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r4�T'A' Town of Reading <br /> Meeting Minutes <br /> I <br /> _ . <br /> Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br /> Recreation Committee 2: 26 <br /> Date: 2020-06-04 Time: 4:00 PM <br /> Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Meeting Room <br /> Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: Open Session <br /> Purpose: General Monthly Meeting via Zoom Version: Final <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Emily Sisson (M), Michael Coltman (M), Kate Kaminer (M), Rich Hand (M), <br /> Mike DiPietro (M) <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> Erica Gaffen (M), John Parks (M), Pat Sheeran (A) <br /> Others Present: <br /> Genevieve Fiorente - Recreation Administrator and liaison to committee <br /> Shannon Fratto - Recreation Program Coordinator <br /> Carlo Bacci - Select Board Liaison <br /> Kevin Bohmiller - Director of Community Services <br /> Susan Simeola - Senior Administrative Assistant, Recreation <br /> Kevin Vendt - Reading Post <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Genevieve Fiorente, Recreation Administrator <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> M. Coltman opens up the meeting at 4:00pm. Each member of committee present <br /> states their name in a roll call. <br /> G. Fiorente gave an update that the new guidelines that came out by the State of <br /> Massachusetts for Summer Camps would not be able to be implemented with the <br /> current format of camp. She goes on to say that the campers would be unable to go <br /> to the pool, participate in large group activities, and also cannot participate in team <br /> sports. She says that what has been advertised and paid for will not be the product <br /> so she and the Recreation team have planned to refund folks their money. She <br /> mentions that her and the Recreation team plan to run smaller programs in groups <br /> of 10 once there is more information available in the coming weeks. She says there <br /> are concrete plans for virtual classes in coding and science that S. Fratto has slated <br /> to start in July. <br /> G. Fiorente then states that in lieu of this, the summer camp seasonal employees <br /> will not have jobs this summer. She mentions that the Town Manager presented her <br /> with an offer to use funding from the Recreation revolving fund to pay the staff a <br /> portion of their summer camp pay since these are difficult times. G. Fiorente said <br /> that she found this offer to be more than generous. G. Fiorente states that the <br /> Town Manager would like to get the Recreation Committee feedback before moving <br /> forward. <br /> Page i 1 <br />