North Harford Recreation Council

Meeting Minutes - 11/18/09

 

 

In Attendance:  Don Hoopes, Dianna Skrocki, Russ Yurek, Bob Astarita, Lisa Emge, Charlie Dawson, George Dawson, Pam Farrell , Walt Zdon, and Markieta Pineno.

 

President’s Report: Don Hoopes

*  Was not able to attend the president’s meeting.

 

Treasurers Report: Russell Yurek 

*  Current net worth of $114,746.26

*  The federal corporate return has been filed for 2008.

*  There were 7 returned checks from Sept. that came out of each program’s funds in Oct.

*  A deposit was made in error to our account of $1700   This error was corrected on Oct. 27th as a withdrawal from the account.

 

Vice Presidents Report: Bob Astarita

*  Nothing new to report at this time.

 

Old Business/Committee Updates

*  Land Acquisition:  Don spoke with Chad Shrodes about finding land.  Chad said he would definitely work to locate land for us.  He identified a farm on Stansbury Rd. that is a possibility.

*  Highland building:  Lisa and Bob walked the property with the county.  There were issues with the original site.  They found that the best place for the new building would be behind the dugout.  The building needs to be ADA accessible and needs to be able to accommodate a car pulling up beside it.  Charlie will work on finding a company that will construct it.  Don suggested that a concrete pad would be better than a stone base.

 

Program Reports    

 

Baseball (Walt Zdon)  -  having their first meeting.  Getting coaches and sign-up dates together.  Costs will be the same as last year.  They will be purchasing some new equipment this season.  Walt will also get in contact with Forest Hill’s baseball chair as he requesting a conversation about this season’s districting. 

 

Karate (Don Hoopes) - finished testing his brown belts which are now advanced to 1st degree brown.  This is the last step before black belt.  Don also promoted 2 more students to 3rd degree brown.

 

Softball - girls (George Dawson) - will be getting started soon

 

Football (Charlie Dawson) - Hosting the championships this weekend.  The 11-13 team is still in it.  Everything is wrapping up and should be completely finished by Dec. 5th.

 

Dance (Joyce Goslee) - going well.

 

Soccer (Bob Astarita) - winding down the season.  Three NH teams won the championship. (Girls U13, Boys U10 & U13)  Chissl will be starting soon.

 

Cheerleading (Bessie Stansbury)  - coming to an end.  The girls did well in HB competition and they received a lot of complements. (2 teams finished 3rd)  Their uniforms were sent back to the company.  They have 6-8 weeks to correct the problems and send them back. 

 

Water Aerobics (Pam Farrell) - finished until March 1st.  Did not have a huge participation and will try posting signs for next registration.

 

Lisa Emge (Parks & Rec) -  the next flyer will go out to the schools the middle of December.  Please have all info. to Lisa by the first week in December. The next flyer will not be out until March.  Lisa will be out of the office for the next few weeks but will checking her messages and emails frequently.

 

New Business

 

*  The cheerleading program is looking to possibly start a tumbling program to run Jan. through June.  They are just in the beginning stages and are still looking for a coach.  They would need to use the activity room in the gym one night a week for approx. 2 hours.  They will continue to pursue the possibility of this program.

*  The mats at the middle school are in need of replacement.  The mats are approx. $204 each.  Don will talk to the middle school about sharing this cost with the rec. council.

*  Morning Basketball and Cardio Kickboxing are no longer active programs.  A motion was made and passed to close out their departments and move any balances to the Future Enhancements fund.

*  The Volleyball program has Mondays and Wednesdays blocked off at the High School, but are only playing on Mondays and using Wednesdays for a backup.  Lisa will contact Chuck to inform him that he will not be able to continue using this space for backup purposes, especially with basketball starting up.  She will give him the option to pick either Mon. or Wed. so the other night can be open for another program to use. 

*  Karen Sturdevant would like to try a winter swim program but is concerned on how high the custodial fees would be and wants to keep registration costs low.  Bob said he would also be using the school for indoor soccer and would split the fees with her.

 

THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20th, at 7:00PM at the NHES Parks & Rec. Office.