City Administrator Pitches Joint Davis Park Soccer Field Project

Article Summary: Litchfield City Administrator Breann Vasquez asked the park board on Aug. 5 to consider an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Litchfield covering the Davis Park soccer fields. Commissioners expressed interest but took no action, requesting cost and design details first.

Davis Park Soccer Fields Key Points:

The proposal was raised during public comment as a potential joint intergovernmental agreement between the city and the park district.

Commissioners requested additional information on the cost split, an estimate of cost and a design layout review before proceeding.

Vasquez will work with the City Public Works Department to gather the information and contact Commissioner Chris Bates, the park board liaison — who was absent from the Aug. 5 meeting.

No motion was made and no vote was taken. Nothing in the record commits either body to the project.

LITCHFIELD — The Litchfield Park District Board of Commissioners on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, heard a pitch from the City of Litchfield for a joint project at the Davis Park soccer fields, but took no action on it.

City Administrator Breann Vasquez was recognized as a guest during public comment and brought what the minutes describe as a potential opportunity for a joint intergovernmental agreement with the city regarding the Davis Park soccer fields.

The commissioners shared their interest in the project, according to the minutes, but requested additional information before going further — specifically a cost split, an estimate of cost and a design layout review.

Vasquez will work with the City Public Works Department to gather that information and will contact Commissioner Chris Bates as the park board liaison, the minutes state. Bates was recorded absent at the Aug. 5 roll call, along with Commissioner Sherry Bergschneider; President Jeff Heyen presented the pool committee report in Bates’s place.

No motion was made on the soccer field proposal and no vote was taken. Intergovernmental agreements generally require formal action by the governing body of each participating unit of government, and nothing in this meeting’s record indicates either body has taken such a step.

No Figures on the Table

The record of the discussion is brief and contains no dollar figures at all — which is consistent with the commissioners’ own request that a cost estimate and a proposed cost split be produced before the board considers the matter again.

The minutes do not describe what the project would build or improve at the Davis Park soccer fields, whether it involves new fields, reconstruction of existing ones, lighting, parking or drainage. They do not say which body would own or maintain the result, whether a draft agreement exists, or when the item is expected to return to the board. No deadline was set.

The board separately approved an unrelated item under new business allowing soccer concessions to operate as they have in the past for the current soccer season. The minutes do not state which fields those concessions serve, and nothing in the record connects that item to the Davis Park proposal.

Davis Park appears in the district’s roster of public facilities. The agenda for the meeting listed the soccer field discussion under public comment as the meeting’s only scheduled guest item.