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Newport Park Board Meeting 8-27-26
Newport City CouncilThursday, August 27, 2026
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Mhm. >> There we go. >> Good evening. I'd like to call the August 27th, 2026 Park Board meeting to order. Uh roll call. Emily White. >> Here. >> Dan Engler. >> Here. >> Wayne Ford. Here. Do we have a motion to accept or to accept our agenda tonight with the exception of our executive director isn't able to be here with us this evening. So, do we have a motion? >> I'll move the acceptance of the consent agenda. >> Second. >> Seconded. >> All right. Um any additions, corrections on the May 28th, 2026 Park Board What's that? >> Yeah, we need to vote on it. >> Okay. Um all in favor to accept the agenda. >> Here. I mean, I. >> I. >> All approved. All right. Okay. Now, back to our minutes from May 28th, 2026. Um any additions or corrections on anything in the minutes from that that meeting? >> Usually, if a person isn't here, they don't make the motion. So, Dan, it's up to you to make the motion cuz you were the only one here of the three of us. >> Oh. Okay. I motion to accept or >> approve the minutes. >> Approve. >> Okay. >> I can second it. I'll second it. >> All in favor. >> I. >> I. >> All right. Park Board minutes are approved. Um we will skip over the executive director report as we said earlier, he is not with us this evening. As far as dates go for the board member reports and things, um winter family fun night, do you think we should hold off until all the board members are here to set the date? >> I think we can go ahead and do it. It's usually that I I've even offered my calendar. It's usually that last Saturday, which would be the 30th in 2027. >> Okay. >> Um, I mean, I think that's pretty much when our date has been. >> Okay. >> I mean, we can always change it if somebody has an objection, but it'd be nice to get it out there and people to get it on their calendars. How's that look for you, Dan? >> Should be fine. >> Okay. >> All right, so tentative date will be January Saturday, January 30th, 2027. Um, having that covered, do we have anybody giving us a report for the Pioneer Day? >> Dan, I was not there. I was at camp. Were you Were you there on Saturday for the >> I was not, actually. I cuz I was I work midnights, I was >> Were you there, Wayne? >> No. No. >> Do Lori, do you know any have any report that we could talk about Pioneer Day? >> It's not really my place to give a report. >> Okay. >> Okay. I mean, I was there. >> We could We can wait till Emmy comes. >> Right. >> Um, I think it was a nice day. >> I did help the night before for the movie night, and that went well. >> Oh, good. Good. How many people did we have, do you know? >> I did not take account. >> I had talked to someone, they said they thought about 50, 55 people. >> Oh, that's good. >> It was a fairly good day and stuff. And it was, I mean, from what I understand, a pretty nice evening and stuff. Unfortunately, I was out of town, so >> Yeah, yeah, so was I. That's the day I left, so. >> Okay. All right. All right, so we will cover, um, Pioneer Day report at our next meeting. Um, I just have a little update on the Adventure Club. Um just a a big uh thank you to uh Sarah Marie and all the volunteers that um have been working so hard to put that together for our our young folks in our community. Um a little update as far as it uh participation this year, lacking just a little bit compared to other years. Um but overall there has been, you know, participation and also the um deadline to get your paperwork in for your prizes and things like that is on September 5th. So, you still have a little bit of time if you have things out and that that you would like to get in for the um adventure adventure 550 55 adventure, there's still time to do so. Um I know school is starting soon, so um again, if if you still had things that you would like to get in, we still have time to you still have time to do that. So. Um other than that, do you guys have anything you'd like to add on the >> Well, when I when I went kind of around about to get here, I noticed that um and I don't know who was going to move the little library um from the park over here. Um >> Lions Park? >> Yeah. Yeah, cuz there's a there's a library on a stick there as well. And I know we had asked somebody, but I can't remember who was said they were going to move it because it's not in I mean, it was in a good place before, but it's not now. It's kind of in the middle of the field now cuz there's not much of the park there. So, I don't know if they had um the adventure stuff in that one or not. >> I know they were um throughout the city in the library on the stick, you know, the packets, the envelopes to pull the the information out, but um >> Okay. >> I believe it was in all the parks if I'm not mistaken. So. >> Okay, good. >> All right, so update on that, we are all covered. Um anybody else have anything they'd like to add? >> Nothing to add. >> I don't >> so. >> All right. Do we have a motion to adjourn? >> I'll make a motion to adjourn. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> Aye. >> Aye. Motion carries.