Holderness Recreation Board Meeting
May 9, 2005
Board Members Present: Wendy Werner, Director, Tom Stepp (chair), Sam Laverack (Selectman ) Biff Sutcliffe (secretary), Peter Durnan, Jay Fogarty, Janis Messier Wendy Mersch, Marty Riehs
1.) Secretary’s Report:
Minutes of 12, May 2005 were accepted
2.) Budget Reports;
Recreation:
Wendy reported that our revenues stand at $3,313.50 and expenses at $5,690.73.
Beach:
Nothing to report.
3.) Beach Up-Date:
a) Tom reviewed the progress we have made in submitting our application and request for a variance regarding the swim area. We have requested a variance due to the fact that the depth at the raft is less than 6 feet in July and that if we are limited to the 50’ limit for distance from shore the water depth is too shallow. Our variance is for a distance of 147’ – just as it has been for close to 50 years.
b) We reviewed the need to remove a few trees along the road and in the parking area. Wendy will report back to Peter Furmanick that he and his crew can go ahead and take down the trees we have discussed.
c) Wendy reported that we have hired two full-time attendants and it appears that these two attendants will be able to cover all the required hours.
d) The phone will be activated on June 13th, and the port-a-pottys will be delivered on the 6th.
e) Full weekend coverage of by the beach attendants will begin June 18th.
4.) Current Programs:
a) adult indoor soccer went well with about 10 participants and there seems to be interest in getting this going again next year a little earlier.
b) Pet First Aid did not have enough interest to run the program.
c) Fairy Gardens – still trying to drum up interest.
d) Free Swim – had about 13 participants
e) Organic Gardening – will be starting on Tuesday, May 10th with about 6 or 7 participants.
f) Quilting is running with two participants.
g) Joyce Warburton is all set to run swimming lessons again this summer.
5) Day Camp:
a) Early sign ups are a little ahead of last year.
I = 11
II = 8/10
III = 6
b) Scholarships-
We will sponsor a Fresh Air student who will be the summer guest of a Holderness resident whose own children will be campers. The Board deliberated a while with the question of how to best use our scholarship money. It was decided that we must use the money for residents of Holderness only and that as much as possible we would try to meet the good faith needs of all requests. It was also decided that we would authorize (through Wendy) the dispersal of scholarship funds in the following way: the Guidance Counselor at HCS will be given 5 one week scholarships to award to campers who sign on and pay for one week. Wendy can increase this number to 10 should all five original scholarships get used before we award the
rest of the funds.
c) Wendy and Anglea have hired the following staff: Katie Jones, Will Abbott and Tami Melendy. We had a number of very good and qualified candidates that we would love to have hired if we had the camper numbers to justify it.
d) Wendy mentioned that she would like to see us move toward having a least one staff member with a Life Guard certification. It was mentioned that perhaps a WSI certified staff member would be best. This is an issue we will continue to explore and Wendy will seek Angela’s input on this issue as well.
6) Correspondence – omitted
7) Other- Biff will make stands on which posters can be mounted for display in front of the Town Hall and other places as need.
6) NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, June 7th at 7:00 PM
Respectfully submitted,
George D. Sutcliffe, Jr. (secretary)
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