Lake County Gazette

Barrington Hills Park District Board met Feb. 12.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

Dennis Kelly called meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.

Commissioners present: Dennis Kelly, Steven Allen, Jessica Underwood, Drew McMahon

Absent: Gigi Iacovelli Staff present: Kim Keper

Visitors: Jeryl Olson

Motions:

Motion to approve the minutes of the January 2020 Park Board Meeting was made by Steven Allen and seconded by Dennis Kelly.

4 ayes 0 nays 1 absent

Motion to approve the December 2019 Treasurer’s Report was made by Steven Allen and seconded by Jessica Underwood.

4 ayes 0 nays 1 absent

Motion to approve the appointment of Susan Helenowski and Sally Robinson as Advisory Committee members representing the Riding Club was made by Dennis Kelly and seconded by Jessica Underwood.

4 ayes 0 nays 1 absent

Motion to approve the rental application from the Barrington Area Conservation Trust for August 29, 2020 was made by Dennis Kelly and seconded by Jessica Underwood.

4 ayes 0 nays 1 absent

Motion to approve the rental application from the Fox River Valley Pony Club as two half-day rentals on April 4-5, to be held in the indoor arena with the stipulation that the Pony Club choses which half of each day they prefer was made by Dennis Kelly and seconded by Jessica Underwood.

4 ayes 0 nays 1 absent

Motion to adjourn at 7:45 p.m. was made by Drew McMahon and seconded by Jessica Underwood.

4 ayes 0 nays 1 absent

Commissioners’ Discussion

The Advisory Board did not meet in January and no report was given to the Board. Dennis will attend the March Advisory Board Meeting.

Discussion regarding Residency Rules for Park Districts has been tabled.

Steven Allen will contact Rob Nicolas with Morton Builders to get a ballpark quote on expanding the indoor arena as an alternate plan to building a new outdoor arena.

Administrator’s report: a new harrow for the outdoor arena will be purchased to replace the old harrow, Davey Trees will treat the magnolia trees in the front garden bed to prevent scale. There were no other facility maintenance issues.

A rental application from BraveHearts annual trail ride will be presented to the Advisory Committee in March, the rental is tentatively scheduled for June 16 and held at 364 Bateman Rd.

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