QUINCY, ILL. -- Updated Wednesday Sept. 8 at 9:30 p.m.

The Quincy Park District will face some tough budget decisions in the upcoming months.

President John Frankenhoff said the board must discuss what the district can and can't afford to do.

The Board of Commissioners tonight approved spending $13,500 for a park lands study to determine sites that have potential for development as natural areas.

The rising costs of insurance coupled with minimum wage increases mean some programs might have to be cut.

The Board tabled hiring a professional group to develop a "strong community-wide survey."

The Quincy Park District wants your input on future projects in the city. Tonight, members hope to receive approval for a community focus group. That group will be on the lookout for renovations and updates to Quincy's parks and recreation facilities. Then next spring, you'll be able to vote for your favorite choice. We asked come locals what they thought of Quincy's parks and what they'd like to see in the future.

"We come to the park almost everyday, especially when it's nice like this," said Becky Holzgrafe. "Especially Madison. It's always nice here. The only thing I would like is a couple more running trails, but we go to South Park a lot and we run there, but that would be awesome."

"It's nice and friendly, plenty of trees and comfort. The park district is doing a really good job," said Adam Porter.

Even the out of town visitors are impressed.

"It's very nice, nice day for sure, lot of history here," said Brian Scott. "Now I'm going to ask you for a suggestion for another park to visit."

KHQA spoke with Dan Gibble, the Executive Director for Quincy's Park District. He says the parks face a number of major projects in the coming years.

"There are a number of people who are excited about adding a Cedar Creek trail, another mile of the trail project. We built the first mile and there's about 2 1/3 to 3 more that we would like to build, but we need to know from the public whether or not that's something they really want to support," said Gibble. "Wavering Aquatic Center's thirty years old and a lot of its major systems are failing. We need to renovate that facility if the community tells us they're interested," said Gibble.

You might recall six years ago, when the Quincy Park District last surveyed the community, Gibble says most of the improvements the community asked for are now complete and the park district is ready for a more current list of suggestions.

We want to hear your thoughts on future plans for Quincy. Leave your comments below!