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Orderville appoints recreation committee members as leaders push park project funding
Summary
Town council appointed four community members to the Recreation Development Committee and discussed using ORA funds and a pending grant application to fund a new park and baseball field; the board did not make final decisions about appointing a council adviser or spending ORA funds at this meeting.
The Orderville Town Board voted to appoint four applicants to the Recreation Development Committee and discussed plans and possible funding sources for a proposed new park and an additional Little League field.
Council members said the ad hoc committee—expected to include a council adviser per the committee resolution—will explore project options, sit for grant applications and shepherd design and procurement tasks. The applicants named in the meeting were Nick Hoyt, Marvin Hoyt, Vanessa Pavlidis and Britney Johnson; the board moved and seconded to appoint those four and the motion carried.
Board members described existing seed funding: roughly $150 (transcript says “about a hundred and $50”) already allotted and a pending grant application that would request $200,000; together, they said, those sums would bring the project ‘‘pretty close’’ to the expected cost. Board members also discussed funds coming from the ORA (Orderville Redevelopment Agency) tax increment receipts; a council member explained ORA funds must be used for community‑benefitting projects and held in a CRA (community reinvestment) account, and that draws and expenditures must follow CRA rules.
Council members debated whether one or two town council members should formally serve on the committee; the committee resolution on file names one town council adviser, and the board agreed to examine the resolution and, if necessary, amend it at a future meeting. The board noted that a council adviser can approve expenditures up to $2,500 to avoid delaying urgent progress, but major expenditures must be approved at a regularly scheduled public meeting.
A board member said the grant application deadline was imminent (discussed as ‘‘in 10 days’’ during the meeting) and asked staff to consider how to proceed given the resolution’s language about council representation. The board did not take final action to change the resolution or to obligate ORA funds at this meeting.
The Recreation Development Committee was formed as an ad hoc steering body; any significant spending would return to the town council for approval as required by the resolution.
