PITTSGROVE
TOWNSHIP
RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
AUGUST
1, 2005
The Recreation Advisory Committee held it’s regularly scheduled meeting in the Pittsgrove Municipal Building on August 1, 2005.
Members present were Bruce
Ricards, Audrey Mavroff, Risea Rodgers, Sue Voros, Walt Wenner, Fiore Copare
and Kate Harrison. Alternate members present were Ralph Padilla, Kathy Shelton,
Sam Amico and Edson Creamer. Sub committee members in attendance were Linda
DuBois and Jeff Ridgway. Mary Creamer-Stenberg was in the audience to take a
picture of the committee members.
On a motion made by Audrey Mavroff and seconded by Kate Harrison, the aforementioned minutes were approved as submitted.
VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR
OLD BUSINESS:
COMMEMORATIVE BRICK PROJECT
Sue
Voros reported another set of bricks has been delivered and is ready to be put
in place at the park. She will get in
touch with Public Works and hopes to take some pictures of them working on the
project for the newspaper and possibly the website.
GREEN BRANCH PARK
Jeff
Ridgway reported that regular maintenance at Green Branch has been
completed. The game fields are being
watered every other day. Walt Wenner
reported that football practice fields still have some holes but the game
fields are much better.
ODD FELLOWS HALL
Jeff
Ridgway reported construction at the facility is moving ahead of schedule. Outer shell is completed and elevator being
worked on. All work is being funded
with $400,000.00 grant to make the building ADA accessible. If all goes as scheduled groups of up to
fifty might be able to use the facility as soon as September. Once fire issues are corrected larger groups
will be able to use the facility.
FUNDING FOR SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS
Kate Harrison has copies
of invoices from the basketball association.
Kate reported that she has a meeting with Mr. Berman to discuss billing
practices and she will contact Ronald Cuff who is president of the wrestling program
to see if he is interested in attending the meeting as well. At the meeting they will address billing
sports groups for use of the school as well as discuss some insurance
solutions. Andy Simpkins and Kate had
discussed the idea of organizations combining funds and looking into group
insurance possibilities. From reviewing
bills from the school for wrestling and basketball it appears sometimes more
than one group is being charged for using the school at the same time. Members of the committee commented they were
under the impression groups were only charged for use/custodial services if the
staff was needed when they were not normally scheduled. Kate Harrison thanked the committee for
thinking of the basketball program and their financial needs.
NEW BUSINESS:
PARK REQUESTS
On
a motion made by Sue Voros and seconded by Walt Wenner, request to use Norma
Recreation Center by Risea Rodgers was approved.
VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR
PITTSGROVE DAY
Linda
DuBois reported she has already started working on Pittsgrove Day 2006. One thing she needs to get some quick input
on is the amusements. Parvin State Park
Appreciation Committee is willing to use contacts they have to provide carnival
type rides at no cost to the township.
Patrons would be charged for the rides and the pricing would be similar
to pricing of past years. All proceeds
would go directly to the Parvin State Park Appreciation Committee. In the past any proceeds made from the rides
were used to help offset the cost of the rides that is paid up front
(approximately $6,000.00). PSPAC has
insurance that would cover the event.
Kathy Shelton expressed concern over pricing since many families look
forward to Pittsgrove Day as an affordable alternative to normal type
carnivals. Audrey Mavroff commented
that using this difference company might provide more control over who is going
on rides without paying. Kate Harrison
thought might be a good idea since the rides might appeal to older children and
adults rather than just the very young children. Linda DuBois agreed to get more detailed information on the
proposal and provide it to the committee for their review. The idea will be revisited at the September
12th meeting after the members have had time to review the
information.
There being no
further business on a motion by Audrey Mavroff and seconded by Risea Rodgers, the
meeting was adjourned at 8:45pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Donna Metzger, Secretary
Recreation Advisory Committee