Kanawha County Parks and Recreation Commission Chairman Allen Tackett took down the sign from the old Coonskin Park entrance that said "No weapons allowed," shortly after a bill that would make the sign invalid passed through the Legislature.
But after Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin vetoed the bill (SB 254) - which would have prohibited county parks commissions from prohibiting guns in public parks - Tackett will have to put it back up, this time at the park's new entrance on U.S. 119.
"It looks like we're free for another year," said Jeff Hutchinson, the executive director of Kanawha parks and recreation.
The parks commission is not free from lawsuits and complaints. Last year, the West Virginia Citizens Defense League spoke in front of the county commission, asking them to prohibit the parks commission from preventing firearms in the park.
"We'll probably be tested all year," Hutchinson said.
Besides guns, the parks commission is concerned with raising $300,000 to replace the turf on the Schoenbaum Soccer Stadium.
Tackett said that the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau will give the parks commission $50,000 towards its goal.
"If we don't raise the $300,000 for the resurfacing of the soccer field, there's a possibility that our field will be shut down and won't be able to be used at all," Tackett said.
Hutchinson said that he'll be bringing in someone to test the field in the summer to determine if it is safe to play on.
Tackett plans on reaching out to the schools that use the field to see if he can get money from them.
"The people who have utilized it and worn it out might have to step up," Tackett said.
While the parks do charge to use the fields, Hutchinson said that the money mostly goes to maintenance.
Despite the warm weather, the driving range at Coonskin Park hasn't been open recently.
Parks officials explained that the range hasn't been open because the grounds are too wet for the trucks to pick up balls that are hit from the tees.
"If you can't pick them up, you can't hit them," said Dave Pope, who is in charge of the Golf Committee for the park.
The Coonskin Foundation is still working on raising money to put a roof over the driving range and a practice putting green nearby. The foundation will be hosting a fundraiser at Big Bend Golf Course to help fund the project.
Big Bend golf course's new superintendent, Travis Counts, has opened holes 10 and 11 at Big Bend and plans on opening hole 12 on Wednesday.
The parks board needs Big Bend to make some money this spring to offset a potential $50,000 cut in its budget from the Kanawha County Commission.
Reach Daniel Desrochers at dan.desrochers@wvgazettemail.com, 304-348-4886 or follow @drdesrochers on Twitter.