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Trustees consider converting $250 kitchen fee to cleaning deposit, hiring cleaners and reviewing rental policy
Summary
Trustees debated whether the $250 kitchen fee should be treated as a cleaning deposit, discussed hiring a cleaning service to ensure consistent standards, and raised concerns about sanitation, insurance and compliance when the kitchen is rented; Beverly will review prior-year bills and policies will go to committee.
Trustees discussed complaints about how the village's park kitchen was left after rentals and whether the existing $250 fee should be treated as a cleaning deposit or used for utility costs. Clare Duran and others recounted cleaning tasks and concerns about rodent droppings and cobwebs; Trustee Paso proposed converting the fee into a guaranteed cleaning deposit and hiring a contractor to handle cleaning to avoid reliance on volunteers.
Trustees also raised operational concerns: whether the kitchen meets health-department and fire-code requirements for cooking and rental, whether fryers and hood systems need inspection or fire-suppression equipment, and whether deposits should be assessed case-by-case. Beverly said she would review last year's bills and staff will discuss policy details at the committee level before adopting a written rental and cleaning policy.
