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Parks Board Meeting Agenda 10/30/24

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BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MEETING
ROOM 301, CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2024

NOON
AGENDA

1. CALL TO ORDER
2. MEETING MEMORANDUM OCTOBER 16, 2024.
3. CONSENT AGENDA
a. Request Re: Approve reimbursement agreement for Fulton Park playground equipment from
the Department of Metropolitan Development. – Crook
4. OLD BUSINESS
N/A
5. NEW BUSINESS
a. Request Re: Permission to add a little free library in Stop Light City Park. – Seibert
b. Request Re: Permission to donate single- use passes for multiple facilities as part of
the YMCA Holiday fundraiser. – Bedwell
c. Request Re: Approve and Execute Amendment to Master Plan Wesselman Woods Nature
Preserve. -Crook
d. Request Re: Approve and Execute Amendment to Articles of Dedication Wesselman Woods
Nature Preserve. – Crook
e. Request Re: Permission to remove dilapidated storage building at Wesselmann’s Park
entrance. -Crook
f. Request Re: Parks Bond:
1. Confirmatory Resolution (public hearing)
2. Bond Resolution
3. Appropriation Resolution (public hearing)
g. Request Re: Any Other Business the Board Wishes to Consider and Public Comment
6. REPORTS
N/A
7. ACCEPTANCE OF PAYROLL AND VENDOR CLAIMS
8. ADJOURN

Otters, Frontier League unveil 2025 schedule

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Otters, Frontier League unveil 2025 schedule

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Evansville Otters and Frontier League are pleased to announce the schedule for the 2025 season.

The Otters open their regular season on the league’s early Opening Day for the second consecutive year, this time at Bosse Field on Thursday, May 8 against the Gateway Grizzlies. The whole series with Gateway will move forward a day, with an extra scheduled off day on Sunday.

With a new era of Frontier League baseball being ushered in with the addition of two new squads (Down East Bird Dogs and Mississippi Mud Monsters), the league is moving to a two-conference, four-division format. In this new alignment, the Otters will match up with the Florence Y’alls, Lake Erie Crushers and Washington Wild Things in the new Central Division within the Midwest Conference.

 

EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

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EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

 

FOOTNOTE: EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT information was provided by the EPD and posted by the City-County-County Observer without opinion, bias, or editing.

Aces women’s soccer ends 2024 with a win over Southern Illinois

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Aces women’s soccer ends 2024 with a win over Southern Illinois

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville women’s soccer team ended their 2024 season with a 2-0 win over the Southern Illinois Salukis.

The Purple Aces ended their season on a high note with their highest margin of victory on Sunday afternoon. Freshman defender Emmy Brenner (Arlington, Tenn. / St. Benedict at Auburndale HS) scored her third goal and first game-winner of the year in the 40th minute. While senior forward Ryleigh Anslinger (Evansville, Ind. / Memorial HS) had her first point of the year in her final match with UE on junior forward Chrysta Vasquez’s (Las Vegas / Coronado HS) goal in the 60th minute.

“This match was good for a lot of different reasons,” said Head Coach Chris Pfau following the victory. “We talk a lot about changing the program and the culture of the team. This is a game we could have gotten blown out; we didn’t have to show up. Last Sunday giving up a goal really late to knock us out of the playoffs really deflated us. It’s been a tough week both on the field and off.

“I said we have to show up because we owe the seniors and the players that came back for a fifth year. And that’s what they did. That’s the character and the culture of this team now. They care about each other; they’re playing for each other. And I thought the result was good. We started scoring at the end of the season. But that’s good because we’re starting to find what we needed and the pieces for the future.”

It was a slow start to the final match of the season for both teams as neither found the offensive end of the pitch until the 37th minute. Evansville picked up a yellow card through the early defensive battle but also had two corner kicks to Southern Illinois one. The Aces broke the nil-nil draw on their first shot of the match on the set piece as Brenner headed the ball from the six into the middle of the net. Sophomore midfielder Ashlyn Koutsos (Cumming, Ga. / West Forsyth HS) was credited with the assist on the goal from taking the corner for UE.

The Salukis tried to respond in the final five minutes of the first half with four straight shots. But all four of the attempts didn’t find their way to the net. The second half got off to a quick start as SIU registered a shot in the 48th minute while Evansville made two trips into the offensive zone.

The Aces doubled their lead early in the half as 15 minutes in Anslinger connected with Vasquez from just inside the penalty area to the top corner of the goal box. Vasquez then easily used her right foot to put the ball to the right of the Salukis goalkeeper for her only goal of the season. UE’s defense locked in for the final 30 minutes of the match as fifth-year goalkeeper Myia Danek (Laingsburg, Mich. / Laingsburg HS) recorded a save and fended off a shot wide in the final minute.

Brenner was the only Evansville player with multiple shots on Sunday afternoon as both of her attempts went on target. All four of the Aces defenders played for a full 90 minutes as fifth-year player Rachel Rosborough (Mt. Brydges, Ontario) ended her career as UE’s all-time minutes played leader at 6,506 minutes. Danek also made her way into the record book for Evansville on Sunday with 36 matches played at ninth all-time, 157 saves for eighth in program history, and sixth in shutouts with nine through three seasons.

The Aces end the 2024 season with a 2-7-7 record. Senior forward Hailey Autenrieb (Cincinnati / Seton HS) and Brenner ended the year tied for UE’s offensive lead with nine points each. With three goals, Brenner and sophomore forward Taylor Johnson (Evansville, Ind. / Reitz HS) led Evansville in scoring while Autenrieb led the team in assists with three. The Aces say goodbye to five players with the end of the 2024 season in Danek, Autenrieb, midfielder Reese Simmons (Las Vegas / Shadow Ridge HS), Anslinger, and Rosborough.

Evansville City Council to Vote on $494 Million Spending Plan

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Evansville City Council to Vote on $494 Million Spending Plan

Tonight, the Evansville City Council will discuss and possibly approve Mayor Stephanie Terry’s 2025 budget. The budget has grown by over $15 million from the spending plan for 2024 and will impact every city service.

The City Council will still look at making changes to the spending plan. For example, Missy Mosby plans to provide more funding available to the City Animal Control Center with an amendment that will stop the city from creating a new position for a person to be dedicated to assisting the City Council members and move the funds to pay the salary to the budget for Animal Control. Councilwoman Mosby hopes city residents will speak up at the meeting to convince the rest of the council to fund improvements at the center. The budget, as submitted, provides $1.1 million to fund Animal Control.

Here are the five city departments with the most significant budgets:

  1. Evansville Water and Sewer Utility $266 million
  2. Evansville Police $49. Million
  3. Evansville Fire Department $42 million
  4. Department of Metropolitan Development $25 million
  5. Parks and Recreation $17 million

The entire proposed budget document is available online at www.evansvillegov.org/egov/documents/1724332992_87311.pdf

Vanderburgh County Commissioners Meeting Agenda Tuesday 10/29

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The Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 301 of the Civic Center Complex, with the Drainage Board immediately following.

Here’s the link to the agenda 

Jill Hahn Shares Why She’s Running for County Council At-Large

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Jill Hahn Shares Why She’s Running for County Council At-Large

When Jill Hahn is asked about her community, she’ll always have something positive to say. “Vanderburgh County has been a great place to live, work, and raise a family. I am proud to call Evansville my home,”  said Hahn, the current Vanderburgh County Council president. “The proof is right here: I’ve worked hard to improve our community and our quality of life.”  That’s why she’s asking to be re-elected for County Council At-Large this November.

Hahn has earned endorsements from the Fraternal Order of Police, Senator Mike Braun, Representative Larry Buschon, and SIBC Build, as well as financially endorsed by Teamsters Local 215, Local 181 Operating Engineers, and Local 561 Laborer.

Jill Anne Hahn has a degree in Pubic and Environmental Affairs Management from Indiana University, a Master’s in Secondary Education, and an Administrative license from Indiana State University.

As a teacher for 32 years, she taught at Glenwood Middle School, Central High School and Harrison High School, where she taught government, economics, international relations, along with Constitutional law.  Including teaching as an adjunct professor through USI teaching government and economics.

As County Council president, Hahn helped make Vanderburgh County the only county in the USA to have 100 percent internet access, appropriated funding for a new jail, including a mental health wing, helped acquire over $65 million for the non-profits such as the Children’s Museum, and secured $6 million to restore the Soldiers and Sailors Coliseum, which will be used for a variety of events.

“A vote for Jill Hahn, County Council At-Large, is a vote for you,” Senator Braun said. “That’s why you should vote Jill Hahn for Vanderburgh County Council At-Large this November.”

Named one of USI’s Most Phenomenal Women in 2022, Hahn also won an enthusiastic endorsement from the U.S. Representative Larry Bucshon.

Jill Anne Hahn has worked hard to increase funding for the sheriff deputies, prosecutors, and has led the way to creating a financially conservative budget for our county. She is active on the Metropolitan Planning Commission, the convention and visitors bureau known as Evansville Events, and the airport authority board, which increased daily flights to Chicago. She has sat on the Evansville Museum board, Vanderburgh 4-H committee and several community groups within Evansville.

“Vanderburgh County is truly on the move,” Hahn said. “There are so many exciting events right here that most citizens don’t know about. I’m here to promote our great county within its borders, the state and the nation so you can have the tomorrow you want and need.”

Likewise, Representative Bucshon noted that citizens can thank Hahn for new pickleball courts and two ADA-compliant playgrounds in Burdette Park. She also works to improve economic development in 15 counties for the state’s Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) where she is the SW Community liaison.

Currently she is working with the Jacobsville director Ted O’Connel and City Councilman Alex Burton to make Jacobsville into an ODAN main street, bringing economic development, housing, and businesses into this area for revitalization.

On a personal level, Hahn has been married to John Hahn for more than 30 years. They have two sons, Camden and Caiden, who attended Reitz High School and USI.  Her son’s work along with her husband in the 3rd generational family business Jack Hahn Excavating, Inc. Jill is also corresponding secretary for Reitz High School’s Big Blue Boosters and on the Board of Citizens for Liberty and will be President of the Veteran’s Coliseum Preservation Foundation.

“I stand for open communication, so help me spread the message of a great tomorrow for our community at jillannehahn.com.”  Hahn said. “I’d be grateful for your vote for County Council At-Large this November.” Jill Anne Hahn is proven to work hard for you.”  She is accomplished, community-oriented, has deep roots and is committed to being financially responsible and morally strong.