Kensington Recreation Committee Minutes
September 13, 2007
Draft subject to change prior to approval
Meeting began at 7:00 at the Town Hall
In attendance: Nancy Roffman, Dave Macek, Kathy Cook, Mary Jane Solomon
Minutes to the meetings of May 9th, June 13th, and August 8th were approved.
Brief discussion regarding play equipment for new park. Rec. is not certain of their role in choosing it. We are waiting to hear if the company recommended by HBLA is the one that will be used or if we need to continue contacting the Big Toys representative.
Fall Festival update: Mary Jane will work on a slide show of Rec. related activities. Kathy will contact John Clark for photos of the ski program and also info for this year’s program to have if it is available. Nancy will look into the placement for our table. We will need power for the computer and a paved area for the bowling. Dave will create a poster about the proposed nature trails at the park. Small prizes will be purchased for the bowling activity. Kathy and MJ will contact some of the camp counselors about working at the table that day for a couple of hours. We agreed to pay them $8.00 an hour to help out at the festival
Review of this year’s expenditures. Due to the park project, need for certain expenditures have changed. Mowing the fields and trimming the areas surrounding it at the park were ceased when work began. Repairs and purchases of new equipment were not made as planned. Money budgeted for the clearing of the nature trails has not yet been used as we are uncertain what work will be included in the big park project. If clearing will be done, our trail money will be used to purchase materials for the community build projects of bridges and play areas along the trail. Dave suggested purchasing a vehicle for the park that can be driven on areas not suitable for larger vehicles to aid in the maintenance and moving of equipment. We all agreed this would be beneficial. Dave will look into types of vehicles and costs.
With the growth of the park Rec. would like to consider recruiting more members. Selectmen will be asked how many there should be. Mary Jane will also check on dates of current appointments and if current members will be staying on and reappointed.
2008 budget was discussed. We will need to meet with the Park Committee before submitting numbers for maintenance, mowing, utilities, and equipment. Also to determine if we need to include wages for a concession worker, which should be and in/out expense. We wish to continue budgeting $5,000 for trail development, $1,000 for special events, and $200 for programs at K.E.S., which is an in/out expense. The major increase we would like to propose is increasing the summer program from three to five weeks. All with extended hours. This would raise that budget item to $15,000, but it would remain an in/out item meaning no added cast to tax payers.
Meeting adjourned. Next meeting October 10, 2007.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Jane Solomon