Danielle Harnack. ROLL CALL: Committee members present: Danielle Harnack, Roland Nath, and David Wells. 2. Fundraiser for park playground equipment: Bingo at the Legion, Golf Outing at Bass Creek, Meat Raffle, a nd Gu n Ra ffle . The P a r ks C om m i tte e d e ci d e d to ta lk w i th the non-profit to get their ideas for the best option. Proceeds will go to new playground equipment and additional lighting for the walking track. 3. Required upkeep on ball diamond: Aaron from Viking Youth Baseball discussed the upkeep for the new ball diamond renovation. D. Harnack discussed the possibility that the infield may not be done until after this ball season due to weather conditions. Viking Youth will bring over their 3-wheeler and leave it in the park garage. D. Harnack will confirm this with DPW. They will use the nail drag on the new diamond and the bolt drag on the current diamond. Tyler offered to rent a porta potty for the baseball season. Viking Youth will be talking to Joe from the Outlaws to see if they can work together with the kids. Possib ly having the youth go to some games. The goal is to bring Orfordville and Footville ball teams more together and to bring attendance up at the games. The non- profit is taking over the concession stand this year for the Viking Youth. 10Y Softball and 10Y Baseball will be played on the small diamond. 8Y and T-Ball will be played at Newark this year. All other teams are on the big diamond. 4. Preliminary discussion on other matters not proposed for action: The Committee talked about different options for planting and watering the park and downtown flowers. The committee will check with the non-profit to get additional ideas. The next meeting date is TBD. 5. ADJOURNMENT: Roland made a motion to adjourn at 5:50 pm and David Wells second. SUBMITTED BY: DANIELLE HARNACK VILLAGE BOARD TRUSTEE April 16, 2026