The Village of Hortonville Board of Trustees approved an owner–architect agreement with Scribe Architects for $4,500 to develop conceptual designs for a shelter, warming kitchen and accessible family-style restrooms at Alonzo Park.

Public facilities committee members and staff described the work as conceptual only — not full design — and said the study will focus on pavilion layout, a warming kitchen area, family-style ADA-compliant restrooms and limited storage. “The design that we'd be paying for is really more for that warming kitchen and pavilion design,” a committee member said.

Trustees noted an adjacent wetlands area that limits buildable options and discussed repurposing existing restroom space for storage or retaining existing bathrooms while adding family-style stalls in the new pavilion. “The bathrooms were gonna be family style, I think. And then keep the original bathrooms as it is right now,” one committee member said.

Trustees moved and seconded the $4,500 agreement with Scribe Architects and carried the motion by roll call.

Next steps: Staff will proceed with the conceptual design work and return to the board with options; trustees did not authorize full construction design or construction funding at this meeting.