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Dupont board issues two-week ultimatum on broken zipline, approves $2,200 ping-pong table and names festival organizer
Summary
The Dupont Town Board told a playground vendor to fix a one-year-old zipline within two weeks or remove and replace it at their cost, approved buying a $2,200 table tennis table for the park, and asked Ryan Puckett to organize a community festival set for May 17, 2025.
The Dupont Town Board gave the playground company an ultimatum: repair the zipline within two weeks or remove it and replace it at the company’s expense.
The board’s minutes note the zipline is one year old and has been nonfunctional for nine months. Board members said they will require the company to make the repair within two weeks or to remove the zipline and replace it with other equipment at the company’s cost.
Separately, President Kevin Burnette moved and Member Christine Dicken seconded a motion to purchase a table tennis (ping-pong) table for the park at a cost of $2,200; the motion carried.
Member Adams suggested ordering and installing several road signs that read “Children at Play or Drive Slow - We Love our Children” around town to alert drivers; the board asked staff to place the order.
The town also agreed to co-host a Community Festival and old-fashioned carnival with Kindness of Jefferson County to raise funds for the park. Ryan Puckett gave an overview of the planned activities and was asked by the board to oversee and organize the festival, which is scheduled for May 17, 2025.
Board members did not specify funding sources for the zipline repair or replacement at the meeting; they instructed staff to proceed with procurement or vendor negotiations as appropriate.
