Board member Edgler here. Board member Westerberg here. All right. Do we have a motion to adopt our agenda for the evening? So move. We have a second. Seconded.
All in favor? I opposed. Motion carries. And Derek got the parkboard minutes out to us. Everybody have a chance to look those over and any changes of of any nature. Good.
All right. So, do we have a motion to approve minutes? A motion to approve the minutes and a second. A second. Uh, all in favor? I opposed. Motion carries.
All right. Executive director's report. All right. Um, city council has approved the design for the sports courts and now it's out for bid. So hopefully that'll get moving shortly. So do they go out
get multiple bids? Yep. Okay. Yep. And that's at Loveland, right? Yep. And would it blah blah blah is the idea that it would be done this summer? Hopefully. Yeah. Okay. I guess that would be the aim for it to be done by the end of the summer. Okay, good.
Great. Anything else? Oh, okay. Perfect. All right. Uh board member reports. Um the last meeting we had, we did some discussion on the games and things. Um and I know you and I connected. Were you
able to get a confirmation from the sheriff's department? Yes. To show up. Okay. So, ice cream treats for purchase at 7 o'clock. Sheriff is approved. And um um is he uh Sergeant Sergeant Joel? Okay. Has said someone, you know,
obviously unless there's something big going on, he'll send somebody up. Okay. Um as far as activities go, we talked about that. Um let's see here. I know kickball was one of the things. Um maybe what we can
do is is anybody have any long game games that they wanted to that they could bring? I do have a um oh, what do you call it now? Where you throw the bean bags in the hole? Oh, okay. Cornhole. Cornhole. Yeah. Um that I actually had somebody make for me last
summer and it's just painted a plain blue. Um but it's it's really sturdy. So um it's never been used. I was tired of um using one that I bought for really cheap that it kept falling apart. So um I can bring that up. Okay, perfect. And
then I think Anita said she had um ladder golf. So I will go ahead and confirm with her on that. Okay. Um Derek is going to bring the speaker. Emmy, are you willing to set it up? I would rather not. I don't I cannot connect to that
speaker. No, we're going to get a different one. You're going to get a different one. Okay. What kind of speaker is it? I don't know yet. Okay. One that will connect to you. Yeah, maybe we can connect before just so not game time realizing. Would like a just a
Bluetooth speaker work? Yeah, that's the plan. Just connect. Okay, that would be perfect. Something that's um compatible with an Android. Okay. All right. Perfect. And then Derek, you were going to get a table and then probably a chair
for um Sarah Marie. Yep. Okay, perfect. Other than that, anybody anything else you can think of? Do we have a kickball? Is someone bring? Well, I'll see if I can find a heavy rubber. We have two of them at public works for that we used last year, I believe, or the year before. Oh, okay. So, you'll bring those
up. So, we're covered. All right, perfect. Anything else any anybody thinks we need to uh cover or discuss on family fun night on June 3rd? just hope we have I mentioned to uh Derek that the Cottage Grove is it called Cottage Grove Journal whatever the newspaper is that
there is an article in this week about our event uh June 3rd. Yeah. Okay. So I was had glad I looked and then I looked again and I went oh that's nice. All right so I think we'll go ahead and move on. Um Emmy, did you have some
updates for us on Pioneer Day? Can I just interrupt one second? Does Anita have the stuff, the things to go out to the kids at the school or will she have them? The flyers. The flyers. Yep, she has them. Okay, that's it. Thank you. Okay, so I know we have a few things to
do. Vote on the button and then chat about the flyer. Should we do one before the other? Sure. Sure. Whatever you want to say. Okay. Um, so there has been movement with the pioneer day. Um, so we have a few more things confirmed for the
year. So, we will be having a movie on Friday, August 8th in Pioneer Park and that will be at sunset. So, I'm not exactly sure the date or I'm sorry, the time, but once that's confirmed, you know, we'll obviously have start time where we'll get, you know, popcorn ready
and um that sort of thing. Um so more information exactly about the time to you know know to be announced but um and then Saturday August 9th they we will be having a 5K run walk and that will be starting at 9:30 in the morning
followed by the parade at 11:30 and then the um Pioneer Day activities in Pioneer Park from 12 to 4. um that will include a lot of the um favorites including the car show, padding zoo, food trucks,
bounce house, and then other vendors. Um as well as live music and this year it'll be Cole Diamond will be performing that band. Um the big thing that would love to get out is there is a website for the event um outside of the Newport
city website and this website is ww.newportpioneerday.com. newportpioneerday.com and at the website you can um sign up to volunteer. We are looking for volunteers to help with the event. That is setup and take down and
day of um it's going to be really fun. Um but that is for both the movie in the park. So Friday the 8th and Saturday the 9th and it is split up into shifts. So it's not, you know, you're not going to be doing a whole day thing. Um, so if
you want to help with passing out packets for the 5K, there's that option or take down of the movie night. So volunteers are really going to help make this um a success. So that would be great if people could start signing up. There's a form to fill in your
information and we'll reach out um likely June or July with more information. Also, those that might be interested in sponsoring, we've already received some donations, which is greatly appreciated, but um there's an option to um get more information about should you want to
donate to the event. Also, um there's um a section to sign up for the walk run 5K. Um additionally, joining the parade if you'd like to join the parade, you can kind of inquire about that as well as becoming a vendor. So again, visiting
the newportpioneerday.com website will give you a lot of information. Perfect. We also need to uh staff the bounce house. We'll let her cover the buttons and then Yeah. Um so we do have,
I believe, five entries. Yep. For the buttons. I don't know how this has been conducted in the past. Usually do this after the meeting. Okay. Time to look at them and then you choose one, then we send it to staff. Perfect. All right. Perfect. So bounce house. Um, what were the hours then that we would need
coverage? 12 to 4. 12 to 4. Okay. And I believe the bounce house will be um will we be purchasing the bounce house this year or is that unconfirmed? Okay. Yep. Okay. Um, but I believe it'll be 12 to 4. That
likely will be the time frame. Okay. So, we could cover some shifts then after the meeting here. Yeah. Fill that in. Yep. All right. Perfect. Um, anything else anyone has to cover? Nothing. If we can, Derek, I
would like to just when we wrap up with the meeting and stuff, schedule our next meeting. So, that would be June. I just like to get it on the calendar so I don't it doesn't slip. I bet it's like the 20 6th. Does that sound right? No.
No. Let me see. No, I think it's the fourth might be the fourth Thursday. I'm going to be out of time on that day. 26th. Oh, I thought you said the sixth. Oh, I was like, no. I'm sorry. Yeah, 26th. That would be correct. All right,
perfect. And that'll be at 5:' All right. June 26th, 5:00 pm. Super. Anybody have anything else? All right. If not, should we make a motion to adjurnn? So move. Second. I'll
second. All in favor? I opposed. Motion carries.