Parks & Recreation

Director's Report

 

 

East Lyme Parks and Recreation Commission

Regular Meeting

October 2, 2008

 

Present:           Robert Pfanner

                        Charles Fenick

                        Ed Dzwilewski

                        Jackie Curry

                        Roger Nadeau

                       

Also Present:   David Putnam, Director of Parks and Recreation

                        Joe Barry

                        Brian Gaffney

                        Bill Cavanaugh

                        Rob Wilson, ex officio

                                               

1.  Call to Order.  Chairman Pfanner called the East Lyme Parks and Recreation Regular Meeting of October 2, 2008 to order at 7:1 5 p.m.

 

2.  Public Delegations.  Mr. Cavanaugh reported the Veterans’ Council would like to place a paver memorial around the existing monument.  Mr. Putnam felt this would be a nice tribute.  The pavers would be purchased to honor East Lyme veterans.  Mr. Cavanaugh stated there would be no expense for the Town of East Lyme.  The pavers would be 4 x 8, with the name of the veteran and branch of service he/she was in.  Mr. Pfanner agreed to work on the design with the Veterans’ Council.  Mr. Putnam stated anything done on the Town Green needs to be approved by this Commission. 

 

MOTION:       Mr. Dzwilewski moved to allow the Veterans’

                        Council to proceed with pavers to honor

                        East Lyme veterans.  Seconded by Mrs. Curry.

                        (5-0) Unanimous.

           

3.  Approval of Minutes of September 4, 2008.    Mr. Pfanner asked for additions, deletions or corrections to the September 4, 2008 East Lyme Parks and Recreation Regular Meeting Minutes.

           

MOTION:       Mrs. Curry moved to approve the September 4,

                        2008 East Lyme Parks and Recreation Regular

                        Meeting Minutes, as presented.  Seconded

                        by Mr. Fenick.  (5-0) Unanimous.

 

4.  Director’s Report.  (See attached reports).

                       

5.  Communications.  There were no communications.

 

6.  UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 

            There was no discussion of unfinished business.

 

7.  COMMITTEE REPORTS 

 

            There were no committee reports.

 

8.  NEW BUSINESS

 

            a.)  Liberty Green – Monument Improvements.  There was no further discussion of the monument improvements.

 

9.  FYI

 

            Mr. Putnam made available to commission members vendor bills and the program budget.

 

10.  ADJOURNMENT

 

MOTION:       Mrs. Curry moved to adjourn the East Lyme

                        Parks and Recreation Regular Meeting of October 2,

                        2008 at 7:50 p.m.  Seconded by Mr. Fenick.  (5-0)

                        Unanimous.

 

                                                                        Respectfully submitted,

 

 

                                                                        Frances Ghersi, Recording Secretary

 

                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director’s Report

October 2, 2008

 

McCook Point Park:

  • During the month of September we used the beach groomer 4 times and removed a significant amount of stone from the main beach.  I believe this machine will be a great asset in the beach cleaning in the future.
  • Hole in the Wall project is up and going again with significant progress being made this past two weeks.  We have started to seed and will planting perennials later next week.
  • Bench program has been extremely successful we have sold 15 benches with a second set ready to be installed later this month.
  • Fenceman and Sons is completing work this week to the fencing in front of the new sign at McCook.

 

Athletic Facilities:

  • High School Field Hockey team has using the outfield on the baseball field at Vets.  Their field at the High School was deemed unplayable by officials.
  • All fall teams are in full swing, maintenance crew continues to do an outstanding job of preparing our athletic fields.
  • We will be contracting with Lori Spielman Landscaping to do some Laser grading of the infields at Vets and the Men’s Softball Field at Bridebrook.  We will also be adding infield material to these fields.

 

Miscellaneous:

  • Diane Nazarko our Administrative Secretary resigned and her last day of work was Wednesday October 1, she has accepted a position with an Architect Firm in Madison.  I have had preliminary discussions with the Commission on Aging and Youth Services on hiring a full time employee to rotate between the departments.
  • Capital Improvement Budget is due in a few weeks with the first meeting being held on October 27.  Attached is a preliminary 5 year budget proposal.