Illinois Valley Times

City of Ottawa Playground & Recreation Board met Oct. 13

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

Recreation Board Members Present: Alex Spencer, Phil McNally, Maribeth Manigold, Steve Brenbarger, Kari Hilton, Josh Moore, Randy Bretag, Ryan Cantlin, (Dave Marvin, Director of Ottawa Recreation).

Others City Officials attending the meeting: NONE

Recreation Board Members Absent: Brent Roalson

Guests: NONE

I. Maribeth moved to approve September Recreation minutes. Kari second. Motion passed.

II. Phil moved to accept the September Recreation and Pool Financial Reports. Steve second. Motion passed.

III. Commissioner’s Report

A. Thorton Park

i. Almost complete, courts are paved and painted, west side fence needs painted and sidewalks on west side almost finished. Getting an update from Randy on the disc gold equipment soon.

B. Allen Park

i. Concept plan is finished, the estimate of cost is complete and grant was submitted last month. It will be 6 months before we get any word back on the grant.

C. Kiwanis Park

i. Exercise pad is completed, Ribbon cutting is tomorrow at 10:00am

ii. A park Bench with Mark Astles’ name on it has been placed in the NE corner of the park, please stop by and take a look.

D. Commissioner is looking forward to working together with the board on the budget, possibly build another playground next year, asked us to consider this as we make out plans.

IV. Recreation Board President’s Report

A. Director’s Report Fall Harvest Dance

a. Total Participants 115

b. Donations at the door $193.00

c. Many emails and thanks from the participants

d. Can have a Budget break down next month to give us a guideline for moving forward with future dances

B. Summer Camps Final Numbers (camps only)

a. Overall total Participants 1367

1. This is an increase (+352) from the last full season of camps in 2019

2. Total Camp fees collected $29,018.00

a. Increase of $11,081.00

3. Total Debit: $36844.65 (Salaries, T-shirts, facility usage)

a. Salaries increase from 2019 – $14,310.65

b. T-shirts increase from 2019 - $845

c. facility usage – YMCA - $1100

4. Camps operated at a loss of $7826.65

a. Divided by 1367 participants = a loss of 5.73 per individual camper.

b. Break Even or Recreation Supplements Costs?

i. Break Even

1. Summer 2022 (6 dollar increase on every camp)

a. Summer 2023 (minimum wage increases, TShirt cost increases)

b. We are Looking at an $9 dollar increase across the board to break even in 2023.

i. EX: Boys HS basketball camp

1. 2022 Fee - $20

2. 2023 Fee - $29

ii. EX: OHS Volleyball camp

1. 2022 Fee - $25

2. 2023 Fee - $34

2. Supplement Cost Per Participant

a. 2019 Cost was $3.49

b. 2022 Currently $5.73

i. Supplement Cost has increased $2.24 since 2019.

1. Minimum Wage

a. 2018 – 19

i. Adult Rate $11.04

ii. Minimum rate $8.88

b. 2021 -22

i. Adult Rate $14.79

ii. Minimum rate $12.00

c. 2022 -23

i. Adult Rate $15.79

ii. Minimum rate $13.00

c. Is there a Supplement Number you want to Cap at per participant??? $15.00 is the number I was told is the target area…….But I have never seen it in writing.

C. Disc Golf League –

a. League will finish up on Oct 29 ( 3 more weeks)

i. Both League divisions 1st 2nd 3rd places will receive trophies

ii. Once again I will get numbers / cost on the league to you, so we can budget accordingly in the future.

D. Winter Adult Basketball League

a. Survey currently online

i. Asking residents what kind of changes they would like to see, and or what they want to stay the same.

ii. Target date to start is late Dec / Early Jan

V. Old Business

A. Outstanding committed money

i. Thorton Park painting project under budget @ 29,000

ii. Payment to O Fallen Lawn: $760

VI. Long Range Planning and Board Goals

A. Construction in Progress -

B. Park Inspection – Peck Park (fill in cracks on Tennis court)

C. Long Range Plans & Review -

i. Peck Park -

1. Playground Equipment

2. New Shelter (replace ones that were torn down)

3. Tennis Court repairs / Add pickle ball lines?

ii. Walsh Park – Removal of Train left a gap / space

1. Replace the area with something?

VII. Committee Reports

A. By-laws (Maribeth, Kari) – NONE

B. Financial/Budget (Ryan, Josh) – NONE

C. C. Parks (Randy B, Steve, Kari) – Thorton Park Disc Golf waiting on materials 

D. Programs (Phil, Maribeth, Brent) –

i. Peck Park / OGFA receiving 3 trees to replace ones that were removed. Est cost $1300

ii. Halm working on lights at OGFA fields

iii. OBB new helmet rack ( from their own Budget)

E. Pool (Maribeth, Steve) – demolition had begun. Do we start looking for Staff?

VIII. New Business – Phil made a motion to pay for trees @ OGFA field for $1300, Randy Second, Motion passed.

IX. Kari made a Motion to Adjourn, Second Maribeth, Motion passed.

https://cityofottawa.org/wp-content/uploads/Government/Boards_Commissions/Play-Rec/2022_Minutes/10-13-2022-play-rec-minutes.pdf