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Meeting roundup: events, sponsorships and routine approvals at Park and Recreation Commission
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Summary
The commission approved a slate of no-fee and fee events for summer and fall, accepted multiple sponsorships and donations (including $5,000 from Westbury Bank and Rust Aero Auto Group), and received routine reports on camps, registration and maintenance.
At its March 26 meeting the Park and Recreation Commission approved a set of event permits and accepted several sponsorships and donations.
No-fee, city-cosponsored events the commission approved included the Nitro softball tournament at Quast Creek Park (July 24–26), West Bend Chamber Friday-night concerts and geocache activities (Aug. 7–9), and the fall luminary walk at Lac Courant Conservancy (Oct. 17). The commission also approved fee events presented by staff: Art and Chalk Fest (with the Museum of Wisconsin Art, July 31–Aug. 2), Moose Fest (Regner Park, Aug. 1), Germanfest (Aug. 27–30) and the Walk to End Alzheimer's (Regner Park, Sept. 26); staff noted required insurance and police-approved routes for larger events.
Staff recorded and the commission accepted several donations and sponsorships: Westbury Bank, $5,000 for Aqua Park operations and naming-rights sponsorship; Killian Management Services, $1,250 for the Dirty Ninja Mud Run for Kids; Jackson Concrete Inc., $1,250 for the Dirty Ninja Mud Run; Rust Aero Auto Group, $5,000 as a presenting sponsor for the Dirty Ninja Mud Run; Whitetail's Unlimited, $1,000 for archery-range improvements; Riverside Disc Golf Club $200 for disc-golf improvements; multiple memorial donations totaling $395 to the Special Olympics fund; and $100 from the West Bend chapter of the Women of the Moose for Special Olympics community service.
In reports, staff said spring camps and classes are filling, the plant sale is set for May 9, AquaPark tickets go on sale April 8, and registration for the Dirty Ninja Mud Run is ahead of last year's pace. The commission passed the event and donation approvals by voice vote.
