{"id":26966,"date":"2023-07-08T00:58:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T00:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/?p=26966"},"modified":"2023-07-21T21:07:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T21:07:55","slug":"town-council-moves-to-dissolve-the-park-board-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/2023\/07\/08\/town-council-moves-to-dissolve-the-park-board-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Town Council moves to Dissolve the Park Board (AGAIN)!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A public service announcement from the Brownsburg Sentinel:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Ordinance 2023-11 is on the agenda for action at the next Brownsburg Town Council the meeting scheduled for this Thursday 2023 \/ 07 \/ 13. <\/p>\n

The ordinance is titled “AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF BROWNSBURG, INDIANA,<\/strong>
\nAUTHORIZING THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE BROWNSBURG PARK BOARD”. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Town Council determined it is in the best interests of Brownsburg and the Brownsburg Parks Department to dissolve the Park Board.<\/strong>
\nThe ordinance reads in part “the Brownsburg Town Council has determined that it is appropriate and in the best interests of Brownsburg and the Brownsburg Parks Department to restructure and reorganize the Brownsburg Park Board” [fourth Whereas clause].<\/p>\n

The ordinance establishes the Town Council as the Park Board going forward-<\/strong>-. It “transfers all authority to the Brownsburg Town Council as the \u201cPark Authority\u201d. Consequently, the members of the municipal legislative body of Brownsburg shall hereafter serve as members of the Brownsburg Park Board” [section 1].  <\/p>\n

The ordinance  dissolves the existing park board<\/strong> — “All other membership on the Brownsburg Park Board, other than the members of the municipal legislative body, is therefore dismissed, and all authority of the Brownsburg Park Board shall be transferred and invested in the members as restructured by this Ordinance [section 2].<\/p>\n

This publication as well as many area residents have expressed concerns regarding section 9<\/strong> of the ordinance “This Ordinance is effective immediately upon its passage”.<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nWhat Can YOU Do? Please consider attending this town council meeting:<\/strong>
\nWhere: Brownsburg Town Hall
\n61 N. Green Street
\nBrownsburg, IN 46112
\nDate: Thursday \u2013 2023\/07\/13
\nTime: 7:00 pm<\/span><\/div>\n
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And\/or Emailing the Town Council at towncouncil@brownsburg.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

The Brownsburg Sentinel has reached out to all members of the Town Council,  Park Board, School Board, and Library Board seeking clarification on this issue.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story and will be updated. <\/p>\n

Please check back frequently.<\/p>\n

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Earlier attempts to dissolve the Brownsburg Park Board met with failure:<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis administration has recently attempted to dissolve the Park Board with disastrous  results.  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The entire town council has chosen to remain silent, they have not answered any of the serious questions raised by this publication or area residents resulting from their prior attempt.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The lack of transparency by all parties involved is of greater concern to this publication and area residents.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A report on their earlier failure from June 22nd is titled “Comments Denied! Park Board Status” Follow this link  <\/span>>> CLICK HERE <<<\/a> to read the report.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Further compounding an already dire situation is section 9 of the new ordinance which reads “This Ordinance is effective immediately upon its passage”. The council desires immediate<\/em><\/u> control of the Park Department.<\/p>\n

It remains unclear how given the council’s prior actions, the council is  prepared to immediately assume all responsibilities previously performed by the Park Board.  <\/p>\n

Some have alluded this is a Park Board Staffing \/ Performance issue<\/strong>
\nWho appoints the majority of people who serve on the park board? Town Council. Since by the council\u2019s own admission they have been unable to effectively identify people to serve, direct and collaborate with members of the park board. It brings into question their ability to effectively oversee the functions of the parks department. If this is in fact an individual board member issue why not simply address the matter? Why dissolve the entire board?<\/p>\n

The timing of final passage of the ordinance:<\/strong>
\nA public hearing will be held. 
\nIt is voted on once more at second\/third\/final adoption.  
\nIn short, after two additional town council meetings, the park board will be dissolved.<\/p>\n

Before passage of this ordinance the council must effectively communicate:<\/strong>
\n\u2022  Make the business case to justify  — why it is appropriate and in the best interests of Town of Brownsburg and the Parks to dissolve the Park Board
\n\u2022 Provide justification for expedited timeline and transfer of responsibilities
\n\u2022 The 30 \/ 60 \/ 90 day short term plan for coverage of all Park Board responsibilities
\n\u2022 Long Term Impact to Park Department operations and funding 
\n\u2022 The new organizational and reporting structure 
\n\u2022 Effective representation of School Board and Library Board interests
\n\u2022 Impact to the organization, operation, and fund raising capabilities of the proposed Brownsburg Parks Foundation<\/p>\n

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A public service announcement from the Brownsburg Sentinel: Ordinance 2023-11 is on the agenda for action at the next Brownsburg Town Council the meeting scheduled for this Thursday 2023 \/ 07 \/ 13.  The ordinance is titled “AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF BROWNSBURG, INDIANA, AUTHORIZING THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE BROWNSBURG PARK BOARD”.  The Town […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1,36,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general-interest","category-hendricks-county","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26966"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27029,"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26966\/revisions\/27029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}