Council hears plan to move $50,000 baseball-field work to Memorial complex; Centennial deferred

Parks staff briefed the Salem City Council that a budgeted $50,000 for youth baseball field renovations will be used to complete all fields at Memorial Park this construction season after the city received a new quote.

Miss Pastore, speaking as the parks representative, said the city initially expected to do two fields at Centennial with the $50,000 allocation but "we got some other quotes, so now all of the and we were going to do the fields at Centennial just to have them done. But we got a quote from Hippoly's, and we're gonna do all the fields at Memorial instead." She added that work will start "whenever he's done with your sister's stuff, mister Gayno" and indicated an expected start in April.

Council member Mister Gano asked for clarification and staff confirmed Centennial will not be touched this year; Pastore said Centennial "next year, we'll get them up for more money, and do Centennial." The council record includes no ordinance or contract award at this meeting; Pastore described vendor quotes and a plan change but did not present a signed contract.

Nut graf: The council was notified of a change in how the existing $50,000 youth-sports allocation will be applied: a new vendor quote allowed staff to shift work to Memorial Park this season, with Centennial deferred to a later funding cycle.

No formal vote or contract award is recorded in the transcript. The decision recorded in the meeting was an operational direction by parks staff to proceed with Memorial Park work based on the new quote and to schedule Centennial for next year when additional funds are available.

Ending: The transcript does not include the full scope of the Hippoly's quote, the contract timeline, or a signed procurement action. Staff indicated scheduling would proceed after completion of unrelated work referenced in the meeting.