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Minute~ 0& Meeting
July 31,1978
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Minuze~ 06 the ~egula~ meeting 06 the Ree~eation Commi~~ion 06 the
Town 06 queen~~u~~ held Monday, July 31, 1978, in the Queen~bu~y
Town 066~ee Bu~ld~ng, Queen~bu~y, New.Yo~k. Chai~man Lyon ealled
the meeting to o~de~ at 7:47 P. M.
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P~e~ent: Commi~~ione~~ Bly, Howe, Lyon, Roop, Ya~ko; Vi~eeto~
Han~en, Aeting Vi~eeto~ LaBomba~d
Ab~ent: Commi~~ione~~ Champagne, Lavigne
Vi~ito~~: Je66 Wilkin~ (Po~t Sta~)
App40val 06 Minute~ - none
Int40du~tion 06 New Vi~eeto~:
Chai~man Lyon 60~mally int~odueed the new Ree4eation Vi~e~t04,
Ha401d R. 'Han~en to all tho~e p~e~ent. Vi~eeto~ Han~en exp~e~~ed
hi~ g~atitude to the Commi~~ion and vowed that he would do what-
eve4 ne~e~~a4y to meet the ehallenge 0& imp~oving the Queen~bu~y
Ree~eation Vepa~tment. '
P40g~am Statu~ Repo~t:
A~ting Vi~e¿to~ LaBomba~d gave a ve~bal ~epo~t on the ~tatu~ 06
the 4e~4eation p~og~am~ whieh a~e p~e~ently being eondueted.
Attenden~e at both the Queen~bu~y Sehool Pool Swim P~og~am, and
the Tenni~ Se~~ion P~og~am a4e good. All ela~~e~ whieh have been
o66e~ed we4e 6illed and daily pa~tieipation i~ exeellent. The
A4t~ & C4a6t~ P~og~am 6o~ ehild~en, whieh i~ held at the Middle
Sehoðl, ha~ al~o been ~ueee~~6ul. It wa~ 6u~the~ explained that
~egi~:t;4ation 60~ the 6inal two week ~ e~.6io-n 06 tenni~ and ~wim
le~~on~ would again be taken by phone, beginning at 5:30 P. M.,
on Thu~~day, Augu~t 3, a~ pe~ the ~umme~ ~ehedule. It'wa~ anti~-
ipated that le~~on ~egi~t~ation would be .6u66ieient.to 6ilL both
p~og~am~. The maximum ~eg,Ü t~ation 60~ .6wim le.6~ on~ i~ eighty,
and 60~ tenni~ le~~on~ i~ twenty. It wa.6 explained that all
~umme~ p~og~am~, with the exeeption 06 6~ee .6wimming at Gu~ney Lane
Pool (end~ LabQ~ Vay), would end an Augu.6t 18. Chai~man Lyon
thanked A~tin,9Vi~eeto~ LaBomba~d 60~ the ~epo~t and 6o~ hi~ 6ine
w04k a~ the Aeting V~~eeto~. Co~mi.6~ione~ Roop moved to ~eque~t
that Vi~eeto~tfan~en initiate a ~e~olution 6~om tHe Ree~eation
Commi~~ion to the Town Boa~d eonee~ning the out~tanding jab Ja~k
LaBomba4d ha~ done, and that the Town Boa~d ~eeognize the Aeting
Vi4e~to~'~ pe~60~man~e th~ough .6ome 6o~m 06 ~emune~ation.
Commi~~ione4 Howe ~eeonded the motion, whieh wa.6 polled. Alje~:
Commi~~ione~~ Bly~ Howe, Lyon, Roop, Ya.6ko. Nay~: None
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Po~~ible Pu~eha~e 06 Land~:
Vi~e~to~ Han~en ei~eulated a eopy 06 the July 12 memo 6~om Town
Supe4vi~0~ B4andt to the Ree~eation Commi.6~ion eonee~ning a li~t
06 p~ope~tie~ whieh the eonn.ty p~opo.6e.6 to ~ell at' a publie ~ale.
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In addition, the pu~eha.6e 06 additional p~ope~ty along the Hud~on
Rive~ wa~ al.6o di~eu.6~ed and Vi~eeto~ lIan.6en ~eque~ted that
6u~the~ di~eu~~ion be tabled until a late~ date. Vi~e~to~ Han~en
p4opo~ed that he be pe~mitted to plot on a map 06 Queen~bu~y, all
pa4~el~ 06.1andwhieh a~e available 60~ ~ale. A6te~ pe~onally
in~pe~ting the ~ite~ and p~io~itize them aeeo~ding to ~uitability
60~ ~e~4eational u~e, Vi~eeto~ Han~en.would ~epo~t baek to the
Commi~~ion at the next meeting in Augu.6t. It wa.6 al~o ~ugge~ted
that the Commi~~ion'~ Septembe~ meeting eould be a 6ield t~ip to
tho~e ~ite~ whieh we~e deemed to have ~ee~eational value. The
eommi~~ion ae~epted the Vi~eeto~'.6 .6ugge.6tion and in~titued him
to begin hi~ inve~tigation.
Budget P~epa4ation:
Vi4e~t04 Han~en in60~med the Commi~~ion that a tentative
Re~4eation Budget wa~ due to the Supe~vi~o~ by Augu~t 4, 1978.
In-a~-mueh a~ the Vi~eeto~ ha~ had no time to be~ome aequainted
with the Ree~eation Budget, P~e.6ident Lyon ~ugge~ted that the Vi~e~to~
4eque~t additional time to p~epa~e budget 6igu~e~. The Vi~e~t04
anti~ipated that p~elimina~y budget 6igu~e~ would be available 6o~
the Commi~~ion to pe4u~e at the next meeting.
New Vi~e~to~'~ Comment.6:
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Vi4e~to~ Han~en di~~u~~ed a va~iety 06 a~ea~, ineluding:
Re~4eation Vepa~tment o~ganization, p~og~am 6ee~ & ~ha~ge~, depa~tment
604m~ and p~o~eeding.6, p~og~am~, goal~ and obje~tive~ On the Vi~e~to~,
Re~~eation philo~ophy, the ~ommunity, pe~~onnel, and the Re~4eation
Vepa~tment Budget. Vi~e~to~ Han~en in60~med the Commi~~ion that
minute~ an all Re~~eation Commi.6~ion meeting~ ~hould be ~e~o~ded and
kept on nile in the Ree~eation 066iee. In addition, an agenda ~hould
be p4epa~ed by the Vi~eeto~ and mailed with the minute~ 06 the
p4evi~u~ meeting to ea~h ~ommi.6.6ion membe~' p~io~ to the next meeting.
Vi~eet04 Han.6en al.6o in60~med the Commi.6.6ion that in the 6utu~e, the
Commi.6~ion would ~eeeive a w~itten monthly ~epo~t, (Vi~e~to~'~ ~epo~t)
and a monthly Re~~eation Budget update. Thi.6 in60~mation would be
benenieial in keeping ~ommi.6.6ione~.6 up-to-date on all Ree~eation
matte~~.
The Vi~e~tolt..wa.6 in~t~u~ted to eheek on the nollowing and ~ep04t
ba~k at the ~ext meeting:
1. Pa4t-~ime .6ala~ie.6 & ove~time pay
2. La.6t yea~'.6 budget
3. Publie .6ale 06 Land
4. Applieation 60~ Youth Se~viee.6 Fund.6
5. Joint pu~eha.6ing 06 .6upplie.6
6. Fall p~og~am.6
7. Coo~dination with neighbo~ing Ree~eation Vepa~tment~
8. Tentative budget p~epa~ation
The~e being no 6u~the~ bu~ine~.6, the meeting adjou~ned at 9:59 P. M.
The next meeting will be held at 7:30 P. M. Monday, Augu.6t 28, 1978.
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