The Taylorville Park Board met on Monday evening to hear committee reports, new and old business, and to review ordinance.  The board received two donations including one from Carol Alexander who gave a $20,000 donation for the Music in the Park Program. The donation will cover all summer concerts.  A $5,000 donation was also given to the Park for the pool and basketball parks. The board approved all meeting dates for 2025. They also approved an ordinance for $6,500,000 General Obligation Park Bonds for the sole purpose of paying costs of the capital projects approved by referendum at the April 4,2023 consolidated election.  Jessica Franks spoke about the importance of these bonds. 

Franks says the park received an A rating. The board needed to make a motion to approve the bond, and to get a special bank account to protect it.  Both motions passed.  

Burbach Aquatic came and spoke about the new pool.  Duane Wepking, with Burbach spoke a little about the project and what was next including bids. 

There are pros and cons to both schedules with October completion, it’s an aggressive schedule for the contractor and that can cause some price issues.  With the May completion, it will give the staff time to learn to operate the pool and more time for the facility to be built.  The plan was approved for the May 2026 completion date. 

The start date depends on a couple factors. 

Burbach says they will continue to provide updates.

Jessica Franks, recreational director says things went well for Christmas in the Park, but says many people talked about starting earlier and/or going later past Christmas. The board says that they have tried that before and it wasn’t worth it. 

The next park board meeting is set for February 24th.