Landscoot Elected City Park Board Chairman

Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Park Board has elected a new chairman and vice chairman.

Mike Landscoot was elected chairman on a 3-1 vote.

Larry Knoblich opposing.

Knoblich had served as chairman and indicating that he wanted to continue as chairman.

The board elected Ron Olson as vice chairman on a 4-0 vote.

Newly elected park board member, Richard Ryan, was not present due to illness.

He replaces Joyce Heinrich, who decided not to run for re-election.

The park board approved reviewing salaries and wages for Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department employees as a board instead of appointing a committee of two in planning for the 2015 budget.

The board may call a special meeting to conduct the review.