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Commission reviews budget template, flags carryovers and major public-art projects for 2026
Summary
At its June 2 meeting the Liberty Lake Parks & Arts Commission reviewed draft budgets and discussed major projects — the Liberty Lake Together sculpture call for the Mission Farmer Parkway roundabout, a goat statue for Town Square Park, the Pavilion Park ticket booth and playground replacement planning — and directed staff to track carryovers.
The City of Liberty Lake Parks & Arts Commission reviewed a draft budget template June 2 and discussed priorities and carryover projects for 2026 through 2028.
Commissioners and staff examined recurring categories — Liberty Lake Together Art, community art, playground projects, beautification, programming, trailhead beam and art maintenance — and noted that long-lead projects such as large sculptures and community-art installations typically carry funds across fiscal years because of procurement and production timelines.
Nancy Hill and staff member Jen Camp summarized current active calls for qualifications: a sculpture for the Mission Farmer Parkway roundabout (Liberty Lake Together category) and a community goat statue intended for Town Square Park. Camp said the goat statue call and other projects initially had low artist response and were reworded to broaden outreach.
Commissioners discussed the Pavilion Park ticket booth repair (currently fixed for the season but awaiting possible restoration to a historically authentic look), the Boulder (boulder) art for playgrounds, the Trailhead beam (pending city storage or building for interior display) and a proposed expansion of playground amenities tied to the city’s capital facilities plan. Staff emphasized that playground upgrades that exceed “like-for-like” replacement would likely require coordination with the public works director and potential inclusion on the capital facilities plan for 2026 funding.
Members agreed to keep existing categories as a template, mark likely carryovers where installation would occur in the spring following artist fabrication, and to continue to refine costs. Staff planned to involve public works and engineering early when site constraints (median, underground utilities, accessibility) could affect feasibility and project scope.
No formal budget votes were taken at the meeting; commissioners directed staff to continue refining 2026 line items and to bring more detailed project cost estimates and site verifications to future meetings.
