2008-05-14 Recreation Committee Minutes

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Town of Reading 16 Lowell Street RECEIVED Reading, MA 018 FAX: (781) 942 - 5441 1g1gj MAY 14 A 11t 5b ; RECREATION DIVISION: (781) 942 - 9075 READING RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES May 14, 2008 -Town Hall Berger Room Attendance: Nancy Swain, Rec. Committee Chair, John Downing, Rec. Committee Member, Frank Driscoll, Rec. Committee Member, Bernie Winne, Rec. Committee Member, Mary Ellen Stolecki, Rec. Committee Member, Mike DiPietro, Rec Committee Vice Chair, Beth Claroni, Associate Member, John Feudo, Recreation Administrator N. Swain called the meeting to order at 7:10 PM. N. Swain asked the Recreation Committee to review the minutes from the previous meeting. Comment on April 9th minutes - strike out "but a tier system would allow this" in the 3rd paragraph, last sentence. B. Winne made a motion to accept the minutes for the April 9th meeting as amended. B. Winne seconded the motion. Motion passes in favor of accepting the minutes as amended 5-0-0. J. Feudo went over the comments from Town Counsel regarding the new financial assistance policy and discussed the highlighted changes. He stated that the new policy would take effect in FY09 or Fall season. J. Feudo stated that he would be preparing a letter to all families that have requested some type of aid over the past two years to alert them to the change. New Business MRI Report: J. Feudo presented the finding from the MRI report that were relevant to the Recreation Division. Despite the lack of applicable recommendations, the Rec. Division will be developing its own master plan for programming and administration. T-Ball and CORI Issue J. Feudo stated that he received a call from the Reading Police Department regarding a complaint that they received from a concerned parent of the "Reading T-Ball" program. Apparently, this program does not conduct criminal background checks on their coaches. J. Feudo stated that Sgt. Segalla was working directly with the Attorney Generals office to look at the law.