City of Ottawa Playground and Recreation Board met Oct. 12.
Here is the minutes provided by the Board:
Recreation Board Members Present: Steve Kuhn, Phil McNally, Austin Monroe, Kevin Quick,
Randy Bretag, Danielle Piagentini,
Others attending the meeting: none
Guests: Todd Volker, Linda Volker
Recreation Board Members Absent: Maribeth Manigold, John Levy, Brian Porter, (Mark Astle,
Director of Recreation).
1. Kevin moved to approve September minutes, Phil second. Motion passed.
2. Kevin moved to accept September Recreation Financial Report. Phil second. Roll Call:
All AYES. Motion passed.
3. Danielle moved to accept the September Pool financial report. Austin second. Roll Call:
All AYES. Motion passed.
4. Guest Todd Volker spoke to the board about the importance of Tennis Backboards and asked the board to approach the high school regarding installation of a board. The board agreed to contact AD Mike Cooper regarding the issue.
5. Pool: Tracy not required to attend.
6. Commissioner’s report: None
7. Director’s Report:
a. Fall Adult Softball and Kickball – season finishes Oct. 12 barring rain. Sponsoring special Costume themed Kickball finale on Friday, October 13, 2017.
b. Summer Recreation Final Report – Overall a very good summer. Revenue and attendance down slightly due to three fewer camps. Cost per participant in-line with other summers over the past five years.
c. Info for State of the city – Mark shared items sent to be included in the speech.
d. Harvest Dance -- Held this upcoming Sunday, October 15 from 2-4pm at the Knights of Columbus.
e. Contract to study bike path from Adams Street to Peck Park signed and returned to McClure. Study will cost $15,000.
8. Old Business – none
9. Long Range Planning and Board Goals
a. Construction in Progress – None
b. Park Inspections – None
c. Long Range Plans – None
d. Bike Paths – None
e. New Subdivisions and city acquisitions –None.
10. Committee Reports
a. By-laws (Austin) – None
b. Financial (Kevin) – None
c. Parks (John) – The board showed no interest in pursuing an outdoor gym.
d. Programs – (Phil)
i. Phil motioned to cover costs of OGFA lighting re-lamping up to $5000.
This is to include lights and labor. OGFA is to reimburse $1500 to the board. Randy Second. Roll Call: All AYES. Motion passed.
ii. The board discussed the field use policy.
e. Pool (Danielle) – none
11. New Business – Steve distributed Mark’s evaluation form and asked that forms be returned at the next meeting.
12. Meeting adjourned.
https://www.cityofottawa.org/document-library/boards-and-commissions/playground-and-recreation-board/2017-playground-and-recreation-board-minutes/3140-10-12-2017-playground-and-recreation-board-minutes/file
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