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Willington Recreation Commission
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Town Offices, 40 Old Farms Road, Willington, Connecticut 06279 (860) 487-3108
Committee Minutes
Regular Meeting
June 22, 2010
Attending Members: Joe Colangelo, Mike Pinatti, Josh Walsh, Mike Kozyra, Bill Bilyak, and Al Ference were in attendance.
Attending Non Members: Karl Acimovic and Teri Gereau.
Meeting called to order at 7:05 PM.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The minutes from the previous WRC meeting were reviewed without changes. Joseph Colangelo made a motion to accept the minutes without changes, which was seconded by Al Ference. All members were unanimous in approval.
GENERAL DISCUSSION:
- Josh Walsh provided a report from a local magazine listing Willington as the 7th most attractive Connecticut town in its range of population
- It was suggested that a permanent piece of equipment for the WPRC field maintenance would be a machine to maintain the infield dirt on our softball and baseball fields.
DIRECTORS REPORT:
- Directors report was submitted as follows:
- Summer Camp has [56] total participants signed up. There is [1] director and [5] counselors as paid staff and several volunteers. Teri will review last year’s counts for paid employees and participants to provide a ratio for the WPRC members for future adjustments to staff.
- Twenty pond passes have been purchased to date.
- Zumba is in its third session and has [15] participants.
B. The budget was not reviewed, but going forward a report will be provided to the WPRC members by
Teri per meeting to keep us aware of funding and money spent to date as it applies to programs and
maintenance.
OLD BUSINESS:
- The progress of the RRAC RFP’s are as follows:
- The RFP for the playscape product is out.
- RFP #2 will be for the site work/excavation and will include construction of the Pavilion and the concrete deck and post supports, all excavation, install of the basketball and volleyball courts and the walking path. Asphalt and concrete will be provided in these proposals. Marking of the post locations for the playscape will be provided by Karl Acimovic and his crew. Poles, netting, painting of the asphalt, and appropriate accessories for the volleyball and basketball courts will be provided in an alternate fashion and are not included in this RFP.
- RFP #3 will be the materials provided portion of the project including sand, gravel, top dressing for the walking path and other associated materials.
- RFP#4 will be the Pavilion product.
- Karl has requested cuts of the basketball and volleyball courts which will be provided by Greg Suchy. Karl has committed to completion of RFP #2 by Wednesday next week, with the others to follow in the near future. The hope is to get the project underway and completed by the fall.
- Mike Pinatti has applied for a permit to construct the backboard at the RRAC for the electrical equipment. Once approved, the electrical permit will be applied for and work will proceed.
- The “Facebook” site will be considered at our next meeting.
NEW BUSINESS:
- Mike Kozyra was introduced to the WPRC members and well received.
- Duties of members considering agendas and minutes will be as follows:
- Greg Suchy will take the minutes per meeting and be responsible for posting them in an appropriate manner.
- Joseph Colangelo will provide the agenda per meeting and be responsible for posting it in an appropriate manner.
- Josh Walsh will provide and maintain a “Facebook” page for the WPRC.
ADJOURNMENT:
Josh Walsh motioned to adjourn, which was seconded by Joseph Colangelo. The meeting adjourned at 8:30PM. The next meeting is scheduled for July 27th, 2010 at 7:00PM at the Town Hall Office Building.
Respectfully submitted 6-24-2010
Joseph C. Colangelo
Joseph C. Colangelo
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