Recreation Commission
2 Town Hall Rd., Newton, NH 03858
Tel: 382-4405 Ext 13
NEWTON RECREATION COMMISSION
DATE: WEDNESDAY December 14, 2011
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
LOCATION: NEWTON TOWN HALL, 2 TOWN HALL RD
MEETING AGENDA
I. Call To Order:
Jennifer Klopotoski called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. In attendance were Chairman, Jennifer Klopotoski, Secretary, Susan DiMercurio, , Members—Matt Maskrat, Heather Borowy and Tom Hansen. Minutes were transcribed and typed by Secretary DiMercurio
Minutes were read from past meeting.
Jennifer Klopotoski motioned to accept the Recreation Minutes dated November 30, 2011 as written. Seconded by Tom Hansen. Vote: Unanimous
Amendment to past minutes:
Via email, Rick Bailey has asked Recreation to amend minutes from a meeting dated November 9. He stated in his email that he was instructed that if he went over for the costs on the Boy Scouts Halloween party that it was ok. Recreation did ask him to stay within budget and to utilize costs by using products that we already had. The board, today, agreed that the minutes would remain as they are with no changes.
Motion made by Tom Hansen to accept the minutes dated November 9, 2011 as is with no amendments to them. Second: Heather Borowy. Vote: Unanimous Motion passed
Future Activities:
Several activities have been planned for the future. They are as follows:
1. Ice Skating event at the Exeter Ice Rink on December 28, 2011. This event will be open to all residents who wish to go.
2. Foxwoods Bus Trip on January 21, 2012. Open to all residents 21 and older who wish to go.
3. Rollerskating at Skateland on February 28, 2012. Open to all residents who wish to go.
1. Ice Skating
Heather Borowy has suggested that we go ice skating at the Exeter Ice Rink. She has suggested doing this event on December 28 from 4:30-6:00 p.m. Recreation is opening this to all residents who wish to participate. This event is planned for Holiday Break. We will be renting out the rink for a total of 75 people and it will be just for Newton Residents on that day. This will be put onto the web, cable and sent out to the schools to let everyone know about it.
Motion made by Heather Borowy to go to Exeter Skate Rink on December 28, 2011 for a public skating event from 4:30- 6:00 pm. This event is open to all residents at no charge. Seconded by Tom Hansen Vote: Unanimous Motion Passed.
Vote: Unanimous Motion Passed
2. Foxwoods Trip
Recreation has planned a trip to Foxwoods Casino on Saturday, January 21, 2012. We are looking into a bus deal which for residents will be $25.00 and it includes a number of items. More info will be in our January 4, 2012 Meeting minutes.
Motion made by Sue DiMercurio to plan a trip to Foxwoods Casino via bus for all residents on January 21, 2012. Resident will be charged a minimal fee of $25.00 for this event. Seconded by Heather Borowy Vote: Unanimous Motion Passed
3. February Vacation Event
Recreation would like to hold a rollerskating event for February 28, 2012 which would also be open to all residents at Skateland in Bradford, MA. We will be reserving Skateland for this date for a period of 3 hours from 5 pm – 8 pm for a skate party. This event will be open to all residents and will be held during vacation week
Motion made by Sue DiMercurio to hold a rollerskating event for February 28, 2102 at Skateland in Bradford, MA. This event will be from 5 -8 pm and will be open to all who wish to attend Seconded by Tom Hansen Vote: Unanimous Motion Passed
Town Report:
Secretary DiMercurio presented to Recreation that we will need to create a synopsis of what has occurred for the year for Recreation. She suggested that everyone on the board should have input and has asked that each member come up with a paragraph and she will compile and have for final review on our January 4, 2012 meeting. At this meeting, we will also finalize our warrant articles for final submission.
IV: OTHER BUSINESS
Babysitting/Movie Night finalized:
Chairman Klopotoski has brought this board up-to-date on the progress of this event. She showed us a craft she has planned to do. She reviewed that we will have medical staff present, and the movie(s) she is planning on showing. We will be serving Pizza and water as well as popcorn during the movie.
Additional payment to Rick Bailey:
Secretary DiMercurio discussed with the board the email which she sent to Mr. Bailey regarding some questions regarding his Halloween Party receipts and his responses back. As the board was looking for answers as to why they went over, and he responded as such, Chairman Klopotoski suggested that we vote to pay him the difference of $63.20.
Chairman Klopotoski made a motion to pay Rick Bailey for the difference in the receipts submitted for the Boy Scouts Halloween Party. This difference totals $63.20. Money to come from the Halloween Party line of budget. Seconded – Tom Hansen. Vote: Unanimous Motion Passed
The recreation commission has voted to change our scheduled meeting on January 11, 2012 to January 4, 2012 for several reasons.
1. The planning board is meeting on January 11, 2012 regarding project and the state is slated to come in. As this will be a large meeting, and not a lot of parking is available, we have decided to move our meeting.
2. The board would like to review all of the necessary paperwork needed by January 10, 2012 and we also have concerns regarding a warrant article pertaining to the “Summer day Camp” program. This discussion will be tabled until this January 4 meeting.
Chairman Klopotoski made a motion to move our January meeting from January 11 to January 4, 2012. Seconded by Tom Hansen Vote: Unanimous Motion Passed
Secretary DiMercurio presented a bill for voting:
- T & M Property Maintenance presented a bill for $475.. This is for repairing the cracks in the skateboard park. We, as a board, were not happy with the outcome of this repair and we were holding off paying this bill. It was suggested by Tom Hansen that we compile paperwork showing that he did not do what he stated. Upon speaking with the Town Hall, it was discovered that since the board was not specific with Mr. Hajjar as to what we wanted, and he did what he could to repair this, that it would need to be paid. The money to pay this is to come from the Revolving Account and not from the budget.
Heather Bowory motioned to adjourn at 9:30 p.m. Seconded by Susan DiMercurio
Vote: Unanimous
Respectfully Submitted
Susan DiMercurio
Secretary
Recreation Commission
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