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City Of Oconomowoc Parks And Recreation Board Meeting Minutes August 10 , 2026 1) Call To Order – Roll Call a) The meeting was called to order by Board President Jimi Hall at 6:30 pm in the Oconomowoc Community Center Upper Hall Room C. Confirmation of appropriate meeting notice was made by Staff. b) Members Present: Chad Brown, Bruce White, Jimi, Hall, Scott Antonneau, Julie Nankee, Aaron Kloth, April Welch, and Lou Kowieski c) Members Excused: N/A d) Staff Present: Eric Boettcher – Director of Parks, Recreation and Forestry and Michelle Sewell – Administrative Assistant Mark Frye - City Administrator and Matt Rosek - Mayor e) Public Present: 2 – Karen & Bill Millican 2) Comments From Citizens a) N/A 3) Consider/Act o n Minutes from the Ju ne 8, 2026 Meeting a) L. Kowieski moved to approve the minutes from the June 2026 Meeting. Second by A . Welch . No opposition. Motion Carried 4) Discussion and Review on Community Center Event Restroom Use a) E. Boettcher presented the hours of operation for the Community Center throughout the week of Monday through Friday operation hours are from 8am-4:30pm, Program Hours Monday -Thursday 4:30pm-8:30pm, Events are Monday through Thursday 8am-8pm, Friday, 8am-11pm, Sat. 9am-11pm, and Sunday from 10am-10pm. All guests must vacate by 11pm with the Renter out by 12am. The lower level restrooms are open from 6:30pm-9:30pm during Wednesday and Friday night concerts put on by the Legion or Buddy ’s Bungalow in addition with the rest rooms located in the bandshell and the ones located on the back of the concession building are open everyday from 5am-11:30pm. L. Kowieski asked if the restrooms are closed for a reason a sign be put up to let patrons know. 5) Discussion and Review on Signage at Boat Launch a) E. Boettcher presented images of the current signage at the boat launch. There are currently 5 18 ”x24 ” Red signs that state a Daily Launch fee is Required. This includes a QR code and a “Failure to pay will result in a violation notice ”. There are also 2 signs that state “Fee Zone beyond this point Violators will be ticketed ” near where the concrete begins. Along with a big and long Red Sign at the launch itself below the rules that state the same as the other 5 throughout the lot. M. Sewell reported as of today there have been over 1,300 drive thru patrons since the beginning of March and approximately 256 violations issued in the 2026 season. Some of the violations issued have been cancelled due to patron providing proof of payment with errors in entering the ir license plates incorrectly at the kiosk. Approximately 33 have been passed on to the Police Department for Citation issuance. L. Kowieski suggested adding an additional sign to the launch to try and deter patrons from driving through the launch. L. Kowieski also mentioned doing an educational social media post of the Launch to make people aware. The department will work on getting something put together and posted. 6) Consider and Act on Archery Park a) E. Boettcher presented the locations that were thought of great locations being either near the Nature Hills by the walking paths or in the green along Parkview Dr. After further discussion after getting some calls after the Mayor and I were out there, we thought it was a high visible area and wouldn ’t be the best spot. We recently looked at the area by Champion Park behind the Parks and DPW Shop. We will eventually put in a path and a small parking lot and turnaround. This is a great location as there is space to do a few different lanes for shooting. fencing and a wetland behind so there wouldn ’t be anyone walking around there. John Suttner has donated the dirt to create a 11 foot mound for a back stop. We have partnered with Friends of Parks and Trails, Whales Tales for the donation of the targets, and our Department will be working on this. This is a great project to have up and running late August/Early September. Only Recurve, Compound, Longbow, self-bows allowed Cross Bows will not be allowed. Discussion of partnering with the scouts groups or schools to build some stands to hold equipment. Karen & Bill Millican from USA Archery were present and are excited to be working with the City on this project. C. Brown motions to approve site along with the donations from Whales Tales and John Suttner. Second by A. Welch. No Opposition. Motion Carried. 7) Consider and Act on Concrete Bag Toss Game Set for Fowler and Roosevelt Parks a) E. Boettcher presented the 2 locations of where the Bag Toss will be placed at Roosevelt and Fowler parks. They are concrete and approximately 600 lbs. each. There will be holders of the bags at each location similar to little library ’s for books. The cost is about $1,300 per set and Friends of Parks and Trails and Visit Oconomowoc will be funding this project with zero cost to the Parks Department . Looking to install this fall or Early spring. A Welch moved to approve the install of the Bag Toss Games Second by S. Antonneau. 7 in favor and 1 opposition by L. Kowieski. Motion Carried. 8) Consider and Act on Suttner Family Contribution for Dog Park a) E. Boettcher presented information of the donation of $105,000 from John Suttner to be used towards the Dog Park. The Large Dog area will be names Yogi ’s yard, Small Dog Area is BooBoo along with the Water fountain named after his grand dog Jack Jack. The Small dog area will have a restriction to dogs 30 lbs. or less while the Big dog yard is open to all sizes and breeds. All dogs are welcome in either area as long as they ’re well behaved and are within the weight restrictions as posted. The signs will match the colors to correlate with our other Parks signage along with having the silhouettes cut out of John ’s dogs in the signs. Grand opening will be held on 9/14 at 5:30. C Brown moved to approve the renaming of the Dog Park. Second by B. White. No Opposition. Motion Carried. 9) Department Reports a) Director – a) Chapman Park – Broke gro und for the restroom facility. w/ install late August early September. b) Dog Park – Currently all gates are locked and are signed pending opening. Turf is looking better now for the new turf we ’re growing than the original grass that was out there. Drinking fountain to be installed end of this month. Ribbon cutting set for September 14 th at 5:30. c) Duck Race – Everett and Luke from the High school spear headed this Project Zero project of selling 250 ducks. Prize given out to the top 3 winners and the money raised was a fundraiser for the Friends of Parks and Trails . d) Lake Country Trail – Bridge is in with completing the pavement going through. Grand opening is set for Sept 3. Jefferson Cty up through Ixonia is completed. They have closed off until we have our section completed. b) Parks and Forestry Superintendent Report – written reports included in material packet c) Recreation Manager ’s Report – written reports included in material packet d) Community Center Update Report – written reports included in material packet. 10) Consider/Act On June/July 2026 Vouchers a) L. Kowieski moved to approve d the April and May 2026 vouchers. Second by B . White . No opposition. Motion carried. 11) Comments From Board Members – a) J. Hall inquired about the Lake Country Triathlon put on by Silver Circle and if we receive any funds for this event. b) A. Welch Commented on receiving emails from residents about the NE Regional development. 12) Adjournment a) B. White motioned to Adjourn. Second by A . Welch . No opposition. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7: 33 pm.