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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-25-1993 Regular MeetingThe Recreation Board of the City of Fairhope met Tuesday, May 25, 1993 at 6:30 p.m. at the City Municipal Complex, 161 N. Section Street. Present: Richard Bass, Chairman; members Larry Thomas, Charlie Langham Charlie Smith, Rae Jackson, Stanley Fant. Betty Rivenbark, Secretary Phil Rutherford, Facilities Director and Mike Ford, Council Liasion Monty Hughes was here tonight and said that Mike Ford had asked him to come to talk about senior swimming. After discussion it was determined that there was a mixup as the Adult Rec group swam at the Elks pool and the other group swam from 6-8 A.M. at the city pool. The summer arts program was talked about. Katie LeBlanc gave out a flyer that she said they wished to hand out in the schools this week and a proposed cost sheet for the program this year. She said they will increase the number of participants to 200- and Meredith will have 20. That they have raised the cost to $25.00 and that they should not need anything but $500 from the recreation board. The cost of Theatre 98 was discussed again and what we can do about getting them drop the cost. Further discussion led to Charlie Smith moving to commit $500 to the program for the summer and find out about the rent later. Stanley Fant seconded and motion carried unanimously. The minutes were approved as written on motion by Larry Thomas seconded by Charlie Langham and unanimously carried. The bills were approved on motion by Stanley Fant, seconded by Larry Thomas and unanimously carried. Under old business the swimming pool repair was discussed. Phil said they had fixed the leaks but he still thinks there is a leak in the skimmers. He is going to work on those this week. He said they have put in the window in the concession stand and have the flag pole and they filled up the pool by the date they wanted it. At this time Mike Ford came in and he was asked about the Theatre 98 charging the recreation department for programs. It was discussed possibly seeing what we can do to get this waived but if they say this is for electricity we can figure out what electricity is for this period and let them know. Rae reported on May Day. She said that about $300 was spent. That she thought it went a lot better than last year. She did have to move the date because of rain which could have caused some confusion. She said she wished to see what happened next year with the centennial year and then we might reconsider it. Phil reported that we had received $69.60 for the pine trees we cut and that the new space is being used regularly. He also said he had met with the representatives about the Silver Queen Corn Festival and had told them what we could do at the park to accomodate them. Richard had a request from Bob Callahan(who was out of town tonight) about some work that needed doing at the fields before they hosted a tournament July 5-9 and also July 12-17. He asked for several things(list in file) and the board saw no problem with any of them. The centerfield fence is still bent and the board decided to go ahead and call Mr. Cooper to fix it and then see about getting the high school to pay for it. Richard Bass said Coach Cleveland asked him if we pay for half of it, that he was suppose to come tonight. Charlie Smith asked if we could move the band tower out of the way of the fence because children were jumping on it and it could be a dangerous situation. Stanley Fant moved to repair the fence and send the bill to the high school. Charlie Smith seconded and motion carried unanimously. Mi ke Ford said he had been approached about people using the track to walk on. Phil said that it is open from 7-4 daily and they can use it then. Mike also said that he had been approached by Pepsi Cola about providing some scoreboards next time we need them. The Coca Cola contract was discussed. Mike said all he is asking is next time we sign contract let's bid it out. The list was discussed further, the board decided some painting could be done out there if same color as what's there, fix the fence, and put 1 row of windscreens on them. The position of Recreation Director was discussed again at great length. The board looked at their budget and tried to come up with the half that the mayor suggested we get to match city money but did not come up with the figure they needed. Richard appointed a committee of Charlie Smith, Charlie Langham and Larry Thomas to come up and talk with the mayor about this. The board also talked about the possibility of havingnd raisers, tournaments, to get money or charge for things we have charged for in the past. They also discussed funneling all recreation money from the programs coming to recreaction board and then being disbursed. These things to be shared with the mayor and a report brought back at next meeting. There being no further business, meeting was duly adjourned.