MEEKER | ERBM Recreation and Park District’s new board members Ginny Love and Lisa Moffitt attended their first meeting as board members this week. Directors Vicky Edwards and Travis Mobley both resigned from their positions on the board within the last month.
Board business went as usual this month. Following an array of committee appointments, the board approved resolution 2023-05 amending employee and family membership benefits and approved the monthly financials.
ERBM Executive Director Sean VonRoenn updated the board about the ongoing partial shutdown of the Meeker Recreation Center. He said contractors were working on the installation of a new dehumidification unit for the pool area. According to district staff the original unit installed during building construction was undersized for current operations “So it’s been running at 100% capacity since the day we opened. You know, it’s just full bore open all the time,” said VonRoenn. The project was originally scheduled for 2022 but got delayed due to supply chain issues.
VonRoenn also discussed the Circle Park Meeker riverfront project. The joint project between the district and Town of Meeker is being overseen by subcommittees from both entities. VonRoenn noted that they were hoping for a final design approval by early June so that requests for project proposals can be sent out around June 12. Proposals would then be available through mid-July, according to VonRoenn. “We’re aiming for our July 18 meeting to be kind of a bid opening, hopefully recommending a bid for approval and then contracting subsequent to that,” he said, referring to a joint meeting of ERBM/Town Trustees where both groups could finalize the process. From there he said they hoped to be under contract and have construction started by August.
VonRoenn described the timeline as “aggressive” but said it falls in line with a GOCO grant award the town and rec district have applied for. If awarded the full amount ($750K) from the state, total project funding would be $1.6 million. “That’s $250K from both the town and us, we got $150K from Colorado Water Conservation Board and we got $220K from the Just Transition money for the impacted communities,” said VonRoenn.
By LUCAS TURNER | [email protected]
