[0:00] like to call the meeting to order. Let's start with the pledge, please. September

[0:07] meeting, park board meeting.

[0:13] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

[0:19] republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:25] justice for all.

[0:37] Okay. Can I get an approval for the August

[0:42] minutes, please?

[0:50] » I'll make a motion to approve them. Got a motion on the floor by Charlie to

[0:54] approve the minutes from the August meeting.

[0:58] I'll second it. >> Jake second. All in favor signify by

[1:02] saying I. I. >> Anyone opposed? Same sign. Motion

[1:06] carries.

[1:10] Guest. Are you representing for Jeff?

[1:15] » Yeah, I'm I'm here for 4 if you need me for anything. I don't have anything.

[1:19] » You do or don't? >> I don't.

[1:20] » Okay. >> I'm just here.

[1:21] » Okay. >> To help.

[1:23] » Okay. So, Jeff ain't here. You don't have

[1:26] anything for 4. So

[1:30] I'm I'm gonna butcher your name. I'm sorry.

[1:33] » This is Ashton Pilman. >> Ashton. Okay. If you want to come up to

[1:37] the mic.

[1:46] » Okay. Do I just tell you what? >> Just say who you are and who you're

[1:49] representing. >> Okay. They have no idea, so start from

[1:54] scratch. >> Okay. Okay. Okay. Um, I'm Ashton Pman

[1:56] and I'm a senior at South Ripley High School. And this year I'm doing I want

[2:01] to do a Pay It Forward project to go to Reigns to Recovery, which is a nonprofit

[2:05] ecoin farm. And they do like therapy for mentally challenged kids and just in

[2:10] even adults that need just a little bit of help getting their self-esteem back

[2:14] up. And they have horses and goats and everything on their farm that they have

[2:19] like the kids and parents just play with, love on, and everything, but they

[2:23] don't really get much. They don't charge anybody for it. So, I was wanting to do

[2:28] a pay it forward project that all the proceeds go to them for it. And I was

[2:32] wanting to do a truck and car show at the fairgrounds where the grand stands

[2:36] is. Um, I have like we're not going to be doing like drag races or anything.

[2:42] So, with that being said, I'm going to get like donations and everything for

[2:45] like purses or like baked goods and stuff to go for like the awards. And

[2:50] it's going to be just simply like everybody's just going to go there, show

[2:55] off what they have. I have three different classes that I want to do

[2:58] which are going to be broke down into two like in each three. So, there's

[3:02] going to be a best sounding, a best looking, and a best sound system. And

[3:06] for the trucks, we're going to do gas and diesel. And then for the cars, we're

[3:09] going to do like V6s and V8s and stuff. Um, with that being said, I don't I'm

[3:15] not going to allow people to like go there and throw a party or something

[3:18] because I want it to be a good environment for everybody to just hang

[3:22] out and show off what they have because I know myself, I had a really nice truck

[3:26] and if I wouldn't have wrecked, I would have liked to take it there. And I know

[3:30] a lot of people that have recently bought new ones or they've been working

[3:34] on just trying to get out there more. And there's a show in the beginning of

[3:39] October called FP in Tennessee. So I don't want to do it before that or right

[3:44] after. So I was thinking maybe like the very end of October or the beginning of

[3:48] November. >> Okay. So you're wanting to do it on the

[3:53] grandstands or on the fairgrounds? >> Like in the pits pretty much like where

[3:57] everybody can park out there and we like me and my best friend Maddie, she's

[4:01] going to be doing it with me. Um, we're going to walk around, judge everybody,

[4:05] tell them what to do. And I have a couple people in mind for food trucks,

[4:09] too, that'll be down there. But I I wanted to get it approved first before I

[4:12] get them like changing their schedule around for me.

[4:15] » Okay. >> To give you to elaborate on her a little

[4:18] bit, she goes to South Ripley. She's a senior South.

[4:21] » South Ripley has a project. Um, every senior has to do a pay it forward

[4:25] project. Yep. as a graduation requirement where they have to do I mean

[4:30] some of them have done threeon-ree tournaments um you know but they all

[4:35] have to do some kind of project and the money they raise has to go to

[4:40] » nonprofit organization or something like that so this is what she's wanting to do

[4:44] for her pay it forward >> since she's a senior

[4:50] » so you said the end of October is that correct

[4:53] » towards the end >> yeah towards the end or the very

[4:55] beginning of November mber cuz I don't want it to be too hot where people are

[4:58] going to be miserable and not want to be down there.

[5:02] » Might be snowing end of October. >> I hope it's not.

[5:05] » I hope it's not. [laughter] >> I was thinking

[5:08] » we might be able to get some good pictures that way, but [clears throat]

[5:13] » weather. You never know, >> right?

[5:18] » Yeah. So,

[5:24] how many I'm just going to nonchalantly ask some questions here. How many

[5:29] vehicles you think you can draw in for something?

[5:32] » Well, I have like a business page, too, that I can post it on on Facebook, and

[5:36] I'm friends with like a lot of people that know a lot of people with vehicles

[5:39] that like to go to little shows like this. So, I'm hoping that there could at

[5:43] least be like 20, 30 or maybe more. I'm hoping.

[5:47] » Okay. As long as I'm I want to make some flyers and post them everywhere. And

[5:51] » So, are you going to charge for people to come into it or are you charging for

[5:55] the vehicle? Well, I'm I'm just curious how you're if if you're paying it

[6:00] forward, there has to be some money somewhere to

[6:03] » to pay for it. So, >> so I have it on here. I wrote down. So,

[6:06] if you want to bring your truck or car, it's $25. And then if you want to watch,

[6:11] it's five because I don't want to charge people just to come down there and look

[6:14] at them for like a whole bunch. And I have it like so like $5 for a wristband.

[6:19] You can get in and go look at all of them, stay however long you want, hang

[6:23] out, sit down. And then for like the vehicles and stuff, I feel like the cars

[6:29] I'm still not 100% sure on because I don't want to charge people too much or

[6:33] too less and then not get enough to pay it forward for them. But I'm hoping that

[6:37] I can get at least like 25 or $30 per vehicle. And I'm going to have other

[6:43] stuff there. So like farm and garden and stuff. I'm going to ask them for

[6:46] donations and stuff like that to go towards it

[6:49] » and maybe sell some flowers or something. And my boss owns a bake

[6:52] store, so I was going to ask if she would be willing to do that, too.

[6:56] » Okay. Well, $25 for to bring me That's cheap.

[7:01] » Mhm. >> To a car show.

[7:08] » Okay. Any questions? What do we usually charge

[7:13] for the use of it? The fairgrounds. >> That's the part that I had in the back

[7:18] of my mind. >> That's the part I had in the back of my

[7:20] mind. >> Usually out there in the pits, it's

[7:23] $650. >> Yeah.

[7:25] » But I think that's I mean, >> how much you say?

[7:30] » 650. >> 650.

[7:33] » Plus, they charge a um per person $2 per person fee.

[7:40] talk about

[7:43] » she's going to pay it forward. That's why I said she needs to ask you guys see

[7:47] what

[7:53] » So you going to take care of them cleaning cleaning the trash up?

[7:57] » I planned on it. Yeah. I have a whole bunch of friends that would help me out

[8:00] with everything. >> Put some trash barrels out and stuff.

[8:03] » Oh yeah. I have trash bins at my house that I use for like grain and stuff. So,

[8:07] I have stuff that >> Well, my question is trying to help her

[8:11] out. Would she be better? I know you're saying on the track.

[8:18] » Would she be better? >> She would be better to have it in the

[8:22] midway. >> Yes.

[8:25] » That's something that I mean, >> is that like like in the grass where we

[8:31] are? >> Yes. You know, you know where the cattle

[8:33] barn's at? >> Yeah.

[8:35] » Okay. So if you came out of the cattle barn right there where where the rides

[8:38] are. >> Okay, I got you.

[8:39] » Yeah, >> that would that was my thought. That was

[8:42] my thought is if >> Yeah.

[8:44] » You know, it's one thing if a bunch of people bring trucks, but if you get a

[8:46] bunch of people bringing nice cars, I mean, the fact it's going to be dusty

[8:49] and if they are muddy. >> Yeah. Right. And it'd be it would be

[8:54] better if it was >> Yeah. You use you use a midway there,

[8:58] then you got parking's a lot handier then. And then

[9:02] » Yeah. in it. >> Yeah, that was that was my thoughts from

[9:05] the from the I understand where you know >> Yeah. Then if you had it out there, you

[9:11] know, people could sit in the grand stands and watch, but even if you have

[9:16] even if you have, you know, if all you're going to if it's just a car show,

[9:20] people are going to want to walk around and

[9:23] » look at >> look at them anyway. So, it'd be it'd be

[9:26] better off. >> What do we normally charge for that? for

[9:30] the midway is 200 for a day.

[9:36] » I still have >> 200 a day.

[9:43] » That's Yeah, it's another thing too.

[9:53] » I was going to say is that Yeah. If Yeah. if she have you looked

[10:00] into that at all like as far as if you're required to

[10:04] » I mean that would be the that would that would be

[10:06] » because we'd have to have some type of a liability insurance saying that if

[10:10] somebody got hurt the park board the park is not held responsible

[10:15] » we can like like is it like a contract or something that we would write up and

[10:19] like that way everybody knows like if somebody does get hurt nobody can do

[10:23] anything except help themselves. No, no. Normally

[10:27] » the Lions Lions Club, they do event insurance. They would sponsor an event

[10:33] insurance policy. We've done that. >> The Lions Club would sponsor

[10:38] that a couple times. >> Yeah. You think they' do it in this

[10:41] case?

[10:49] » But it has they have to be to be under that insurance.

[10:54] » Yes. Are you not?

[10:57] » She's in 4. She would be covered, but coming onto the ground.

[11:01] » If Jim Johnson brought his car in and something happened, he wouldn't be

[11:05] covered. >> Yeah.

[11:07] » Yeah. Her her and any 4 member would be under 4.

[11:12] » Yeah. But >> yeah, Jim Johnson comes in and Ashton

[11:16] takes her pickup truck and runs over his foot.

[11:19] » I know. [laughter]

[11:25] » [laughter] >> So, you don't Monica, you don't think

[11:28] that would be a problem? >> I don't think it will.

[11:31] » Um, I think that the Lions Club would probably help that.

[11:34] » Okay. >> So, well, I mean, that that's that's one

[11:37] thing that has to happen. >> Um,

[11:40] » see, I've never done anything like this before. So, like all this, I'm like,

[11:43] okay, I need to do this. I need to do this.

[11:45] » Understand?

[11:48] » Would you say your money, you're paying it forward? What's it your money going

[11:52] towards them? >> Um, it's a nonprofit like horse therapy

[11:55] farm. So, they have like >> Yeah.

[11:58] » Okay. That's So, I'm going to use him for an example. It'd be kind of like Ron

[12:03] Brandice's >> deal. Yes.

[12:06] » What Ron did there. Dogwood Acres or Dogwood.

[12:10] » So, I mean, he had that where handicap people come there and ride. So,

[12:15] » are you going to have vendors? I have a couple of people that have like food

[12:20] trucks and stuff. I talked to one um Holy Smoke and Pork and War. He comes

[12:24] into my work all the time and my boss is like best friends with him. But he said

[12:28] he's booked up all through September. So that's why I was saying like in if I can

[12:32] get it in the like end of October and November, I can tell him now. That way

[12:35] he can have it planned out. And there's I mean my boss knows people with like

[12:40] ice cream trucks pretty well. >> The holy pork and more.

[12:43] » Yeah. So, um, and we I'm assuming we got openings in October.

[12:50] » We do. The only event that we have in October is we have, um, Cody Horn was

[12:57] doing a Halloween um, Friday night was open mic karaoke.

[13:04] Saturday was trunk or treat and um, pumpkin decorating. And Saturday night,

[13:11] he had like three bands coming in. And that was October 23rd and 24th.

[13:17] » And who's up? >> That was Cody Horn.

[13:21] » Cody who? >> Horn. H O R N. Um we did have Lewis

[13:27] Clever with KOI, but he called um a week or two ago and cancelled. He

[13:35] was supposed to be November 5th, 6th, and 7th, and he canled. We had never

[13:40] received any money from him. Uh but he called cancel and he says we found a

[13:45] place that's going to pay us to come to them so we're going there.

[13:48] » Good idea. So Cody's October the 21st 23rd 24th.

[13:54] » Yeah. >> And he's advertising camping and

[13:57] everything that weekend also. Yeah. >> November 23rd 24th.

[14:04] » So >> Halloween. So, actually Halloween

[14:07] weekend is open or if you wanted before that October 17th, but yeah,

[14:15] Halloween weekend. >> Would either one of those work?

[14:18] » Yeah, I can make it work as long as I have time to tell everybody like, "Hey,

[14:22] come here this day." >> This is just going to be a one day

[14:26] event. Correct. Yeah. >> The 31st is Halloween. So,

[14:30] » I know. I was That's what I was thinking, but then I don't know if like

[14:34] people are going to be like interested in like going for a Halloween

[14:38] truck and car show because I know I would be but I don't know what other

[14:41] people's brains are >> we go to one and it is October 10th down

[14:49] in >> so if you get flyers out I mean even

[14:53] take I mean >> you can even take them down there

[14:56] » post around that's not that far but that one's huge

[14:59] » yeah there's one coming up in Greensburg too

[15:03] is Patterson Nurseries the primary sponsor

[15:08] or the main sponsor for it. >> I don't know. We just know that one and

[15:12] V because we go down there. It's that Sleepy Hollow.

[15:16] » Yep. >> Festival.

[15:19] » So, what do you guys think about the fee?

[15:24] » I don't have no problem donating our share.

[15:28] » Yeah.

[15:31] » I don't get a motion. might suggest something first.

[15:35] » Yes, ma'am. >> If uh if you do donate it, just list us

[15:39] as a sponsor. >> Yeah, of course.

[15:40] » The Ripley County Party. >> Yes. If you can do that.

[15:44] » Yeah. >> You want I got a motion.

[15:48] » The only other thing is if they would decide to come camp, we we be able to

[15:54] collect for the camping. >> That that would be the only thing there.

[15:59] And I'm willing to make a motion we donate the gr grounds there for the the

[16:05] car show and stuff. >> Wave the $200 basically.

[16:07] » Yeah. Wave wave the $200 for the car show and that and the camping would be

[16:14] extra if you have >> that's what my thought was is when when

[16:18] I asked if it was a one day event like well how many would anybody be

[16:23] interested in camping? But I guess if you could advertise it like you know in

[16:27] your flyer like campsites available then there's the potential that right

[16:31] » you know the park could you know make a little bit on on a few campsites if

[16:37] somebody would do it but otherwise it's yeah I don't

[16:41] » I don't see any issue with it. >> Okay. So Charlie made a motion. Charlie

[16:46] made a motion >> to wave the

[16:48] » the fee the fee >> don donate the grounds per we get

[16:54] sponsorship advertisement and you provide insurance.

[16:57] » Okay. >> And and clean up.

[17:00] » Yeah, of course. Yeah. >> Okay. I got a motion made by Charlie.

[17:06] Second. >> I'll second it.

[17:08] » Second by Jake. All in favor signify by saying I.

[17:11] » I. I. >> Anyone oppose? Same sign. Motion

[17:14] carries. Thank you so much.

[17:16] » No problem. Not a problem. I said no. I >> Okay. Before you um sometime you need to

[17:22] come in and see me in my office or get with me and we'll do like a cons

[17:28] and have you sign it and then >> we'll go around the ground.

[17:32] » Okay. I work every day so it's like whatever day you think.

[17:38] » Okay. >> Okay. Thank you guys so much.

[17:42] I'd say I would help her get on that insurance thing

[17:47] more sooner or later that way if it >> I'm already sending out some texts.

[17:51] » There you go. >> Thank you guys.

[17:54] » No problem. Good luck. >> Thank you.

[17:57] » You didn't die up here. >> I know

[17:59] » you did. You you [laughter] did this perfectly fine.

[18:03] » I was You looked awfully nervous coming up, but then once you got up here, you

[18:06] did a really good job. >> You did good.

[18:11] Is there any way you guys can advertising?

[18:14] » Yeah, I can put on our >> We can put it on our Facebook page and

[18:18] stuff. Yeah. >> If if you if you get the information to

[18:22] Christie, >> we'll put it on the park Facebook page

[18:25] and stuff. >> Okay.

[18:26] » Just to help with advertising. >> As soon as I get home, I can start

[18:29] making like a flyer about like obviously not finish it yet so we have everything

[18:33] finalized. >> True.

[18:35] » You just got to pick the date and the weekend of 23rd, 24th is not um It's not

[18:40] available. Okay. >> But um after that and then just like I

[18:43] say, put on there, >> you know, help sponsor and then the

[18:48] camping is available if they do want to come and

[18:51] » and camp or whatever. >> Be there the day before.

[18:57] » Okay. Any other guests? Jeff, you got anything?

[19:01] » I'm good. >> Okay. Board members updates and

[19:04] concerns.

[19:10] What day are we? We're meeting what? Next week.

[19:12] » 13th. Ain't it? >> 14th.

[19:16] » I thought I say 14th is what I thought it was, but I didn't want to say. I've

[19:19] got it wrote down. I'm just not in this. >> 14th is a Monday.

[19:22] » I figure if I show up 13th, I won't be late. [laughter]

[19:25] » I probably should rate all going. >> All right. Then we said what? 6:30.

[19:33] Is that what we said? >> I think so.

[19:35] » I think so.

[19:45] September. Yeah. 6:30. >> Okay.

[19:48] » I noticed on the bills here, Christie, >> reimbursement for metal.

[19:54] » Okay. That is that dates back to um

[20:01] » the boy running over the metal. >> The Michael Shout that ran over the

[20:05] metal. >> Mhm.

[20:06] uh that we were putting on building 10. Uh we got $500 and we didn't get the

[20:12] rest of it. And they said, "Well, he's got until he gets off probation,"

[20:16] because I called about it. "He's got until he gets off probation to pay the

[20:19] rest of it." Well, four months after all that happened, I'm

[20:27] you're reading about him on the internet that he was the one smuggling drugs into

[20:31] Decar County Jail. So now he's sitting in Decar County Jail.

[20:36] But somehow we finally got the rest of our money. So that's what that was. The

[20:41] courts sent us a check and they transferred it into our building

[20:46] maintenance fund and then I just wrote best a check out of that.

[20:50] » Okay. >> So that's

[20:53] just a transfer of money. I mean >> it's not ours and not

[20:59] so it's just a Yeah. Go back to Dustin. What's the maintenance mowers during

[21:05] fair week? >> Um they maintenance the mowers uh blades

[21:10] um uh had to do new tires

[21:16] um because uh the chamber had their fireworks there and they sold um had to

[21:20] do new tires on one of them. They sold sparklers

[21:25] » during the fireworks. >> Yeah, I remember you saying that last

[21:27] week. >> Well, the chamber didn't come back and

[21:30] clean up the next day and we cleaned up the best we could. I mean, but in that

[21:34] grass and stuff, some of the sparklers you didn't see and some of them got into

[21:38] the mower tires and they just demolished it.

[21:41] » We tried patching it and it didn't patch. So, they said, "You just need two

[21:44] new tires." So, we end up with two new tires for the back of the

[21:50] » Yeah, the one mower. That's

[21:56] the one of the next questions I've got. Um,

[22:01] they asked about the stage next year for the fireworks. Are we doing everything

[22:07] the same as what we did this year? I got to looking. In the past, the chamber was

[22:12] charged for the fairgrounds in the past. >> Okay.

[22:16] » Um, the past few I mean, since I've been

[22:21] there, they have not been. I mean, they paid for the stage, but that's it. But

[22:25] then that puts us, we're there working all that day. Like this year we were

[22:29] supposed to be closed. The office was, but we're working all that day. And then

[22:33] we're back in there the next morning cleaning up.

[22:35] » You're doing What are you doing that day?

[22:38] » Huh? >> What are we doing?

[22:39] » Getting ready for it and helping the and setting up and stuff like that.

[22:44] » Okay. But well, my question is if we're renting the fairgrounds, why are we

[22:47] doing that? >> They're not renting the fairgrounds.

[22:50] That's what I'm saying. They haven't paid to rent it.

[22:54] So is that that we need to change or should they do we need to go over with

[23:00] them? Um, and we're there that night because

[23:06] if something happens, I mean, toilets or anything else, I mean, the past we've

[23:12] cleaned up vomit out in the walkway. Uh we fixed

[23:19] toilets that have been busted during the the fireworks and and then the next day

[23:27] we're up there still picking up trash and stuff from it. So

[23:32] they asked me about stage and I haven't given them an answer yet.

[23:38] » Is it being held fair grounds? Well, that's I did ask that and um Brandy said

[23:44] that she didn't know what I had heard, but there was only two people, their

[23:49] president and her that are allowed to speak on behalf of the chamber and as of

[23:53] right now, it is being held at the fairgrounds.

[24:02] » Do we make do we make anything on that event? Yeah.

[24:06] » No, we made nothing. >> Yeah, I didn't know if there was

[24:08] » nothing. I didn't think so. >> So, if they rented the whole

[24:13] fairgrounds, how much is it? Just 200 or is it?

[24:16] » No, it's for a lot. >> Huh?

[24:18] » That's just for the midway. >> Just for the midway.

[24:29] » I mean, it's a service to the community, >> right? Right. I guess. Yeah. Just But if

[24:33] we're >> But it's

[24:36] » What did they pay in the past? You said they rendered it in the past. What did

[24:39] they pay? >> This was back. I'd have to look back.

[24:42] Um, but this was back uh Shauna had very good records back then. So, I'm sure the

[24:49] fees were, but I've got the contract with them in the office. I didn't bring

[24:55] that text that to you. >> Yeah. I mean, I don't know yet,

[24:58] » but that's been how many years ago? I mean,

[25:01] » true. Right. >> Yeah. Right. And it's a ser Yeah. It's a

[25:06] service to the community. It's a great turnout. A lot of people a lot of people

[25:10] are obviously there and it's not like I guess it's not necessarily that the

[25:15] chambers not making money on it either. But if

[25:22] if we're donating if we're donating >> the chamber charges the vendors that the

[25:25] food vendors that come in pay got >> $100 a pop and then they have commercial

[25:30] vendors that come in instead of >> well if they're if they're then

[25:35] especially if we're cleaning if if you're having to clean up then

[25:39] » yeah I was going to say how many people do they have on the cha chamber I don't

[25:44] know that much about the cha chamber do they have you know 50 people is on the

[25:48] chamber Or is it just a handful of people or

[25:52] » It's quite a few businesses. I'm I'm on it. So, but not on the board.

[25:56] » You're not on the board. >> Yeah. But you It's just you're like a

[26:02] » you're the the businesses are on on and >> so they just d sort of donate to the

[26:08] chamber >> type thing.

[26:10] » You got to pay a fee every year. >> Well, we're members of the the commerce.

[26:14] » Yeah. We're parts member of chamber of commerce.

[26:22] Yeah, I don't know. So, it sounds like it's something where the somebody from

[26:26] the chamber board probably should be notified and that

[26:33] it's going to be a possibility and that they need to come to a meeting so we can

[26:39] discuss it because yeah, if we're if if there's a mess afterwards that we're

[26:43] cleaning up after and it's their event and like it'd be one thing if again if

[26:49] they but if they're if they're making some money off the vendors that are the

[26:52] food vendors and whatever else that are there, then it makes sense to me that

[26:58] » Yeah. >> Yeah.

[26:59] » If we're replacing If we're replacing uh lawnmower tires and

[27:04] » Oh, that was expensive. >> Yeah. Replacing lawn mower tires and

[27:08] having to clean clean up the ground. I will say I did go $20 more per tire

[27:13] though because instead of like the regular turf I had them put they put

[27:17] like the tractor tires on because we do need

[27:21] » in some areas >> that way you can get traction when it's

[27:24] wet. >> Yeah.

[27:28] You know, the the big thing is I I can say see where we we take care take care

[27:33] of the bathroom bathrooms and stuff, but then they need to they want to bid it

[27:38] out, clean up trash, empty the trash barrels and and do all that. I think,

[27:43] you know, if they want to bid it out and do something like that, but pick pick up

[27:47] that end of it and that >> is this something we got to make a

[27:53] decision on tonight? Well, why don't we just add that to the

[27:58] meeting on the 14th? >> Okay.

[28:01] » Don't you agree? >> Yeah.

[28:03] » That's fine. >> Yeah. Like said,

[28:12] » yeah, I mean, I don't know how big of a mess there is

[28:17] afterwards. either that were or that you when I say we I mean you Christie how

[28:25] much you're cleaning cleaning up afterward. Well, it takes a while to

[28:28] clean out there with the fireworks were. I mean, sometimes they have uh Joe Man

[28:32] and the probationary people do it, but Joe's uh town, so he didn't. I mean, it

[28:39] was us. And >> well, to me, if we're if we're putting

[28:42] the thing on, they should be cleaning at least fireworks crap up

[28:48] » in my opinion. >> Yeah.

[28:50] » Yeah. everybody everybody else that uses the

[28:54] grounds. >> Fortunately, they probably had Have they

[28:56] ever had it where it was really muddy that they've run lucky enough not to

[29:00] tear up the yards and everything? >> Oh, yeah. It's been

[29:04] » I mean, at least the 4 is that they they fix the

[29:07] » right problems. I mean, but it's like it's a big given,

[29:12] » right?

[29:16] » Okay. Uh,

[29:19] EC Corp Electric Service, electric shed 3500. What's that?

[29:24] » That's the finishing up of the uh the electric update.

[29:29] » That's the different grants that I had. I had to write a check

[29:34] to ecorp for this money out of this grant because I had um rising sun, I had

[29:40] Reynolds, and I had another from County Community Foundation to pay for that for

[29:45] the electric update. shed one. >> Okay.

[29:48] » So, but I had to write a check to EC Corp for this amount for this grant.

[29:52] Then I had to write another check for I couldn't put all the grants together in

[29:56] one. >> So, that's what that is for.

[30:08] » You got any question? >> No.

[30:11] » I get a motion to pay the bills. I'll make a motion. Got

[30:16] » a motion on the floor by Jake to pay the bill. Second. I'll second.

[30:20] » Second by Charlie. All in favor signify by saying I.

[30:23] » Anyone opposed? Same sign. Motion carries.

[30:27] » Um I do have another question. Another the um on my updates. Uh Steven

[30:36] Stapleton come in with the state police and he's wanting to know if they could

[30:42] use the fairgrounds for one possibly two days. It'll probably be in the evenings

[30:48] towards the night. they would shut the fairgrounds down um and do a training

[30:54] with the local law enforcement like the state police and he's wanting to get the

[30:58] towns and the sheriff's department and do like stopstick and EVO

[31:05] training and stuff at the fairgrounds.

[31:12] He said there would be nothing tore up. They might have a little bit of black

[31:16] marks on the pavement here and there, but he says nothing would be

[31:26] » sort of a no-brainer. I'd say say >> Yep.

[31:29] » Yeah. I'd say, >> okay,

[31:31] » wave wave wave the fee fee and let them >> right.

[31:34] » I told Well, it's at night, so and I told them I would

[31:38] » Yep. >> run it by you guys, but they'll because

[31:40] they're going to do um scenarios where the suspect runs and

[31:47] they have like uh kind of like paintballs

[31:51] at [laughter] them. I mean, it sounds >> Can we come and watch?

[31:53] » I was going to say I kind of want to join in.

[31:56] » I was say cuz they they they make >> paintball mess.

[31:59] » I was make they ought to have a have a fundraiser where you know like how like

[32:05] you you pay to have the pink flamingos put in somebody's yard, but to get rid

[32:10] of them you got to pay again. We ought to be ought to pay who to be the the uh

[32:14] the convict that's running. They raise money that way.

[32:18] [laughter] >> I just wondered if they had the dog

[32:22] attacking them. >> Now, they've done that before. They've

[32:25] come up there before and done that and they've asked I mean I went and helped

[32:29] them. Um, I [clears throat] even went to the park, but where you run you run

[32:35] around and everything else and try and hide and they said I wasn't and then

[32:40] they I go and hide somewhere and they let the dog loose to try and find you. I

[32:45] mean, I was in a vehicle uh so it couldn't get to me, but they said I

[32:49] didn't do good enough. And uh well, it was Joe Man who wasn't. He goes, "You

[32:54] got to do it like this." And he down ran around. He was on top of the shoulders

[32:57] and everything else. I'm like, there ain't no way I can climb up on top of a

[33:01] shelder. I mean, but I mean, he was up there and stuff. And I mean, the dog,

[33:05] you know, went >> sniffed him out

[33:07] » and sniffed up, you know, and the pole and I mean, it was neat to watch. But,

[33:12] um, I don't know if they're doing that kind of trip with the dogs or anything

[33:16] or >> maybe they need to stay off a roof

[33:18] because I think that's some of the damage we end up with.

[33:20] » Oh, this was at the park. >> Well, I mean, somebody been on the roof.

[33:24] » This was Yeah, this was at the park. I mean the the Gale State Park on their

[33:29] seller houses. >> We found a new hole in the commercial

[33:31] building. >> Yeah, I do. I have a hole in the roof of

[33:35] the commercial building. >> It's a hole

[33:37] » in the roof. >> H

[33:40] » I don't know if something hit it or or what, but

[33:44] » it's up by >> It's up the peak.

[33:51] » I don't know. >> Yeah,

[33:52] » it's d plus a hole. You guys will see all this September 14th.

[33:56] » Yeah, >> because it'll be dark. I mean, it'll be

[33:59] getting darker then. So, you can go in buildings,

[34:02] » right? >> The lights.

[34:05] » I think Charlie was up there running around.

[34:08] » Yeah.

[34:11] » So, >> state police. Okay. I mean, when you

[34:14] make a motion or >> I'll make a motion.

[34:16] » Got a motion that we're going to >> we wave our fee. We wave the fee for the

[34:20] state police and local police to do the training on the fair grounds by Charlie.

[34:24] » I'll second it. >> Second by Jake. All in favor signify by

[34:28] saying I. >> I.

[34:29] » Anyone oppose? Motion carries.

[34:35] Playground equipment. Um, I have received a couple emails

[34:43] from a young lady um about the playground

[34:49] equipment and she is wanting uh records of maintenance and safety inspections

[34:58] and and everything. Um, I have, and this is in July before I

[35:04] ever received this, contacted the company that we got the

[35:09] playground equipment from, and

[35:13] um to get a couple pieces to see what it

[35:17] was to replace a couple pieces that are busted, like the um one of the transfer

[35:24] platforms. and it was almost $1,400 for a transfer

[35:30] platform. 1300. Um, I end up having Michael Flint made one and put it on for

[35:37] me. Um, he hasn't dropped off a bill, but he

[35:42] said he charged $50 labor, but he got the the parts and welded it and

[35:47] everything else and went and welded it on. There's a couple other things on

[35:51] there that I mean have are fixed, but I didn't know um

[35:58] if we want to look and we can look at this when we go September 14th um to try

[36:04] and get ideas about moving equipment up to the front. I do know the merry ground

[36:10] in the back >> is shot.

[36:13] » Well, there's a bearing out or something, but I need help. I can't get

[36:17] » right. >> I've got the bolts that I can get out,

[36:20] but I need somebody to cut there's a couple bolts I can't get out to get that

[36:24] top off cuz I've been told that the bearing is down in underneath that and I

[36:31] can't even get to it and I don't have anything to cut

[36:36] those bolts off. I've even stuck my son I stuck my son

[36:42] under the mic that had him hold the the nut while I tried to get the bolt the

[36:49] top of the bolt off. I'm can't break it loose.

[36:52] » Okay. >> So,

[36:54] » do we still we don't still got Rick as our maintenance person in?

[36:59] » Yes. >> Look at that.

[37:02] » Um he he's looked at several of the things back there. I mean several

[37:07] things. I mean, we've got fixed, but the merground, it's going to be a couple

[37:13] people job.

[37:17] » Okay.

[37:20] » Okay. >> I was going to say I mean, but as far as

[37:23] the email you received goes though, it's they're just

[37:28] basically wanting to see that things are fixed.

[37:30] » But one of the comments on the email was the slide was hot. Yeah,

[37:36] » metal slides. >> Okay.

[37:38] » So, >> all right.

[37:40] » Well, well, I mean, I I understand part of the

[37:42] » Yeah. Yeah. There if there's things that are broken, they they need to be they

[37:45] need to be fixed. Absolutely. >> There's

[37:47] » parts of the email, >> but some of it, like I say, I had

[37:50] already contacted the company and was on it, but

[37:54] » you know, they don't call to get that. They just blasted on

[37:58] » Yeah. I mean, yeah, I guess. Yeah, that's

[38:01] » I was going to say, how old's that playground equipment?

[38:08] » 20 years, maybe. >> I'd say at least

[38:11] » 25. >> I'd say 25.

[38:15] I don't know, but I I would say 25.

[38:20] » Yeah, I can stand there a good while. >> Yeah, if it's

[38:24] » So, where are you thinking about moving? You said move it up front. What are you

[38:28] thinking about that sideyard or what? >> That yard. That side yard

[38:32] » outside the park office. >> Yeah.

[38:36] » Yeah. >> Be more monitored

[38:39] instead of back there where >> move that up there and take it out of

[38:42] the back and then that way we don't have back here. Well, if you moved it out of

[38:47] there or if you moved up front and you had that back, I would cut that

[38:54] back off but still leave that fence there, you know, divide it off or

[38:59] whatever and make that the dog park >> where people could go in there and let

[39:03] their dogs run because I've got that complaint a lot too that

[39:07] » Yeah. Yeah. That's >> if they come up there to the

[39:10] fairgrounds, they have to have them on leash and they can't let them just run.

[39:15] So, I've had one lady who tied 12 leashes together and had the dog running

[39:21] on 12 leashes. >> No joke.

[39:24] » I mean, yeah. I mean, I think I >> So,

[39:27] » if it's doable, that's a good idea >> since you've already got the fence and

[39:31] everything back there. Just >> Yes.

[39:33] » Leave the

[39:36] » kill two birds with one stone. >> And we made a motion to pay the bill.

[39:42] Have you got anything else? Sorry. We've made a motion to pay the bills already.

[39:44] We already done that. >> Did you have anything else for here?

[39:53] » No. >> Yeah, I think so.

[39:57] » Okay. >> Um

[40:01] upcoming events

[40:14] 25th office is closed because of uh pumpkin show.

[40:19] » Yep. >> All offices are closed.

[40:21] » Yep. >> Uh

[40:25] October 5th through 12th I am gone on vacation.

[40:29] » Okay. >> That week. So office will be closed.

[40:32] 14th is board meeting. >> I don't know. Have we approved her

[40:35] vacation yet? [laughter]

[40:38] » I've already been told I have to take it.

[40:42] So, um, >> 14th be a board meeting.

[40:46] » 14th is board meeting and, um, then like I say, 23rd, 24th is the Halloween. Um,

[40:52] he's wanting to do trunk or treating and everything else there in the parking

[40:56] lot. So, >> okay.

[40:59] Um, one thing I forgot to bring up. You did say the

[41:05] the date of the [sighs] Christmas festivity

[41:11] here in Versailles. You had already had plans for the ice skating ring, right?

[41:16] Okay. Because Doug Grump contacted me again by text and I told him that we

[41:23] already had a event scheduled where it would be being used. So,

[41:28] And I even asked him, I said, "Do you have a way of calling it?" And he said,

[41:31] "No." >> Yeah.

[41:33] » I mean, as far as the boards or the shoes or anything, I mean,

[41:38] » yep. >> That's fine.

[41:41] » It's being used. It's being used. That's simple.

[41:46] » Anything else?

[41:51] A motion to adjurnn. >> I'll make a motion to adjurnn.

[41:53] » Got a motion by Charlie to adjurnn. Second.

[41:56] » I'll second it. Second for Jake.

Ripley County Government Park Board Meeting September 2, 2026

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