Carol O’Neil called the regular meeting of the Village Board to order at 6:30 p.m.

Trustees present: Fred Albertz, Robert Kasper, Arthur Ninmann, Carol O’Neil, and Elmer Stout. Absent: President John Maegli, and trustee Robert Remmel. Also in attendance: Village Administrator Rian Gamble. School Board members present: Wayne Duris, Chris Bezoenik, Ed Karwacki, Chris Olszewski, Scott Peterson, Kellie Loeb, Arlene Haumschild, and Don Battenberg. Others in attendance: School Board Secretary Bonnie Dettman, Ken Johnson, and Roger Sonnenberg.

Village and School Board members discussed the current programs available for youth in Johnson Creek including: the four-week Summer School program, the Library program (one afternoon per week), and the number of baseball and softball programs in the area. After considerable discussion, it was agreed that both Village and School representatives have interest in pursuing the possibility of offering additional activities for youth in the Village.

There was discussion of attempting to obtain a seasonal employee to serve as a Parks/Recreation Director. The Village and School would fund this position jointly. Loans to begin the program as well as use of user fees were discussed as a mechanism to fund the expense of seasonal personnel and summer programming.

Administrator Gamble and Superintendent Peterson agreed to conduct further research by contacting other municipalities and schools with recreation programs. In addition, local universities were to be contacted in an effort to obtain interest from college students to fill the seasonal Parks/Recreation position. Gamble and Peterson agreed to compile their findings and set up a future meeting date.

NONE

A Kasper/Ninmann motion carried to adjourn at 7:05p.m.

Rian Gamble

Administrator