Commissioners’ Work Session Puts Heavy Focus On Parks & Recreation

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

The snowfall that hit Beaver County didn’t stop the Commissioners from holding their weekly work session, though it was a more hastened meeting than most.

Much of the shortened session was focused on the moves of the Parks & Recreation department, who finally received the new Zamboni machine for the Brady’s Run Ice Arena. Director Tony Caltury said that the next step for the indoor playing surface is to reach out to businesses throughout the county for advertising on the boards and the Zamboni itself over the next several months.

Caltury also provided an update on the digital sign for Brady’s Run Park to be placed at the corner of Constitution Boulevard (Route 51) and Brady’s Run Road. “We have quotes. So if we want to move forward, we can,” Caltury stated. He noted that in conversations with Brighton Township officials, the quotes for a digital sign fall “roughly about $30,000”.

Solicitor Garen Fedeles spoke about the Board of Commissioners’ recent and “very productive” meeting with the Brady’s Run Municipal Authority and Beaver Falls Municipal Authority in regards to the installation of water lines at Brady’s Run Park. “We are in the final process of putting together what those designs would be,” Fedeles said. “Unfortunately, with the lag as far as getting the necessary approvals, it doesn’t look like this project will be completed until maybe the fourth quarter of this year.”

Fedeles then presented an unusually short list of thirteen resolutions for the January 26 public meeting, for which Commissioner Jack Manning joked “we’re gonna pay for that.” The resolutions will be voted on at the meeting tomorrow at 10:00 AM.