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Haslet parks board approves event vendors, equipment rentals and facility purchases
Summary
At its March 12 meeting the Haslet Parks and Recreation Board approved a series of motions covering event vendor fees, equipment rentals for summer and holiday events, gift-card prizes for the April Easter egg hunt, and a drinking-fountain purchase recommendation to City Council.
The Haslet Parks and Recreation Board voted Wednesday to permit vendors at the April 12 Easter egg hunt, approve event rentals for July and December celebrations, authorize $80 in prize gift cards for the egg hunt, and recommend purchase of a new community drinking-fountain station for City Council approval.
Board members approved allowing vendors at the April 12 Easter egg hunt at a fee of $25 for a table and $50 for a food-truck space. The board also approved purchasing eight $10 gift cards (total $80) to distribute as prize “golden-ticket” awards during the egg hunt. The board approved several event vendor and rental items for the July 4 and Christmas events, including security, inflatable attractions, a Euro-bungee rental and a second Sky Pirates train credit. The board moved a recommendation to the city council to purchase a water-bottle filling and foot-wash station with sand strainer for the Community Park, with a purchase price capped at $7,700.
Most motions passed by voice vote with no roll-call tallies given in the transcript. Where motions included dollar amounts, board members discussed pricing and staffing estimates before voting. For example, security for the July 4 event was discussed with an estimated cost of about $1,300 for four off-duty officers (calculation in meeting: $65/hour × 4 officers × about five hours). A later motion in the meeting record used a different numeric value; the board approved the security expenditure as presented in the motion on the record.
Other approved items included: a $3,488 package from an inflatable vendor for Christmas (train, slide, tents, chairs and lights); a $700 payment for stilt performers at the December event; $800 for Real Axe (axe-throwing vendor) for Christmas; DJ Alex for $500 for the Christmas event; and a Euro-bungee rental quoted at about $1,350 for the July event. The board also approved renting a 26-foot movie screen for Movie in the Park at roughly $1,192, and selected the family film The Wild Robot.
The board recorded motions to approve minutes from earlier meetings (February 12 and February 18). All those motions were approved by a voice vote recorded in the meeting transcript as “all in favor; none opposed.”
The board chair and staff said staff will carry forward items that require formal city-council action or additional budgeting. Several board members asked staff to verify final invoices and credits (for example, credits from Sky Pirates for earlier events) before payments are finalized.
