The Wheaton Park District Board of Commissioners will vote Wednesday, July 15, on more than $1.2 million in contracts for sport court lighting and golf course HVAC work, alongside the district's annual athletics report and a Health and Wellness Committee update from Alex Diserio, Superintendent of Athletic Programs & Facilities.

The biggest-ticket item: a $400,000 base-bid contract with Utility Dynamics to replace sport court lighting at Northside Park and Central Park, with a 10% contingency bringing the potential total to $440,000. The district's 2026 capital forecast, presented in January, had budgeted $260,000 for Northside tennis lights and $150,000 for Central Athletic Complex pickleball lights separately.

Also on the agenda is a $392,600 contract with A1 Heating & Air Conditioning for rooftop HVAC unit replacement at Arrowhead Golf Club, plus a $39,260 contingency for a potential total of $431,860. That figure exceeds the $300,000 the district budgeted in its January capital forecast for the same project, though no explanation for the overage appears in the published agenda.

A third vote would approve a $15,624 change order with Happ Builders for Phase 3 of the Ray Morrill Community Center interior renovation. That phase, covering the atrium, Wide Horizons classrooms, and Kidz Kingdom room, began May 26 and is scheduled to wrap up August 14, according to the district's capital projects page.

The board will also receive the Athletics Annual Report from staff. At the July 2025 meeting, Athletic Superintendent Cody Nelson reported 18,000 participants across the district's programs and roughly 2,000 volunteers serving as coaches. Rams tackle football alone had grown 85% in four years, reaching 355 registered players for fall 2025.

That growth has strained facilities. Executive Director Michael Benard told the board in December 2025 that soccer, lacrosse, football, baseball, and softball programming was "overtaxing" natural grass turf, making recovery "extremely difficult" without irrigation or synthetic turf. The district approved a fieldhouse concept study with Williams Architects in February 2026 for up to $22,800, eyeing a site just north of the Ray Morrill Community Center on a former church property the district purchased. Staff estimated the district was spending $110,000 annually renting athletic space in neighboring communities.

Board President John Vires said in February that the fieldhouse study reflected the district's need to "continue to adapt to the demands of the community."

Wednesday's meeting begins at 5 p.m. at the City of Wheaton Council Chambers, 303 W. Wesley St.