Town Of Redding
REDDING, CONNECTICUT 06875
Redding Park and Recreation – Meeting Minutes
Date: April 25, 2005
Town of Redding, Connecticut
PRESENT: Acting Chairperson-Joe Dolan; Charlie Fields, Steve di Costanzo, Tushar Shah, Lee Morgan,
Susan Goldman, Paul Degener.
STAFF: Rob Blick, Director; Debbie Clark, Administrative Assistant.
RESIDENT: Joe Ventricelli
The meeting was called to order at 7:40 p.m.
The minutes from March 28th were unanimously approved.
PUBLIC COMMENT/LETTERS/CORRESPONDENCE: Natalie Ketcham gave Mr. Blick a letter to share with the Commission from the Secretary of State’s office. They are looking to give public service awards to honor volunteer coaches around the state. They would like ten names. It was suggested that Mr. Blick contact the other sport groups and have each one, including Park and Rec., nominate two each.
DIRECTORS REPORT: Mr. Blick has three people so far that have responded to his ad for a Park Director for Topstone. He will call them tomorrow. Mr. Dolan asked about putting up clear signage directing people to the fields. Mr. Blick already has signs and Willie Roman said he could put them up by Friday, April 29th. Mr. Dolan also mentioned that he saw someone hitting golf balls on the field. It was decided that Mr. Blick will get a sign prohibiting alcohol, golf, and pets on the fields.
JBHS BUILDING COMMITTEE: No updates.
FINANCE COMMITTEE/BUDGET: All that was available was raw data and Mr. Fields did not get a chance to look at it yet.
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE: Mr. Blick and Ms. Goldman have not met yet to discuss programming. .
TOPSTONE PARK ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE: It’s time for Spring clean-up. Mr. Blick and
Mr. di Costanzo will select a date for clean-up within the next couple of days.
ORGANIZATION/PERSONNEL: The Commission has been going into Executive Session at the end of the last several Commission meetings to discuss compensation issues. Recommendations should be made by May 15th so that it can be sent to the Selectmen.
ATHLETIC FIELDS COMMITTEE: Various options for accommodating the need for fields were reiterated. There was also discussion about the benefit of artificial turf and lights at JRMS. At the last Athletic Fields meeting the discussions became heated. There were some at that meeting who questioned the validity of the Field Usage Report.
RCC GROUNDS COMMITTEE: Fields 1 and 3 are open. Field 2 is not open yet due to a drainage issue. The RES field is done and hopefully will open this weekend. There was much discussion about the fields and the fact that Mr. Blick needs a master schedule from the user groups. Mr. Dolan asked about the fee rate at WRFH. It is $25.00 per day, but there are significant limitations to use.
WEBSITE: The Park and Rec Spring brochure is now on the website. Mr. Blick will post the softball schedule as soon as he gets all the rosters from the teams.
NEW BUSINESS: Mr. Ventricelli has resigned from the Commission and thanked everyone for their support. Lee Morgan was welcomed as his replacement. A vote was taken to elect a new Chairperson.
Tushar Shah made a motion to elect Susan Goldman. Charlie Field seconded the motion. All were in favor.
Recording Secretary: Debbie Clark
The Commission went into Executive Session at 9:08 p.m. to discuss Employee Compensation.
Out of Executive Session and adjournment at 10:00 p.m.
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