9-3-2024 Minutes

1 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PARKS, RECREATION & FORESTRY BOARD September 3, 2024 The meeting of the Park, Recreation & Forestry Board of the Village of Slinger was called to order by Chairman Bergum at 300 Slinger Road, Slinger, WI 53086 at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 in accordance with the notice of minutes emailed to the members on Friday, August 30, 2024. 1. Roll Call & Notice of Meeting: Present Absent Bob Stuettgen x Jeff Behrend x Jennie Stonehouse x Becky Wojtak x John Murray x (Excused) Jake Bergum x Scott Kusta x _____________________________ 6 1 Also Present: Josh Feller, Parks & Forestry Supervisor Margaret Wilber, Administrator It was noted that the open meeting law had been complied with in connection with the meeting , including the notice of the meeting being sent to all who requested it and posting in three public locations. 2. Approval or Correction of Minutes: 8/5/24 Bob Stuettgen made one correction to August meeting minutes changing the date of the Holy Hill Art from event from August 11th to August 15th. Motion Stuettgen/Stonehouse to approve the corrected minutes from 8/5/24. Motion passed. 3. Public Comments - None 4. Unfinished Business A. Forestry Report Supervisor Feller said they are currently looking for any Village trees that will need to be replaced or taken out. Feller stated that there will not be many additional plantings this fall. Feller also said that he is beginning to work on the 2025 Urban Fore stry Grant. Feller informed the Board that he is optimistic about receiving the grant in 2025. Feller also informed the Board that the ice age trail trees will be replace this fall and are covered under warranty. B. Recreation Report Director Dobson said flag football practices started at the end of August and first games will be this coming Saturday out at Breuer Park. Dobson said that all of our flag football leagues are at full capacity this season and we have 32 varsity football players coaching our kids. Dobson also informed the Board that the fall/winter activity guide is almost complete. Dobson said the activities would go live on Friday before Sam leaves. C. Dog Park Report Jennie Stonehouse said they had a very busy and exciting month of A ugust. Jennie stated that they had many events in August one of which was line dancing. Jennie also informed the Board that the dog park along with the Washington County Humane Society would be the Piggly Wiggly October round up group. Jennie mentioned that this was a very exciting opportunity. Jennie also stated that the 501 C 3 was moving forward and thanked Administrator Wilber for her assistance. Jennie informed the Board that the Friends September 3, 2024 2 of the Slinger Dog Park has now collected just over $10,000. D. Park Rental recommendations Director Dobson said that park rentals have been extremely popular this year. Dobson said that staff would like to increase the fee for non-village residents from $50 extra to $100. Dobson also stated that the fee for Breuer Park rental would be $1,000 per day and tournament rentals for Community and Rueckl would be $500 per day. After some Board discussion it was decided to raise the rental fee of Rotary Park from $100 to $150 and raise the cost of Community and Rueckl with a field from $150 to $200. Some additional discussion took place regarding park rental fees for 2025. Motion Bob Stuettgen to raise Rotary Park fee to $150, raise Community and Rueckl with a field to $200 and to increase non-resident rental fee by $50. Second was made by Jeff Behrend. Motion passed. 5. New Business A. Recreation Supervisor Resignation & discussion Director Dobson informed the Board that Recreation Supervisor Sam Weninger has resigned from his position with the Village. Director Dobson thanked Sam for his three years of service to the Village and said that Sam will be greatly missed. Dobson said they have posted the open position and were hoping to begin interviews by the week of September 23rd. Some discussion took place regarding the newly open position. B. Preliminary Budget Discussion Director Dobson presented the Board with a preliminary 2025 budget proposal. Dobson said the he would be meeting on Tuesday of next week with staff to discuss the 2025 proposal. Dobson informed the Board that he would email them updated numbers when they are completed in the next week or two. Some additional discussion took place on the 2025 budget. C. Park Project Priorities Chair Bergum mentioned that we would need to be working on an updated park and open space plan soon. Chair Bergum said he would like P ark Board members to begin thinking about each park and what the priorities are moving forward. Director Dobson said that the current open space plan is good through 2025 so we will begin working on an update toward the end of 2025 and into 2026. Some ad ditional discussion took place regarding park needs. Chair Bergum asked for members to give this additional thought for our next meeting. 6. Other Discussion Next meeting date will be Monday, October 7, 2024, 7. Adjournment Motion Stuettgen/Wojtak to adjourn at 6:58 pm. Motion passed. __________________________________________ Submitted By Tony Dobson, Parks, Recreation & Forestry Director