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READING RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES
March 16, 2009 Pofice Community Room
Attendance: Chris Campbell, Rec. Committee Member, Mike DiPietro, Rec. Committee Chairman,
Frank Driscoll, Rec. Committee Member, K. Kaminer, Rec. Committee Member, N. Swain, Rec.
Committee Member, B. Claroni, School Committee Rep., Mary Adam Chase, Associate Member,
John Feudo, Recreation Administrator
M. DiPietro called the meeting to order at 7:15 PM.
K. Kaminer made a motion to accept the minutes from the February 11, 2009 meeting. C. Campbell
seconded the motion. Motion passed in favor of accepting the minutes for February 11, 2009 by a
vote of 5 - 0- 0.
Payment Policy-Tabled from previous meeting
J. Feudo handed out an updated version of the late payment policy. The committee felt that in the
instance someone must pay late, the payment should be received based on the length of the
ro am. - For-example -forashort-term ro am 2weeks or less a late payment- should-be -
received before the program ends. For a long-term program (more than 2 weeks) full payment
should be collected no more than 15 days after the program has officially begun. This would not
apply to those that work out individual payment plans. J. Feudo stated that the only program the
Recreation Division has traditionally had difficulty collecting on is travel basketball because the
participants do not pay until teams are established. The Rec. Division will look for a new process
that will help with this program.
Code of Conduct for Boards, Committees, and Commissions
J. Feudo discussed the Code of Conduct for Boards, Committees, and Commissions. The
Recreation Committee discussed and had no issue with the code.
Administrators Report
J. Feudo gave a brief overview of the winter programming numbers. In-Town Basketball was more
popular than ever this past winter and continues to grow. Travel Basketball continues to grow as
well. Both Volleyball and Baseball clinics were very well attended.
The summer edition of Reading Recreation Magazine is due out around March 2741. Registration
day will be May 2nd at Coolidge Middle School.
READING RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES March 16, 2009 Con't
Spring permits for fields are just about complete. The fields are expected to open around the second
Sat. in April.
There will be a volunteer seminar on Thursday, March 18th at the Police Station.
Summer staff for Camp is returning at the highest rate. We expect 90% or more of the staff to
return. Typically the return rate is about 70%. Jobs are becoming hard to come by.
Reading Town Day has been set for June 20th form 11AM - 3:00 PM.
J. Feudo stated he has begun the process of building a new playground at the Imagination Station
site. Each Friday the Recreation staff will be joining the 5 elementary schools during lunch to make
choices on equipment. This exercise will help guide the design of the new structure and give us a
sense of what the participants like.
Sub-Committee Reports
RCASA did not meet.
F. Driscoll made a motion to adjourn. K. Kaminer seconded the motion. Motion passes in favor of
adjournment 7 - 0 -0. Meeting adjourned at 8:20 PM.
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