Slinger parks: fall plantings, strong event turnout and plan update delayed until budget approval

Nov 3, 2025

Supervisors reported finishing fall tree plantings, a much larger-than-expected Trail of Treats turnout and that an added Arboretum trail design will raise the Park and Open Space Plan cost to $22,100; the contract will wait until the Village Board adopts the 2026 budget.

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Parks Supervisor Josh Feller told the board on Nov. 3 that crews planted the final three trees of the fall cycle and installed 24 street trees in the Farmstead Creek subdivision, bringing that neighborhood near completion. Feller said staff plan a larger planting in spring and will rent a lift in December to begin pruning work.

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