The Taylorville Park District met Monday evening to discuss the South Manners Park Pond. The pond has drastically shrunk since Thursday, and members of the Park District say a pipe has bust underneath it which is causing water loss. Superintendent Gary Brown, along with Recreational Director, Bailey Hancock doesn’t want a “band-aid” put on it, they want to fix the issue completely along with taking care and cleaning up of the north pond as well.

For that, Gary Brown has received approval from the board to be able to pursue bids for an excavator to help with the dam and start the process. There are quite a lot of fish still in the ponds, and Hancock encourages everyone if they have a fishing license to come on down to Manners Park.

Hancock also says that any dead wood that’s down there is up for grabs as well. She hopes that this will help Manners Park recover their ponds.

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