This was a special meeting of the Olympia Metropolitan Park District Board held on October 21, 2025, at 5:30 PM. President Jim Cooper presided with four members present (Cooper, Vanderpool, Green, Payne) and three excused (Gilman, Huỳnh, Madrone). All actions were taken unanimously. The board received a compliance report, held public hearings on the 2026 preliminary budget and ad valorem tax, and approved related motions.
Good evening and welcome to the Olympia Metropolitans Park District Board meeting for October 21st. Pardon me while I adjust my voice to this very loud microphone. Um we have a couple of board members that are excused this evening. So board member Madrone, Quinn, and Gilman are all excused, but we do have a quorum. I need a motion to approve the agenda. So moved. Second. Motion a second. Any amendments? Inside voices. No amendments. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Okay. So then let's go to public comment. We have no one signed up for public comment. Is there anyone that would like to make public comment to the Metropolitan Park District Board? Okay. Hearing none, we'll move on. I'm looking for a motion to approve the April 29th minutes for the OMPD. So moved. Second. A motion and a second. Any discussion or amendment? All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed. Motion carries unanimously. So we'll go on to item 4B, which is a presentation of the Olympia Metropolitan Park District Advisory Committee's annual report regarding compliance of 2024 funding levels. And we'll go to Silvana, our new director of arts, parks, and recreation. Congratulations, Silvana. All right. Thank you. My name is Silvana Nehauser, Director of Parks Arts and Recreation. And James Reddick, who is the chair of the Metropolitan Park District Advisory Committee, is here to speak on behalf of the advisory committee and the compliance report. James Reddick with the chair of the Olympics Metropolitan Park District Advisory Committee. At our last session, we reviewed the 24 information, and it was in client in compliance with the interlocal agreement that we have. And I think the other thing is we really like what's going on because it's getting to the point where there's very few questions coming up about the uh interlocal agreement and the compliance. And we're the envy of most of the cities in the state of Washington because I've talked to a number of uh people, even like when we interviewed for uh Savannah's position, there was somebody from Skagit County said, Oh, I wish we had what you guys have. So, you know, there I think you guys have really done a good job. So anything else? Thank you. Thank you, James.