Parks and Recreation Meeting
Minutes of Monday, June 3, 2013
High School/Lunch Room, 6pm
Attendance:
Committee Members: Billie Luker (BL), Rita Mullin (RM) , Sergio Coviello(SC),Patricia Fillmore(PF);Ron Kern(RK), Michael Fitzpatrick (MF)
Staff: Maureen Stevens (MS), Lynne Clemens (LC), Marty Tilton (MT),
Call to order: 6:15pm; Quorum, called by Billie Luker
Audience of Citizens: None
Acceptance of Minutes: 4/22/13
(RM) Rita Mullin made a motion to accept the minutes of 4/22/13 as is.
(SC) Sergio Coviello seconds the motion.
No discussion had.
Approved: 6 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0
Motion passed
New Business
Inspection Day is July 3, 2013
Fireworks Day is July 4, 2013
Fireworks Rain Date is July 6, 2013
CARNIVAL – Public opening dates:
July 3, 2013, 5PM to 10PM
July 4, 2013, Noon to 10PM
July 5, 2013, Noon to 10PM
July 6, 2013, Noon to 10PM
Board of Selectman have approved the carnival license with the allowance of shuttle buses.
The Police and Fire will make any calls in regard to weather related cancellations. It will only
Take ONE of them to determine it will shut down due to weather.
The Parks Department has received a request to allow the carnival workers to be able to sleep at the Park while the carnival is on site. Parks Director Marty Tilton is recommending a NO, Operations Director recommends a NO, Police Chief Michael Murphy recommends a NO, Fire Chief Bill Warnock recommends a no box trailers. Chief Murphy has done local research and other parks do NOT allow sleeping while on site while some commercial properties do allow. However Chief Murphy states that there has been noted by those communities had an increase in thefts. Also Chief Murphy stated that a carnival worker had to be restrained by 6 workers in past years because “he wasn’t taking his meds”.
Marty Tilton reports that the 4th of July Committee only has 6 volunteers but has put out a plea for help to the community to sign up to help them.
A MOTION was made by Mike Fitzpatrick –
To deny the carnival workers to sleep at any parks in North Reading during the period
of July 1st through July 7th 2013.
SECONDED by Rita Mullin –
DISCUSSION – None
Approved: 6 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0
d to keep up with along with other work in the office. Financials coming soon.
A MOTION was made by Billie Luker to adjourn at 6:58PM,
SECONDED by Rita Mullin
DISCUSSION – None
Approved: 6 Opposed: 0 Abstained: 0
Minutes taken by: Maureen Stevens
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