Holderness Recreation Board Meeting
June 15, 2009
Board Members Present: Wendy Werner, Director, Tom Stepp (chair), Woody Laverack (Selectman )
Biff Sutcliffe (secretary), Janis Messier, Bob Stark, Fawn Ouellette, Shelly Swanson
1) Minutes of May 11, 2009 were approved.
2) Budget Update –(based on 18 month budget) Recreation Beach
$22,233 $4,113
($50,417) $8,003
($28,184) ($3,890)
3) Programs-
• Tennis programs will start next week.
• Staffing for the swim lessons fell through right after our last meeting, but in the meantime
Wendy has worked hard to fill the positions and it looks like we now have a viable
solution to the problem of staffing.
• Discussion followed regarding the swim program and the challenges of having a teaching
program occurring while so many distractions are happening at the beach. The new
program will be running from 10 to 12 AM instead of the prime times of the afternoon
hours. This should reduce both the amount of distractions and will make the beach
fully available to beach-goers during the afternoon.
• Summer Escape (Day Camp) –
Sign-ups are still slow. We have the following confirmed numbers:
Weeks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Campers 14 14 14 10 11 14 9 11 9
Holderness Central School Support Staff have generously granted 3 scholarships for the summer, and we have had three other requests. Wendy has been working with the Doug DiCenzo Fund for some scholarship awards and the there may be some State of New Hampshire Aid as well.
Holderness Central School has approved the funding of an aid for a special needs student to be a camper. Wendy is working on hiring such a person for the 15 days that the student will be attending camp.
4) Holderness 250th – next meeting is August 10th. Wendy and Biff were unable to attend the June meeting.
5) Concert Series –
No new news to report other than things are moving along.
6) Beach Update-
• Beach permit arrived.
• Wendy and Biff put the swim lines and buoys in.
• Phone is connected.
• New port-a-potty company this year at a considerable savings and the unit is here.
• The design of the erosion control issue is being worked in conjunction with the SLA.
7) Correspondence – none to report
8) Other – none
6) NEXT MEETING: Monday, July 13th at 5:00 PM
Respectfully submitted,
George D. Sutcliffe, Jr. (secretary)
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