Lester Buresh Family Community Wellness Center purchases Fit 3D Body DeviceThe council approved a $7,900 purchase for the Lester Buresh Family Community Wellness Center for a Fit 3D Body Composition Device.
Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation director Matt Siders said the device is able to take a laser measurement of a body to show body composition, and then show their results in a few months time.
“It takes roughly 45 seconds to generate the image and take those body measurements,” Siders said.
Siders said that the device would help free up personal trainers, who can sometimes take several minutes to do these types of measurements with an individual and free them up to do more focused training with clients.
Council member Stephanie West said she could also see more people willing to participate in that type of body imaging compared to an individual taking all those measurements.
Siders said that the center is looking at options for pricing for members and non members to utilize the resource.
“We’re leaning towards a quarterly use of the device to help people see the progress they make towards their devices,” Siders said.
The device will be paid for out of the LBC budget.
Council discusses sustainability committee The Mount Vernon City Council discussed the goals for the sustainability committee.
City Administrator Chris Nosbisch said that committee was created as an ad hoc committee before he joined the city, looking into drainage issues for apartment complexes near Business 30. Since then, the committee has taken on projects like getting Mount Vernon to a Bee City designation.
The committee has had no formal direction provided by the council, and it has remained an ad hoc committee.
Mayor Tom Wieseler and Nosbisch were recommending this become something akin to other commissions in the city, with objectives they are tackling and a set number of members.
Nosbisch recommended five to seven members should serve on the committee.
Council member Paul Tuerler said that he would like to see a tangible set of objectives for the commission to tackle.
“I don’t view that as just the committee’s goal, but something we as a council think about too as a cooperative effort,” Tuerler said. “My goal is to make this sustainability committee the best we can be. I like all committees to have objectives that helps this community.”