Question asked: a new playground was installed at Booker Park in the same construction window as a new 8-inch well that is physically present in the Village. Did any well get charged to Parks & Recreation? If not Parks, who paid, and under what permit?
Village of Indiantown · Unincorporated Martin County
Booker Park Playground and Nearby Wells
Expenditure review: Parks & Recreation versus Utilities / CIP
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Parks capital versus Utilities wells
Same verbiage as the 12 September 2026 working Word file. Branding wraps the document. It does not rewrite it.
Question asked: a new playground was installed at Booker Park in the same construction window as a new 8-inch well that is physically present in the Village. Did any well get charged to Parks & Recreation? If not Parks, who paid, and under what permit?
1. Bottom line
Finding on the Parks charge-off question
On the adopted FY 2025-26 Village budget and the Parks 572000 roll examined to date, the Booker Park playground is a Parks capital outlay. The wells are not.
Parks line that matches the playground: Department 572000, object 606400 Capital Outlay, $250,000 (Village staff later described the replacement as about a $300,000 investment). No Parks object in that roll is labeled well, wellfield, Floridan, injection, or 8-inch casing.
The 8-inch object that sits next to the words “Booker Park” on the Public Works Director’s March 2026 slide is a 100-year-old water main — a pipe — being replaced with 16-inch along the CSX right-of-way from Booker Park to Fernwood Forest. That is a Utilities / Commerce grant transmission project, not a well and not Parks.
The wells Nolan photographs in the same deck are Floridan aquifer production wells for the new reverse-osmosis plant and a deep injection well at the wastewater plant. Funding path: Water/Sewer CIP plus State Revolving Fund and Florida Department of Commerce / CDBG-DR subrecipient agreements.
Martin County DOH eBridge did not return a 2025–26 well construction file at the playground address 15101 SW 169th Avenue. Public-supply Floridan wells and a Class I injection well are permitted by SFWMD and FDEP, not by a Parks building permit.
2. What was built at Booker Park, and on which parcel
Booker Park is the neighborhood. The park that received the new playground is a Village-owned lot on SW 169th Avenue, immediately south of the Parks & Recreation offices and next to a vacant School Board lot the Village is trying to buy to expand the park.
2.1 Official address and folio
| Field | On the Martin County roll |
|---|---|
| Street address | 15101 SW 169th Avenue, Indiantown, FL 34956 |
| Parcel ID / folio | 01-40-38-000-000-00141-0 |
| Owner of record | Village of Indiantown, P.O. Box 398, Indiantown, FL 34956 |
| Lot size | 64,904 sq ft (~1.49 acres) |
| Legal | A parcel of land lying in Section 1, Township 40S, Range 38E |
| Use class on roll | Municipal (code 80). Building year 1997 (Parks office). |
| How Village took title | June 2020 municipal transfer, Official Records Book 3139, Page 0112 |
Source: Martin County Property Appraiser / Florida Parcels extract for folio 01-40-38-000-000-00141-0. Village parks listing uses the same street address.
2.2 Adjacent lots that are not the Village park — yet
| Address | Folio | Owner | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15161 SW 169th Ave | 01-40-38-000-000-00140-5 | School Board of Martin County | ~0.78 ac; 1963 building. Village wants it to expand the park. School Board ask $220,000 (Apr 2026). |
| SW Charleston St (N of 15101) | 01-40-38-000-000-00100-3 | Village of Indiantown | Village-owned cluster north of the office/playground lot. |
| 16870 SW Charleston St | 01-40-38-000-000-00120-9 | Martin County / CRA (Village offer) | ~1.01 ac next to the multi-use field. Village offer $275,000 on file. |
Village Manager Taryn Kryzda, April 9, 2026 regular meeting: the playground then being replaced sits south of the Parks offices; the unused school building at 15161 is the expansion target. A well or piece of playground hardware on 15161 would sit on School Board land unless a sale closed after that date.
3. Parks & Recreation expenditure — what the budget actually says
Florida municipal fiscal year is October 1 through September 30. “Last year’s 26 budget” is the Village of Indiantown FY 2025-26 adopted budget (Resolution 012-2025, final hearing September 25, 2025). Parks is General Fund department 572000.
3.1 Parks 572000 lines that touch Booker Park
| Object / description | FY26 adopted (as reconstructed from Exhibit A / hearing packets) | Parks well? |
|---|---|---|
| 606400 Capital outlay — playground replacement | $250,000 (staff later: “about a $300,000 investment”) | No |
| Playground vendor / project on the ground | PlayPower replacement; park closed April 6, 2026 for install | No |
| Well, wellfield, Floridan, injection, 8-inch casing | No such object in Parks 572000 on the adopted roll reviewed | Not in Parks |
The $250,000 / ~$300,000 figure is the playground. It is Parks capital. It is not large enough, and is not labeled, as an 850-foot Floridan production well or a Class I injection well. Those projects sit in the multi-million-dollar Water/Sewer CIP and grant packages.
3.2 What FY25 adds
The reason FY25 was pulled in is the construction calendar: playground work and well drilling were both visible in the Village in late 2025 and spring 2026. FY25 Parks operating and capital, on the documents reviewed, still do not carry a well. Prior-year playground planning and any remaining PlayPower contract balance would still post to Parks 572000 / capital outlay, not to a well object. If a well were hidden inside a Parks “improvements” lump, the next document that would show it is the general-ledger detail or the vendor invoice — not the adopted department roll.
4. The 8-inch object next to Booker Park is a pipe
This is the confusion the Nolan deck resolves on its face. Slide 8 of the March 26, 2026 Public Works & Utilities Update puts four projects on one page. Booker Park and “8-inch” share a quadrant. That quadrant is titled Railroad Avenue Water Main.
| Quadrant on slide 8 | Nolan’s words | What the photo is | Fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water Plant Project | Rehab existing plant; new RO plant. SRF + Commerce Phase 1. | Ground storage tank at Farm Road WTP. | Utilities / SRF / Commerce |
| Railroad Avenue Water Main | “100-Year-Old 8-inch Water Main. Will be replaced and Upgraded to a 16 Inch Water Main from Booker Park to Fernwood Forest along the CSX Railroad Right-of-Way.” | Open trench. Pipe in mud. Not a wellhead. | Utilities / Florida Dept. of Commerce |
| Floridan Aquifer Wells | “(2) Floridan Aquifer Wells have been Drilled. These Wells will provide the Source Water for the New Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant.” | Finished wellheads with blue valves + yellow drill rig. | Utilities / RO wellfield CIP / grants |
| 151st & Osceola Street Water Main | $3 million FY24 agriculture appropriation; hoped FY26 disbursement. | Aerial of village core. | Utilities / legislative appropriation |
Pressure-balancing language from Public Works (supplement the new RO plant and lines; regulate flow and pressure) is what a larger transmission main does. An 8-inch-to-16-inch replacement on the CSX alignment from Booker Park to Fernwood Forest is the engineered answer to that sentence. A shallow 8-inch surficial well at a playground is not.
5. The wells that were actually drilled — and who pays
Nolan’s next slide puts the tall rig on the wastewater plant, not on 169th Avenue.
5.1 Inventory in the same construction window
| Asset | Type / typical depth | Where | Payer on the public file |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floridan wells (2 drilled by Mar 2026; 3 more in the June 2026 sentence) | Production / Floridan aquifer. On the order of 800+ ft, not 8-inch shallow. | RO source wellfield associated with Farm Road / plant program. Wellhead photos are a cleared utility yard, not the playground. | Water/Sewer CIP + SRF + Commerce CDBG-DR RO agreement (scope: “equipping Floridan Aquifer wells”). |
| Deep injection well | Class I UIC / wastewater. On the order of 3,000+ ft. | WWTP. GPS stamped on slide 10 photos: 27.02778, −80.48151 (Jan 29, 2026) and 27.02578, −80.48201 (Jan 21, 2026). | Wastewater CIP / grant construction at the plant. FDEP UIC, not Parks. |
| Well 4R / Farm Road surficial work | Existing plant wellfield; 8-inch class possible on surficial wells (~100–150 ft). | 15730 / 18803 SW Farm Road cluster. eBridge hit 15730 Farm, filed Mar 27, 2026. | Utilities plant, not Parks 572000. |
| CSX 8-inch main → 16-inch | Transmission pipe. Not a well. | Booker Park to Fernwood Forest, CSX ROW. Same corridor as the park. | Commerce-funded Railroad Avenue Water Transmission Main (agenda item MS018 on the same March 26 packet). |
| Historic Booker Park well (2008-era eBridge) | Older file; not the 2025–26 drill. | Booker Park neighborhood historic record. | Pre-dates the PlayPower install. Not the new well. |
5.2 Distance — why the sites get confused on the ground
The playground at 15101 SW 169th, the Farm Road water plant, the industrial / CSX corridor, and the WWTP sit in the same southwest grid. Straight-line distances from the playground lot are on the order of a few tenths of a mile to under a mile, not miles. A resident standing at the new play structure can hear and see plant and railroad work. That proximity is real. It does not move the well invoices onto Parks 572000.
5.3 Permits — why DOH eBridge was not the whole answer
Private and many small public wells in Martin County file through DOH eBridge. The Village’s new production and injection wells are a different class:
South Florida Water Management District consumptive-use and well-construction path for public-supply Floridan wells (historic Village CUP family includes 43-00041-W).
Florida Department of Environmental Protection underground injection control for the deep injection well.
FDEP / DOH coordination on the public-water system (PWS) that will take the Floridan raw water into the RO plant.
A search of eBridge by 15101 SW 169th / “169” did not produce a 2025–26 construction permit at the playground. Hits in the same season clustered on Farm Road plant addresses. That is consistent with Utilities, not Parks.
6. Analysis — did Parks pay for a well?
6.1 What can be said from the open record
- Parks paid for a playground. The adopted FY26 Parks capital object that matches the work is 606400, $250,000. Staff described the replacement as about $300,000 on April 9, 2026. Vendor on the ground: PlayPower. Closure date: April 6, 2026. Parcel: 01-40-38-000-000-00141-0.
- Parks did not, on the adopted department roll, pay for a well. No Parks line is labeled well, wellfield, Floridan, injection, or 8-inch casing.
- The 8-inch that is officially tied to Booker Park in Nolan’s own slide is a water main. Funding: Florida Department of Commerce. Agenda vehicle on March 26, 2026: Railroad Avenue Water Transmission Main replacement (MS018), sitting on the same agenda as the RO plant subrecipient agreement (MS017).
- The wells drilled in the same months are Utilities assets. Two Floridan wells were already in the ground by March 2026 as RO source water. A deep injection well and additional Floridan wells were underway at the WWTP with a June 2026 target. Those are Water/Sewer CIP and grant projects.
- If a physical well exists on or immediately against the playground lot and is not one of the above, it is not identified in the Parks budget, the Nolan deck, or the eBridge hits at 15101 SW 169th. That is a records gap, not a Parks line item.
6.2 What would change the finding
A general-ledger export showing a well contractor (for example Florida Design Drilling or the DIW contractor) paid from 572000 rather than a water or sewer fund.
A well-construction permit, as-built, or SFWMD completion report with site address 15101 or 15161 SW 169th Avenue and a 2025–26 drill date.
A change-order on the PlayPower contract that adds a well or well abandonment.
Until one of those appears, charging the well to Parks is not supported by the adopted budget or the Director’s own slides.
7. Documents still needed — request list
These were looked for in open packets and portals first. They are not in the adopted budget PDF or the flattened Nolan slides. Ask the Clerk / Public Works / SFWMD / FDEP in this order:
| # | Record | Why it matters | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copy of Council Meeting (1).pptx — native file | Packet flattened the deck. Native PPTX may hold a location map or speaker notes on each well. | Village Clerk (attachment on the Mar 26, 2026 memo) |
| 2 | FY25 and FY26 general ledger, funds 001 / water / sewer, object 606xxx, vendors well / drill / PlayPower | Only way to prove a Parks charge-off versus a Utilities charge. | Finance / Clerk |
| 3 | PlayPower contract, notice to proceed, pay apps, change orders | Confirms the $250k–$300k is playground only. | Parks / Purchasing |
| 4 | Railroad Ave 8-inch to 16-inch as-builts and Commerce subrecipient file (MS018) | Locks the Booker–Fernwood “8-inch” as pipe. | Public Works / Commerce grant file |
| 5 | SFWMD CUP 43-00041-W file and well-construction permits for the new Floridan wells | Legal location, depth, casing diameter of each production well. | SFWMD ePermitting |
| 6 | FDEP UIC construction / completion for the DIW | Confirms the tall rig is injection at the WWTP. | FDEP UIC |
| 7 | Well 4R / Farm Road overdrill file and eBridge 15730 Farm (Mar 27, 2026) | Closest 2026 well file to the construction window. | Utilities + DOH eBridge |
| 8 | CDBG-DR / Commerce RO plant agreement — well-equipping exhibits | Already in the back of the Mar 26 packet; pull the well exhibit pages. | Same 192-page packet + Clerk |
| 9 | Survey / site plan of 15101 and 15161 SW 169th showing any well, abandoned well, or irrigation well | Ground-truth if hardware sits on Village vs School Board land. | Parks + Surveyor of record |
| 10 | Any interfund transfer from Parks 572000 to Water/Sewer in FY25–FY26 labeled well or park improvement | Would be the only clean Parks-paid-a-well path. | Finance |
8. Sources used
Open packets, the Property Appraiser roll, and the March 2026 Nolan slides.
- Village of Indiantown FY 2025-26 tentative and final budget hearing packets (Sept. 11 and Sept. 25, 2025) and Exhibit A fund / department summaries as reconstructed for working use.
- Village of Indiantown Regular Council Meeting agenda packet, March 26, 2026 (192 pages), including Public Works memo and flattened Nolan slides (packet pp. 6–10) and Commerce subrecipient agreements MS017 / MS018.
- Village Manager comments, April 9, 2026 regular meeting, on 15161 SW 169th Avenue and the playground replacement then underway.
- Hometown News reporting, April 21, 2026, on the School Board parcel negotiation.
- Martin County Property Appraiser / Florida Parcels records for folios 01-40-38-000-000-00141-0, 00140-5, 00100-3, and 00120-9.
- Martin County DOH eBridge public well search (address and street queries on 169th and Farm Road).
- Prior working extract: VOI_FY2026_Booker_Park_Parks_Wells_Review.docx and VOI_FY2026_Adopted_Budget_Working_Extract.xlsx.
9. Holding statement
For use until the ledger or a permit says otherwise
The new Booker Park playground sits on Village folio 01-40-38-000-000-00141-0, 15101 SW 169th Avenue. Parks & Recreation capital paid for that playground.
No adopted Parks line reviewed to date charges a well to department 572000.
The 8-inch feature the Public Works Director placed on the same slide as Booker Park is a century-old water main being upsized to 16-inch on the CSX alignment. That invoice belongs to Utilities and a Commerce grant.
The wells drilled in the same months are Floridan RO source wells and a deep injection well at the wastewater plant. Those invoices belong to the Water/Sewer CIP and state/federal grant files.
A well that is physically present and still unexplained should be run to SFWMD / FDEP / the general ledger — not assumed to be a Parks charge-off.
Compiled 12 September 2026 from public packets, the Property Appraiser roll, and the March 2026 Nolan slides. Update when the Clerk produces the native PowerPoint, the FY25–FY26 ledger, or a well permit at 15101 / 15161 SW 169th.