The Taylorville Park Board met on Monday evening to discuss summer plans and to vote on the pool, day camps, and dining hall opening. The Park Board received an update from Michael Mizeur concerning the North Pond Excavation Project.  Mizeur was hoping to get things started on it as soon as it started to dry up, but there has been too much rainfall.  The project will take 3-4 weeks to complete.

The Park Board also talked about opening up the pool and just how difficult it would be to open.  Bailey Hancock, Recreation Director, said given the CDC Guidelines and the amount of money the pool would be losing, it wouldn’t be worth it. One of the big concerns for the pool is the amount of training, lifeguards would need but would struggle due to social distance.

Hancock said it would be even worse with new lifeguards who haven’t had the training last season. The park board decided to close all pools for the season, all day-camps would be suspended and the dining hall would be closed until next season. The vote was unanimous. Hancock said it breaks her heart to have to shut it down.

Bailey Hancock also had a message for the kids saying that there was no point in having the day camp if it wasn’t going to be fun.

The Park Board did decide to reopen all parks in Taylorville, however, playgrounds and bathrooms would remain closed until further notice and there would be other restrictions put in place as well.