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Parks director requests $8,000 fireworks, new Polaris and expanded programming for 2026–27
Summary
Parks director (Josh) outlined a full calendar of programs and asked the council to fund a fall‑festival fireworks show (~$8,000), a replacement Polaris utility vehicle (speaker estimated ~$16,500), and continued investment in markets and youth programming.
Parks & Recreation Director Josh presented the department’s proposed programming and two specific capital requests at the budget workshop.
Programming highlights: Josh said the parks will continue guided painting nights, seasonal yoga, a 16‑week Fletcher Farmers Market with 41 vendors already signed up, expanded pickleball programming (clinics and a fall league) and summer day camp. He said community response has been strong and staff have increased programming capacity.
Capital and event requests: Josh asked the council to approve funding for a 20‑minute fireworks show to end the fall festival; he provided a vendor quote of $8,000 for the fall event and said the same vendor estimated $20,000 for a July 4 show. He also requested replacement of a totaled Polaris utility vehicle; the speaker estimated the unit cost as "16 5," recorded in the transcript and treated as approximately $16,500. Josh said the Polaris supports events and daily maintenance and that the department needs the replacement for operations.
Other notes: Josh noted the park’s scoreboards were removed because they no longer worked and encouraged use of league mobile apps for scoring. He said staff would coordinate logistics with police and fire if large events (e.g., fireworks) were approved.
Council reaction: council members asked logistics and cost questions; staff deferred final scheduling and budgeting details to the recommended budget process. No formal vote was taken at the workshop.
