Life jacket loaner board to be installed at Old Mill Park

MANSON - Over the weekend of June 15-16 the appraisal for Leffler Field was delivered to the Manson Parks and Recreation District. On June 13, during Manson Parks regular meeting, Director Robin Pittman mentioned that the people conducting the appraisal had been contactin her a lot over the week and asking her questions. Sometime this week, the Leffler Committee will meet and discuss how they will proceed. Parks Commissioner Rob Campbell explained that a decision needs to be made before August 1. A Manson Parks special meeting will potentially be needed to discuss the results.

Under her Director’s Report Pittman informed Park Commissioners that the Parks Department has applied for a $20,000 grant through the Chelan-Douglas Development Disabilities Program for the Singleton Playground. Pittman will be giving a presentation on that in the upcoming weeks. Pittman also mentioned that the gazebo at Singleton Park currently is closed down due to somebody running into the cement pillars with their vehicle.  

Commissioners approved the installation of a life jacket loaner board at Old Mill Park, similar to the board located at the PUD boat launch in Chelan.

“The Lake Chelan Hospital and EMS contacted us and they got a grant to do a jacket loaner board. Everybody identified Old Mill as the place that could use them the most,” said Pittman. LCCHC has offered to visit the site and design the board. “If lifejackets are taken and not returned, they will replace them,” Pittman also told the Commissioners. Commissioners thought it was a good idea and requested that the board be placed in a location where it doesn’t disturb the view of the lake.

The Parks Department will also be getting a new maintenance vehicle. The item was budgeted in this year, and will cost $28,702. The Ford Ranger will be purchased from the State’s Department of Enterprise Systems. The old maintenance vehicle will be surplused once the new vehicle arrives and will be auctioned off later on.