PARK DISTRICT INFORMATION
Park Board Meetings
- Regular Park Board Meetings
The Wilmette Park District’s Board of Park Commissioners meets for a Regular Monthly Park Board Meeting on the second Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Wilmette Village Hall Council Chambers, 2nd floor, 1200 Wilmette Avenue in Wilmette.
2024 Regular Monthly Board Meeting Dates
- January 8
- February 12 *additional Special Meeting at 6 pm.
- March 11
- April 8
- May 13*
- June 10
- July 8
- August 12
- September 9
- October 14
- November 11
- December 9
* The Annual Meeting will be held immediately following the Regular Board Meeting.
Special Meetings are scheduled as needed. Notice will be given in accordance with Paragraph 42.02 of the Illinois Open Meetings Act in the event of cancellation or change in date, time, or location of any meeting.
- Committee of the Whole Meetings
The Park Board changed its committee meeting structure in June 2022. In lieu of the previous structure-seven separate committee meetings each month-the entire Board of Park Commissioners now meets monthly as a Committee of the Whole (COW).
COW Meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Monday of each month in the Mallinckrodt Center, 1041A Ridge Road in Wilmette.
2024 Committee of the Whole (COW) Meeting Dates
- January 22
- February 26
- March 18 at 7 pm at the Community Recreation Center, 3000 Glenview Road (note new time and location)*
- April 15*
- May 20*
- June 24
- July 22
- August 26
- September 23
- October 28
- November 18*
- December 16*
*Denotes date change from regular meeting schedule
Additional Special Meetings are scheduled as needed. Notice will be given in accordance with Paragraph 42.02 of the Illinois Open Meetings Act in the event of cancellation or change in date, time, or location of any meeting.
Connection and Communications
All Board meetings are open to the public. Each meeting’s agenda includes time for Recognition of Visitors, and you are welcome to share your thoughts during this time (read Policy for Public Comment here). If you prefer, you can email comments to publiccomment@wilpark.org in advance of the meeting, and your message will be included in the next meeting’s agenda packet to be a part of the record (read Policy for Written Communications and Correspondence from the Public here).
Watch Regular Monthly Board Meetings Live or Online
Only Regular Park Board Meetings are televised; live meetings are broadcast on Wilmette’s Channel 6, and can be viewed on TV or online.
- Go here to link to a live Regular Board meeting
- Go here for recordings of previous Regular Board Meetings on YouTube (scroll down to Wilmette Park District).
Agenda Packets and Meeting Minutes
Follow Regular, COW, and Special Meeting happenings by reading agenda packets and minutes, which you can find here.
Board Brief E-Newsletter
The Board Brief e-newsletter is sent to email subscribers monthly. The Board Brief contains updates from all the Board meetings from the previous month. To sign up, enter your information into the “Stay in the Loop” box, below. To read previous issues of Board Brief, go to the archives here