Goshen City parks board approves parade staging, college event and ratifies umpire agreements

The Goshen City Parks and Recreation Board on June 1 approved its agenda and routine business and unanimously approved three special-event or service items, the board said.

At the start of the meeting the chair moved to adopt the agenda and the board approved it by voice vote. The board also approved the May 2026 minutes and accepted packet items including a payable docket and gift reports. The payable docket was read in the packet as "$72,81.71" (the transcript is garbled on that figure); the packet listed May gift revenue of $500 and May gift expense of 18,259.

Board members then considered three new-business items. First, the fair parade committee requested permission to stage 10 horse hitches at Rogers Park with no fees; the board confirmed this practice aligns with prior years and approved the special-event application by voice vote, passing unanimously. Next, the board approved a special-event application from an institution transcribed as "Gan College" to use the pavilion grassy area in Shakelin Park for yard games and possibly one or two small tents; the packet indicated the college would pay the rental fee plus a $25 attendance fee. The transcript spells the institution inconsistently as "Gan" or "Goan"; the record does not clarify the exact institutional name.

Finally, staff presented three service agreements for the parks' three softball umpires and asked the board to ratify them because the season began in early May. The board voted to ratify and enter into the agreements as submitted; the motion passed by voice vote with no recorded dissents.

All formal votes recorded at the meeting were taken by voice and described as passing unanimously. No public presenters or correspondence were offered during the public-presentation slot.

The board moved to adjourn at the close of the agenda.