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City of Moline Park & Recreation Board met July 24,

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

Park and Recreation Board Call to Order

PRESENT: Bill Abel (President)

Roger Clawson

Betsy Greenlee (Secretary)

John Knaack

Rico Navarro (Vice-President)

Thomas Schwarz

ABSENT:

STAFF: Terry Bates, Forestry Manager

Nathan Berthoud, Special Events & Sponsorship Specialist

Justin Brandt, Recreation Specialist

Yvonne Brolander, Cemetery Manager

Bill Deadmond, Parks Operations Manager

Morrison Fry, Parks Intern

Eric Griffith, Director of Parks and Recreation

Teresa Leedle, Recreation Coordinator

Stacy Winter, Customer Service & Marketing Coordinator

OTHERS:

Park Board President, Bill Abel, called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. in the Public Works conference room.

Roll Call

Roll call was taken with Board Members Abel, Clawson, Greenlee, Knaack, Navarro, and Schwarz present. Absent: None

Public Comment

Consent Agenda

Approval of Minutes

Park Board meeting minutes of June 26, 2025.

4.2 Approval and acceptance of departmental June/July bill payment and departmental June/July revenue, expenditures, capital projects, park reserve and cemetery reports.

4.3 Approval of a Special Use Application for Pregnancy Resources to utilize Ben Butterworth Parkway for their Walk for Life event to be held on Saturday, September 6, 2025, from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

4.4 Approval of a Special Use Application for Zeb Brooks to utilize Prospect Park/Pavilion for their Groove in the Park event to be held on Sunday, August 31, 2025, from 3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Omnibus Vote

John Knaack, seconded by Rico Navarro, moved to approve, by omnibus vote, these items. Motion carried on roll call with the following vote: ayes: Abel, Clawson, Greenlee, Knaack, Navarro, Schwarz; nays: none.

Non-Consent Agenda

6.1 Policy for Funding Request for leased facilities

To ensure the continued safety, functionality, and appearance of city-owned leased facilities, the City of Moline will share the cost of repairs and improvements with the lessee based on the type of issue. The amount of funding will be determined during the budgeting cycle for capital improvement projects. Thomas Schwarz suggested moving electrical panel issues or overloaded circuits from “Major Mechanical/Structure/Site Related Issues” to the list of possible “Safety Issues” in the policy.

Approved. John Knaack, seconded by Roger Clawson moved to approve the policy with changing electrical panel issues or overloaded circuits from “Major Mechanical/Structure/Site Related Issues” to “Safety Issues”. Motion carried on roll call with the following vote: ayes: Abel, Clawson, Greenlee, Knaack, Navarro, Schwarz; nays: none.

Informational

7.1 Riverside Riverslide Update

Parks and Recreation Director, Eric Griffith, updated the Park Board on Riverside Riverslide’s season thus far, including statistics on the amount of closures and attendance numbers.

7.2 Parks and Recreation Update

Parks and Recreation Director, Eric Griffith, informed the Park Board on numerous Departmental projects and updates. That there are only two large stolen memorial plaques that still need to be installed, which will be done by an outside company, due to their size, the last week in July, a timeline update on the playground installation at Little League, discussions about the Rainbow Bridge project are still on-going, the possibility of adding a Musco mini-pitch to Riverside Park, an update of when the Department will be moving into the City Services Center and a possible OSLAD grant for projects at Greenvalley Softball Complex. Lastly the Park Board decided to move the August 28, 2025 Park Board Meeting to Monday, August 25, 2025 due to scheduling conflicts.

Other Park Business

Park Board President, Bill Abel, suggested possibly changing how roll call votes are taken during meetings. It was discussed whether to continue taking roll call votes alphabetically or a rotating/random order. Because there is no set policy in the Park Board bylaws, the Board can vote to make this change or continue with a standard alphabetical roll call vote taken. Overall Board Members decided to change the roll call vote from alphabetical to random. Director of Parks and Recreation will work with the City’s Legal Department to add this policy to the Park Board bylaws and bring it back to the August meeting for Park Board approval.

Adjournment of the Park and Recreation Board

Upon motion of John Knaack, seconded by Roger Clawson, the Park and Recreation Board meeting adjourned at 4:03 p.m.

The next scheduled Park Board meeting is on August 25, 2025.

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