2011-02-08 Recreation Committee Minutes

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Town of Reading 16 Lowell Street RECEIVE' TOW CLERK Reading, MA 01867-2685 READING, MASS. 2011 JUN 2 q P 12: 3 8 FAX: (781) 942 - 5441 RECREATION DIVISION: (781) 942 - 9075 READING RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES February 8, 2011 TOWN HALL - Conference Room Attendance: Mary Ellen Stolecki, Recreation Committee Chairmen, Nancy-Linn Swain, Rec. Committee, Frank Driscoll, Vice Chair, Rec. Committee, Mike DiPietro, Rec. Committee Member, Mary Ann Kozlowski, Rec. Committee Member, Chris Campbell, Rec. Committee Member, Kate Kaminer, Rec. Committee Member, Bernie Winne, Associate Member, Adam Chase, Associate Member, Joseph Rossetti, Associate Member, John Feudo, Recreation Administrator F. Driscoll called the meeting to order at 7:12 PM. C. Campbell made a motion to accept the minutes from the January 1 lth Rec. Committee meeting. N. Swain seconded the motion. Motion passed in favor of accepting the minutes for January 1 lth by a vote of 6 - 0- 0. Mary Ellen Stolecki entered the meeting at 7:27 PM On-Line Registration: J. Feudo presented to the committee the research he had done for on-line registration. He stated based on pricing and availability, he has chosen to work with MyRecdept.com. J. Feudo showed a demo of the product to the committee. The product has many great features such as email blast capabilities, search tools and everything is internet based. N. Swain asked to make sure they have a data recovery plan and security for medical information. J. Feudo said he would double check how those two issues are handled. The new system will come with a lower credit card rate than the Town is currently getting, however the increased traffic will cause for higher cost in credit card use. The hopes are the revenue coming in for the traffic coupled with the new lower rate will help off set the new expense. The new annual fee is approximately $1,300 more than the previous database system (Rec Trac). J. Feudo said he still has to navigate some municipal process but hoped to be able to roll out the on- line option for summer registration. J. Feudo introduced Charlie Ehl, Commissioner of RYB. Charlie gave the committee an overview of RYB's accomplishments over the past two years since he has become commissioner. He is proposing for the Recreation Committee to allow RYB to put temporary fencing at Eaton to divide the two fields. The concept would be for managers to take the