Meeting called to order at 6:36 pm. Present: Bill Milatz, Ken Kline, Charles Neff, Larry Gobel, Theresa Schuerman, and Cathy Hartzell

No minutes of the October meeting were presented

Monthly Bills:

• Trying to get Community Bank to pay $2,173.75 for repairs to irrigation systems
• Spent $1,835.00 for street trees
• Motion to accept by Neff, 2~^d by Kline -- carried

Guests:

Dr. John McKinney, representing the Kiwanis

• Reviewed plans for a "Car-on-Ice" raffle for winter of 2005-06, at Echo Lake
• National Kiwanis have liability insurance
• Have arranged with Merton's or Wanesek to pull car out of the lake via a cable connected to the car
• No glass o~fluids in car
• Park board to determine when ice is OK to put car out on ice
• Motion to approve winter 2005-06 Car-on-Ice raffle event by Kline, 2nd by Neff -- carried

Dick Imrie & Rollie Bauman of Baseball 2000

• Schmidt Implement will not be providing a mower for next season
• Contract w/BB2000 for next year will state that they get the sign money and that they are responsible for the interior & contents of the new concession building
• BB2000 to contact Otter Sales about use of a mower
• Gobel to mail out a draft of the contract before the Jan 13^th, 2005, BB2000 meeting.

No Alderman's report

Superintendent's Report:

• Skateboard Park still open
• Baseball nets in process of being taken down
• Leaf pick up almost complete
• All bathrooms except Riverfront are closed

Old Business:

• McCanna Park restroom, no activity. Lions to be invited to January meeting
• No new report on the Garden Club statue project

New Business:

• Will receive $500.00 impact fee from the sale of lot on Grove St.
• All budget requests for 2005 were approved by the Common Council:

• Congress Softball field retaining wall, paving, & plantings; est. cost $6,000

• New bathrooms at McCanna Park; contingency fund of $5-10,000

• Playground equipment at McCanna Park; $15,000

• Pavilion at Devor Park; $5,000

• Discussion of future impact fees

• Motion to cancel December meeting by Kline, 2nd by Hartzell -- carried
• Request by Chamber of Commerce to use Echo Park on Father's Day weekend for the Hope Walk. Concept OK, but they need to attend a future meeting to explain their plans.
• Reimbursement of electricity for Bushnell Park from the County is $700.00+

Adjournment:

• Motion by Kline, 2nd by Schuerman -- carried

Next meeting, January 20th, 2005

Cathy Hatzell