Goose Creek Recreation

Commission Meeting
Minutes Summary

September 15, 2008

 

PRESENT:

 

·        Commission: Jerry Glass, Milton Terre, Nancy Trevino, & Tom Lindsay

 

·        Staff: Terry Tudor, Cheryl Heiselman, & Carrie Stika

 

·        Guest: Margaret Hines, Bonnie Gregor, & Mrs. Rogers and son

 

CALL TO ORDER:

Mr. Glass called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

 

PUBLIC COMMENTS:

No public comments were made.

 

OLD BUSINESS:

MINUTES:

Minutes of the August 18th, 2008 meeting were approved.

 

FINANCIAL REPORTS:

Financial reports for the period ending August 31st, 2008 were approved.

 

PROJECT STATUS REPORT:

 

Planning Meeting:

Mrs. Heiselman informed the Commission that Mr. Harmon would like to hold off on the planning meeting until the transition is close to completion.

 

Mr. Glass spoke with Mr. Harmon and said he is very interested in the Commission’s ideas but the Commission should build an outline to present to the City of Goose Creek.

 

Mr. Harmon has a plan to gain funds for the Commission and would like to talk about them when Mr. Stuber returns from sick leave and the transition is closer to completion.

 

Budget:

Mrs. Heiselman presented the 2009 budget to the Commission and asked that it be approved.

 

Mr. Lindsay made a motion, seconded by Mrs. Trevino to accept the budget presented to them for the year 2009. All in favor, motion carried.

 

Audit:

Mrs. Heiselman stated that the audit for 2007 is proceeding and there is nothing to present to the Commission yet.

 

Mrs. Tudor added that the auditor will return this week to hopefully finish up.

 

RECREATION REPORTS:

 

Maintenance Division:

Mr. Fesler stated that this is a very busy time for the maintenance staff right now.

 

Mr. Glass expressed his view that the parks look good.

 

Recreation Division:

Mrs. Heiselman informed the Commission that she went to the SCRPA Conference last week and received some very good information on grant writing.  She also learned of some skate park funding that might be available.

 

Mrs. Trevino asked if the athletic directors had their meeting.  Mrs. Heiselman answered no that there were some problems and the athletic directors are going to try to meet next month.

 

Mr. Glass asked to have more information concerning the Cal Ripkin and Babe Ruth programs.

 

Car Show:

Mrs. Heiselman informed the Commission that the staff has some ideas about the car show this year.  They are recommending that we don’t charge an admission fee this year.  Other changes suggested are including street rods to get teens involved and possibly adding a flea market to get more visitors. She said she will meet with Mr. Kennedy to work on the details.

 

Transition:

Mrs. Heiselman informed the Commission that Mrs. Tudor has been working very hard on making sure the City of Goose Creek has all the proper information for the transfer of the fixed assets to the City’s books.

 

Basketball:

Mrs. Heiselman requested that the Commission raise the registration fee for youth basketball from $30 for residents/$65 non-residents to $35 resident/$70 non-residents for the upcoming 2008/2009 season.  GCRC costs will be increasing and we need this increase to compensate for that.

 

Mrs. Trevino made a motion to accept the raise in price for the registration fee for basketball, seconded by Mr. Terre. All in favor, motion carried.

 

Annual Leave:

Mr. Glass asked if the staff had been spoken to about their annual leave.  Mrs. Heiselman answered yes.  Everyone that it is affecting has been notified about their extra days that they need to take off and what is left over.  Mrs. Tudor is keeping up with the figures concerning this matter.

 

Directors Report:

Mrs. Heiselman announced to the Commission that Mr. Stuber is home from the hospital and he is recovering from his surgery.  The staff is sending him a basket and a get well soon card.

 

PUBLIC COMMENTS:

Mrs. Rogers expressed her enthusiasm about the skate park and asked to have a project picture and a decision made on a location so that funding can be found.

 

Mr. Glass stated that the idea has to be driven by the Commission to convince the City of Goose Creek that a skate park is needed.

 

The Commission thought Foster Creek Park might be a good place to put a skate park and asked Mr. Fesler to walk the property and report back.  They asked Mrs. Heiselman to look at some skate pieces and get prices.

 

Mr. Terre asked how much room is needed and Mrs. Rogers answered that the park in West Ashley is 50 x 100 feet.

 

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION:

Mrs. Trevino made a motion to go into executive session to discuss a legal matter at 6:50 pm, seconded by Mr. Terre, all in favor, motion carried.

 

Mrs. Trevino made a motion, seconded by Mr. Terre to come out of executive session at 7:02 p.m.  

 

No action was taken during Executive Session.

 

ADJOURNMENT:

Mr. Terre made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:05pm, seconded by Mrs. Trevino, all in favor, motion carried.

 

Next Regular Monthly Meeting:  Monday, October 20, 2008