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Hearing on board president continued

A hearing that had been scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday on the possible removal of Anderson Parks Board President Darin Foltz has been continued, according to an e-mail sent Tuesday by City Attorney Tim Lanane.
Mayor Kris Ockomon was to serve as a hearing officer for Foltz, and Ockomon said on Tuesday that he had not requested that the hearing be rescheduled. Lanane’s e-mail provided no reason for the continuation, and said “notice of the resetting of the hearing shall be provided in the future.”
Foltz said Tuesday evening he had no comment. He previously denied charges that prompted the hearing, and said the complaint against him was coming from the city administration.

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July 20, 2010

Parks Department to sell off surplus

By Dave Stafford The Herald Bulletin

ANDERSON, Ind. — The city parks department has a fleet of old trucks, a pile of used computers, furniture and even a well-worn Skee-Ball machine that will be for sale.

The board on Tuesday declared a list of park property as surplus merchandise that will be for sale in the city’s surplus auction scheduled for Aug. 21.

Maintenance supervisor Tom Tacket said the list included seven pickup trucks of various sizes, from a 1986 GMC to a couple of 1997 Chevrolets. He told the board that all of them ran or they would not be offered in the auction.

There also are multiple used computers, monitors and keyboards that will be sold as one lot. A refrigerator, chairs and filing cabinets also will be sold.

The parks department is struggling to maintain properties and provide programming after its budget was cut 67 percent this year.

With the help of dollars from outside the park budget, the board was informed that Anderson Parks and Recreation will have two more Born Learning Trails installed. An initiative of the Born Learning Coalition, the trails offer stations for preschoolers designed to teach them to read.

Such a trail exists in Jackson Park, and Born Learning trails are proposed on existing trails at Shadyside and Pulaski parks. Parks workers will install the trail stations, and funding is coming from the Community Development Weed and Seed program, officials said.   

Contact Dave Stafford: 648-4250, dave.stafford@heraldbulletin.com

 

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Zachary Gillam, 16, and George Stokes, 19, go after a rebound as they play in a pickup game of basketball at Pulaski Park Monday afternoon. Late last fall repairs were made to the courts with new posts, backboards and rims along with resealing and painting the courts. With the warm February weather players have been getting out to check out the refurbished courts.

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