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Sellersburg Parks Board to workshop superintendent role, unanimously elects officers
Summary
At its Jan. 13 meeting, the Town of Sellersburg Parks Board agreed to workshop options for a park superintendent and potential management company oversight, and elected officers — Amy as president, Rebecca Carlton as vice president and Derek Bradley as second vice — by unanimous votes.
The Town of Sellersburg Parks Board on Jan. 13 agreed to hold a focused workshop to evaluate whether a management company should oversee park operations and how the park superintendent role would change, and the board elected officers in unanimous votes.
Speaker 3 told the board the park-superintendent position is changing: “At the end of the year, I'm technically no longer the park superintendent, and I will continue to serve in the capacity as needed,” the speaker said. The speaker proposed a workshop with two board members and a representative from a management company so the board could ask questions about operational oversight and responsibilities.
The board discussed how hiring a management company could shift the superintendent’s duties toward fundraising, sponsorships, event planning and community outreach, while the management company would handle day-to-day operations. Speaker 1 said the first step would be to convene a workshop with the two designated board members and a management-company representative to determine whether to pursue that contract.
Pool operations were noted but not decided. Speaker 1 said the pool manager was not present and that a pool-management proposal from a Kentucky pool manager would be reviewed in a separate question-and-answer meeting with Rebecca Carlton and Charlie Smith before returning to the full board.
The board also moved to amend the meeting agenda to add a discussion of the 2026 board structure and to elect officers. The nominations and votes that followed were unanimous:
Votes at a glance
- Motion to amend the agenda to discuss 2026 board structure: passed, voice vote, tally 4-0. - Motion to approve allowance claims: passed, voice vote, tally 4-0. - Motion to approve minutes (December minutes had been submitted electronically): passed, voice vote, tally 4-0. - Election of president (nomination of Amy): passed, voice vote, tally 4-0. - Election of vice president (nomination of Rebecca Carlton): passed, voice vote, tally 4-0. - Election of second vice (nomination of Derek Bradley): passed, voice vote, tally 4-0.
Speaker identification and attendance
Roll call recorded Rebecca Carlton and Walter Green present; Jessica Pappenhouse and Randy Mogley were marked absent. Derek Bradley and Charlie Smith were recorded present early in the meeting. Throughout the meeting, three identified speaker lines led most discussion (recorded in the transcript as Speaker 1, Speaker 2 and Speaker 3).
What happens next
Board members said they will schedule the proposed workshop to question a management-company representative and refine a job description if the board pursues a contractor model. The board circulated documents for signature and adjourned after completing the agenda.
(Reporting note: Quotes and procedural actions are drawn from the board’s Jan. 13 meeting transcript. The transcript recorded voice votes and unanimous tallies but did not attribute individual yes/no votes to specific board members in the record.)
