Ben DeBaker
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 11
- Total speaking time
- 17:04
- Avg per meeting
- 1:33
- Segments
- 256
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Top issues during term (20)(Parks Rec)
Bay Beach Amusement Park Shoreline Walk
No local match required for the $2.4 million grant, but the city must cover trail engineering costs (likely over $50,000).
East River Optimist Park playground funding
Funded entirely by a $50,000 donation and a $45,771.99 grant.
Green Bay Conservation Corps AmeriCorps grant
Paid crew positions offer a $975 biweekly living allowance plus education awards through AmeriCorps.
Beaver Dam Park renaming
Minor costs for signage; not specified.
Bay Beach debt early payoff
Retires roughly $3.75M in debt and frees about $600K/year in bond payments for park improvements.
Miniature train track replacement
$118,354 for steel; total project under $200,000.
Danz Park futsal court
Up to $350,000 in CDBG money — no local levy dollars, and the city may seek sponsors to lower the cost further.
Shipyard Park Phase II funding
Moves $1 million in tax increment funds, matched by a $1 million federal grant.
Rotating Arts Program sculpture selection
About $16,000 total in artist stipends, covered by ARPA funds and the city's existing art fund.
Arts and health programming by SAGE
Roughly $1,250 in continued ARPA grant funding plus more than $45,000 in new grant funding.
Path for Pause project at Harvey St. Park
Covered by a $15,000 AARP grant topped up with CDBG funds — no new city tax money.
Bay Beach shoreline trail grant reallocation
No new spending — existing grant dollars redirected.
Summer Parkee food insecurity
$25,000 grant; refrigeration infrastructure planned for next year.
Bay Beach train ride restoration
The donation saves the city roughly $30,000 in contractor work.
Porlier Pier removal
$242,660.90 for removal from Parks budget funds secured over several years.
JBS Park sculpture purchase
No direct cost to the city's general budget — funded by the required developer art contribution and neighborhood enhancement funds.
Wildlife Sanctuary birds of prey improvements
$348,176 in park improvement spending.
Ted Fritsch Park splash pad
$444,080 in park construction spending.
Badger Park Masterplan
$374,000.40 Badger Greenway site improvement contract awarded.
Pine Street Plaza Vibrant Spaces grant
Grant-funded; award amount not yet known.
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while DeBaker was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
No decisions found matching Parks Rec.
Voting record (0)(Parks Rec)
No votes found matching Parks Rec.