The Taylorville Park District held its monthly Board of Trustees meeting at 7 PM at Manners Park Dining Hall in Taylorville.  On the agenda included the contested use of the baseball fields at Manners Park for Red Bland Little League and Softball.  Josh Assad, a board member for Red Bland, voiced concerns over the results of the EPA testing that was done in early 2024 and concerns from parents about the safety of the fields. 

Marlane Miller, President of the Taylorville Park District says that the park is safe. The board tabled any action being taken regarding where Red Bland will play until the Red Bland board provides detailed information on the parking and other issues concerning Jayne’s Park.  The park district is encouraging Red Bland to play at Manner’s. 

Jessica Franks, Recreational Director, says that the skateboard park will be receiving new equipment.

The board received an update concerning the pool from Burbach Aquatics.  The project looks to be around 8.8 million dollars with construction beginning tentatively in early 2025.  The concern from the board is the amount of money being spent on the project with talk of getting only the pool done and adding extras later.  Burbach said that if that was the case, a maintenance building must be built to accommodate newer projects.  

The next park board meeting will be on July 22nd.