Litchfield Park Commissioners Retain Officers, Keep First-Wednesday Meetings

Article Summary: The Litchfield Park District board re-elected its three officers at its May 6 reorganization, left all committee chairs unchanged, and voted to continue meeting on the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m.

Board Reorganization Key Points:

Jeff Heyen was retained as president, Katie Cross as vice president and Brian Kulick as treasurer, each on a separate motion.

The minutes state that “the assigned Committee Chairs remain the same,” with no reassignments.

The board voted to keep its regular meetings on the first Wednesday of every month at 7:00 p.m.

Six of seven commissioners were present; Christopher Bates was recorded absent.

LITCHFIELD — The Litchfield Park District Board of Commissioners on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, reorganized for the year without changing its leadership, re-electing all three officers and leaving every committee chairmanship in place.

Kulick moved to keep Heyen as president, with Cross seconding. Kulick then moved to keep Cross as vice president, seconded by Commissioner Jennifer Cearlock. Cross moved to keep Kulick as treasurer, seconded by Commissioner Jaylynn Taylor. The minutes record each motion as carried and include no vote tallies. No secretary is named in the minutes.

Immediately after the officer votes, the minutes state that the assigned committee chairs remain the same. As reflected in the agenda and the committee reports that followed, those assignments are Park Maintenance, Cearlock; Ball Parks, Commissioner Sherry Bergschneider; Community Center, Cross; Recreation/Reinvesting, Taylor; Financial, Kulick; and Pool, Bates.

Meeting Schedule Held Over

Under New Business, the board took up its annual meeting schedule. Taylor moved, seconded by Cearlock, to keep meetings on the first Wednesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. The motion carried. The district’s meetings are held at 1100 South State St. in Litchfield, and the May 6 session began at 7 p.m., in keeping with the schedule the board readopted.

The board’s other routine business passed the same way. On motions by Kulick, seconded by Cross, commissioners accepted the minutes of the April 1, 2026, meeting and the financial reports for April 30, 2026.

The seven-member board’s roll call listed Heyen, Cross, Kulick, Bergschneider, Bates, Taylor and Cearlock, with Bates the only absence. The public comment portion of the agenda produced no entries in the minutes.