MILFORD - Aside from budget matters Monday, the Milford Town Council discussed concerns about security and safety at Waubee Lake Park.

"We need to have lifeguards and if we don't, we need to have a big sign" saying that people swim at their own risk, said councilman Robert Phillips.

If there are no lifeguards on duty, councilman Douglas Ruch asked if there was "any thought to putting up a locked rope or chains to close off the beach? They'd still have access to the park."

Phillips said he saw no problem with people having access to the beach without lifeguards there if they realize they're swimming at their own risk.

Hobbs said beach and park regulations need to be posted clearly. He said he didn't think they've had many problems with people being at the beach after it's closed.

"It's just too bad you've got to continously tell people what they can't do," Hobbs said. He said there are always people who do what they're not supposed to do. "At night we do get some problems down there but it's mostly the younger generation."

Phillips said the idea behind the discussion is not to keep people off the beach but to help generate revenue to support the park and make the park nicer.

"It's to make it better for everyone," said clerk-treasurer Charlotte Siegfried.

Members of the Milford Town Council are president John Lehman, Robert Phillips and Douglas Ruch. Their regular meetings are at 7 p.m. in the town hall on the second Monday of every month. [[In-content Ad]]