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Washburn Park Board approves December minutes, reviews $5,000 donation, staffing and field repairs
Summary
At its meeting the Washburn Park Board approved the December minutes, noted a $5,000 donation from a local electricity company, discussed past-due invoices and a property-tax statement discrepancy, grappled with a missing employee and keys, and scheduled contractors to estimate baseball-field repairs and spraying work.
The Washburn Park Board approved the December meeting minutes and spent much of the session reviewing routine finance, maintenance and staffing matters.
On finances, a board member reported a $5,000 deposit "from from Based on Electric" and said that was the entirety of the current financial report. Committee discussion flagged past-due invoices from "South and Septic," but the committee said it has records showing checks were issued and cleared; members asked for verification to reconcile what the vendor still lists as outstanding.
"We got $5,000 from from Based on Electric," said speaker 2 during the financial report. (speaker 2)
Members also noted one property statement that showed a full property tax line rather than the assessment-only charge the board normally pays and agreed to ask Chelsea (staff) to check whether the parcel was part of earlier land swaps and whether the statement should be corrected.
The board discussed staffing and property concerns after 'Chris' — an employee who handled some park tasks — stopped coming in. Members said Chris had one payroll at the beginning of December and that personal property and keys remain in the park garage. The board debated whether to contact Chris to retrieve keys and property, give him a short deadline to remove personal items, or proceed with spring-cleanup disposal if items are not removed.
"He had one payroll at the beginning of December," a committee member said when discussing staffing. The board agreed to attempt contact and table formal action until they learn Chris's plans.
The board also discussed operations for the coming season: Chair said he will meet Nate from ISI at 10:30 next Tuesday to walk the parks and obtain a new quote for spraying and maintenance work. For infield/infill work on the baseball field, the board identified a local contractor, Casey Lisman, who has equipment and experience and will provide an estimate; members discussed using volunteers to reduce cost but noted volunteers can complicate scheduling.
Members briefly covered governance reminders: Brock's three- or four-year term is expiring and candidates must collect seven signatures and file by April 8 at 4 p.m.
The board recorded a formal vote to approve the December minutes. During that vote Chair called each name and Brock, Alex and Judy each answered 'Yes.' The meeting ended after a motion to adjourn and a second.
Next steps recorded in the meeting included verifying payments with South and Septic, asking Chelsea about the property statement, meeting with ISI for a revised spraying quote and getting a written estimate from Casey Lisman for the baseball-field infill work.
