The Parks and Recreation Committee is meeting 09/12/2022 at 6:30PM. They only have a couple action items but both are noteworthy. The first item, and the one that I would expect has the most interest to the public, is a request to approve a process […]
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Parks And Recreation Committee Approves Resolution Creating An Advisory Panel on Sustainability And Climate Resilience
The Parks and Recreation Committee met 08/08/2022 and took up the Sustainability Advisory Panel resolution which, if passed, would create an Advisory Panel on Sustainability & Climate Resilience to advise the mayor and Common Council on related issues. The committee discussed the purpose of the […]
Parks And Recreation Committee Meeting 08/08/2022 – Will Take Up Resolution Creating Sustainability and Climate Resilience Advisory Panel
The Parks and Recreation Committee is meeting 08/08/2022 at 6:30PM. The agenda is relatively brief with only two action items and one routine information item, but the meeting will probably still take some time because the first action item is the Sustainability and Climate Resilience […]
Parks And Recreation Committee Votes To Allow The City And The Trout Museum Of Art To Enter Into Discussion About Relocating The Museum To Ellen Kort Peace Park
The Parks and Recreation Committee met 07/25/2022. One of the items they took up was a request to hold discussions with the Trout Museum on the possibility of the Trout Muse relocating to a building built at the Ellen Kort Peace Park. The committee ended […]
Parks And Recreation Committee Meeting 07/25/2022 – Will Discuss Request To Relocate Trout Museum Of Art To Ellen Kort Peace Park
The Parks and Recreation Committee is meeting 07/25/2022 at 6:30PM. There are two action items on the agenda. The first is a fairly straightforward request to approve a contract for just under $50,000 to purchase shade structures for Jones Park. The second looks like it […]
Parks And Recreation Committee Receives Updates On Park/Trail Projects Including For Ellen Kort Peace Park, WE Energies Trail, Lutz Park, And Pickleball Court
The Parks and Recreation Committee met 06/06/2022. During the meeting they received an update on various ongoing/upcoming park projects. Director of Parks, Recreation, and Facilities Dean Gazza told the committee that a lot of these items go through the Finance Committee because there are contractor […]
Parks And Rec Committee Reviews Reid Golf Course Revenue And Expense Report For May 2022 – YTD Revenue Down From Last Year But May 2022 Out Performed May 2021
The Parks and Recreation Committee met 06/06/2022. One of the items they reviewed was the May Revenue and Expense Report for Reid Golf Course. Although year-to-date they are trailing the 2021 revenue numbers by approximately $22,000, that was because last year the weather was so […]
City Employee Narrowly Avoids Injury From Hit And Run Driver
It’s not everyday one watches a committee meeting and hears a story about a city employee almost getting killed, but that’s what happened when I tuned into the 06/06/2022 Parks and Recreation Committee meeting and heard Director of Parks, Recreation, and Facilities Dean Gazza recount […]
Parks And Recreation Committee Meeting 06/06/2022 – Will Review Reid Golf Course Report For May, Receive Update On Projects
The Parks and Recreation Committee is meeting 06/06/2022 at 6:30PM. The agenda a minimal, consisting of only two information items, (1) the Reid Golf Course Participation & Revenue Report for May, 2022 and (2) a Project & Department update. It looks like Reid is about […]
Parks And Recreation Committee Reviews 2021 Green Tier Legacy Communities 2021 Annual Report
The Parks and Recreation Committee met 04/25/2022. Most of the meeting was taken up with discussion about the Green Tier Legacy Communities 2021 Annual Report. Director of Parks, Recreation, and Facilities told the committee that in 2010 the Wisconsin DNR created this program for communities […]