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1980-02-07 fl. (t", TOWN OF WAPPINGER RECREATION COMMISSION MINUTES FEBRUARY 7, 1980 Next Meeting--- March 6th 1980 The regular meeting of the Recreation COmmission of the Town of Wappinger was held on February 7th, 1980, at Town Hall, Mill Street, Village of wappingers Falls, Dutchess COunty, New York. Mr. Maurer opened the meeting at 7:30 P.M. Present: Hugh J. Maurer, Chairman, Mary Schmalz, Frank Presti, Joseph Ennesser, Direc~or BASEBALL BIDS The first order of business was baseball bids which had been advertised and opened by the Town Clerk on February 7th, 1980 at 2:00 P.M. six bids were sent out, two were received: Schumann Army and Navy Co. at $4500.00 and Letterii Sporting Goods at $3,963.00. All members present looked over the bids. When asked for recommendations, Mrs. Schmalz noted that she would vote for the low bidder as long as the equipment was delivered as bidded, not substituees or shortages. It must be the manufacturer specified in the bid, or equivalent. All present voted to recomnend that the Town Board award the bid to Letterii Sporting Goods in the amount of $3,963..00. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT REPORT Mr. Frank Presti reported that he was finishing the report on updating the Recreation program which included Capital Improvements. He wanted to meet with Mr. Maurer and the TQwn Board Recreation Committee (~~s. Reilly and Mr. Johnson) in the very near future. A meeting was set for March 3, 1980 at 7:30 P.M. at Town Hall. LITTLE LEAGUE I'Ll:". !'laurer reported that he was still trying to find fill for the fields at Robinson Lane as had been promised to Little League. He was not doing too well at Trap Rockt he had call Ralph Holt f~om the Little League Association and asked him to try also; if he had any success he could contact the Commission. / ~Page 2- Recr. Comm. Minutes 2/7/80 SOCCER REPORT Mr. Maurer then asked for the Soccer Report which he had requested at the January meeting from the director of this program, Mary Schmalz. Just to refresh your memory--the Town Board had requested a report on the status of the Soccer Program because of conflicting reports Councmlman Johnson had heard about this program. There had been a problem due to the so called "philosophy" of this program and there were two sides. Mr. Johnson had asked for a majority view and a minority view, if the two existed, and he had requested that they be submitted at the January 14th Town Board meeting. The Recreation Commission held their meeting on January 10th, and at that time Mrs. Schmalz did not have a report, nor did anyone else. Mr. Maurer requested that they be ready for the February Recreation meeting and now requested that this report be presented for discussion and then forwarded to the Town Board. Mrs. Schmalz did not have a written report ready, but rather a verbal one, and had invited Soccer coaches to attend and speak on her behalf. This was not. the intention, Mr. Maurer explained, he merely wanted her report on the status of the program and if there was no action in this program, why not. She, however, proceeded to give the whole story which was mainly an her ,\ philosophy" of the program she was running and the ),.\.philosophy' of the coaches and parents who were on the other side. One being a fun thing, everyone playing, no real competition, just everyone partici- pating, whether they had lots of talenf' or a little, or none at all, and for those in great physical form and those who were not. It was to be a diversion from the highly competitive program of baseball. There was a lllfalling outf1 so to speak. of the two minds and conse- queatly some dropped out of Soccer and conflicting stories arose. The Commission had had all this related at a meeting back in October and Bill Haas, one of the coaches using Mrs. Schmalz1s philosophy was present then, and was also present tonight along with Dave Orsmond. They commanded Mrs. Schmalz for the effort and hard work and time she put in to the program~ without her, there would be no program, they both agreed. Mr. Ennesser brought forth points he felt would help. Mr. Haas thought they should forget the past events, start in anew, >~ Pag~ 3 Recreation Comm. Minutes 2/7/80 but to do this, Mr. Ennesser persisted, you have to go over the past I and correct these incidences, so they do not occur again. If this program is started with the fun play philosophy, then that's the way it has to continue and all participants---coaches, kids, parents, must abide by these regulations, otherwise ask them to leave the program and recruit others. It was decided again, as had been decided at previous discussions, to have a meeting, but be sure to notify all that were originally in the program--get them all together and spell everything out. Mrs. Reilly (Chairman of the Town Board Recreation COmmittee) stressed lots of publicity should be used to notify the public of this meeting in.order to involve new people, not just the original ones involved. Both coaches present, Bill Haas and Dave Orsmond, were enthusiastic and said they would cooperate. They would be notified when the meeting would take place, they were told, and they were urged to spread this meeting date and encourage all interested parents and coaches to attend. DIRECTORS REPORT Mr. Ennesser reported that the winter programs were progressing very well with no problems. The registration of all the programs had increased. He announced the start of a new program, that of fencing for 10 through 18 year olds at Myers COrners School 7:30 P.M. on February 11th. The fencing instructor was presently instructing this course at the YMCA. The first session would be primarily demonstration. No equipment was needed, this would be provided. YOUTH PROGRAM REIMBURSEMENT APPLICATIONS Mr. Maurer then discussed the County and State Youth Applications for reimbursement on some of the recreation progr~~s. Mrs. Schmalz had been doing this for several years. However, Mr. Maurer felt that since we now have a new Comptroller, they sould approach his office to prepare it as it required lots of record searching on vouchers and payroll, which were kept in his office. He recommended that Mrs. Schmalz get together with the Comptroller on this, brief him on the nrocedure, then the three of them would meet to discuss the matter. ,;- '- Page 4 Recreation Comm. Minutes 2/7/80 TRACTOR LOADER Mr. Maurer informed the members present that he would like to go to bid on the purchase of a tractor loader for the Recreation Commission. This piece of equipment was needed to do the jobs on the fields and they would save money in the long run. There was a line item in the 1980 budget of $4,000 for tractor rental and this amount could be used toward the purchase of the equipment plus monies encumbered from the 1979 budget for this pUrPOse. Those present agreed and the secretary was directed to send a letter to the Town Board asking permission to go to bid for the purchase of this tractor. CONFERENCE The Recreation Commission wished to obtain permission from the Town Board to attend the New York State Recreation and Park Convention at the Nevele Country Club at Ellenville, New York from April 20, IBrough April 23, 1980 and the secretary was requested to send a leteer to the Town Board asking for this permission. There was no other business to come before the Commission. The meeting adjourned at 9:45 P.M. er- Gladys it, Secretary Recreation Commission