The Taylorville Park Board of Trustees held their regular monthly meeting Monday night in the Manners Park Office Board Room. The brief meeting started off with the approval of the May23rd minutes, followed by the Treasurer’s Report. In discussion of the new business for the Park Board, there were two ordinances that needed to be passed. One was the Notice of Christian County Prevailing Wage Rate. Board member James M. McCoy did make a statement on the issue asking if anybody had found out where the county got their figures for the wage rate. It was determined that nobody currently knew that information. The other ordinance dealt with levying the necessary taxes for the fiscal year starting March 1^st 2016, and ending February 28^th 2017. It was noted that the taxes were roughly the same as the previous fiscal year, with only a slight increase.

The next several items on the agenda for the Taylorville Park Board meeting were the reports from the Maintenance Superintendent, Office of the Administrator, and the Recreation Director. During the Administrator’s report, it was shared with the Park Board that health insurance rates had gone up $278 a month. There was also discussion about the memorial for former Park Board President Jim O’Brian. It was decided that the memorial will be two benches at the Don Bragg complex, with a memorial plaque in-between. Maintenance Superintendent Gary Brown was tardy for the meeting due to personal reasons; however Board Member James McCoy gave a glowing review of the job that Gary Brown has done.

Another report that was given at the Taylorville Park Board Meeting Monday night was from Recreation Director Bailey Hancock. Hancock started her report by saying how the pool at Manners Park had already seen over five thousand guests since it’s opening this year, and said how the lifeguards at the pool had been given random evaluations, in which every lifeguard passed with exceeding grades.

Hancock also commented on the various events that had been happening within the Taylorville Park District. One of the events discussed was the Music under the Chautauqua Building, where despite incredible heat saw a large turnout for their latest event. Details were also given on the next Music under the Chautaqua event.

The reason for the increased attractions for the next event is because of the Chautauqua building’s 100^th birthday. There will be food, tropical snow, as well as music and other attractions for that Music under the Chautauqua event on July 23^rd. After the motion to accept the various reports as given was passed, there was a motion to approve the payment of bills from the finance committee, and the Taylorville Park Board Meeting adjourned at approximately 7:30 PM.