The idea of Starke County taking ownership of Koontz Lake Lions Club Memorial Park will soon be brought to the county commissioners. Lions Club members say they plan to continue maintaining the park as long as they can, but transferring ownership to the county would save them the cost of insurance.
County Attorney Marty Lucas believes the cost to the county would be minimal. “We don’t have a quote on that one, but what we’ve seen in the past is that with the little increase in the insurance, it’s a real win because for an entity for them to have it, it costs them quite a bit, but for the county to add it on to our existing coverage is just a little more,” he told the park board Tuesday. “And so it sounded like they could maybe maintain the place with the money that they’d save.”
Lions Club members first presented the idea to the Starke County Park Board back in October. While they don’t expect a decision right away, the park board decided this week to keep the discussion going by getting input from the county commissioners.
