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“Do they have any signage such as city ATV/UTV only?” Hendrickson asked of city parks.

“Does the UTV need to say anything about the City of Stanley on it,?” Huff seconded Hendrickson’s question.

“It has signage all over it,” Hoel replied.

“And to that point we have received zero complaints about any ATVs, UTVs, in the park,” Chief Lance Weiland chipped in some input. “I mean we’ve had complaints on them, but anything in the park we haven’t received complaints,” he said.

Hoel then shared that while Thorp couldn’t use theirs on Washington (Main) Street because it doubled as a state highway, many other municipalities used them, and the size made them nice to do tree trimming and other maintenance tasks. As time dragged on consensus was reached, pending official ordinance revision—save a final note.

“But still, the only way you could get out of there is 8th Avenue,” Mayor Al Haas noted in reference to exit from Chapman Park.

“Once the bridge is there,” Public Works operator John Hoel said.

“Once the bridge is there,” Haas confirmed. With motion by Jacob Huff seconded by Laurie Foster and all but Fitzsimmons giving approval to an ordinance amendment allowing Public Works an exemption to use ATV/UTV vehicles in city parks upon a roll call vote, look for small vehicles making their way through city parks soon—public works employees use only.