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Board approves agreement letting Viking Youth Football use visitor concession stand and fields
Summary
After a public request and a superintendent recommendation, the board approved an agreement allowing Viking Youth Football and cheer to use the district's visitor concession stand and fields; the superintendent cited 2021 revenue figures and urged sharing among boosters and youth programs.
Ron Lewis, representing Viking Youth Football, asked the board for permission to use the visitor concession stand and space to store equipment, saying the arrangement would reduce multi‑hour game‑day setup and help maintain continuity across youth, middle and high‑school programs. "We just wanted to thank you guys for the opportunity to possibly use the field and the visitors concession stand," Ron Lewis said.
The superintendent told the board the visitor concession stand had been out of use for three years and cited 2021 revenue figures: "In that year, over the five football games, the visitor stand made $3,984 and the home stand made $10,890." He said both the youth football program and band/music boosters had expressed interest in concession operations and said his recommendation was to give the visitor stand to football and cheer to support those youth programs.
On a motion to "enter agreements" that included an agreement with Viking football and cheer for the concession stand and field use, the board voted by roll call to approve the set of agreements.
Board reactions and context: The superintendent framed the decision as a community‑building effort and urged the board to consider funding sheet music at the district level rather than relying on boosters. The motion to enter agreements passed on roll call; no board member recorded a public dissent during that vote.
What this means: Viking Youth Football will have formal access to the visitor concession stand and field usage under the approved agreement; the district said the youth group will provide paint and contribute to repairs as part of the arrangement.
Provenance: topicintro SEG 003; topfinish SEG 441.
