[Music] Good evening and welcome to the July 10th park commission meeting. Lake Ham is here recording for us. Is there anybody else recording? Hearing none, we can start with number two meeting with Courtney Being. Welcome
Courtney. Thank you. What's up? Um, so I just wanted to add in Wednesdays because I have been running Sunday mornings boot camp class uh for the last month. I'd want to say maybe five Sundays and it's been panning
out really well. We have at least six to seven every time. I'm getting a mix of people who used to come to my studio and then also people who came to the other gym that I taught for for about 2 years. So to see them all come together is really fun. Um, so yeah, we've just been
having a great time and I wanted to be able to offer more times for them and maybe other people, newer members as well. So, I wanted to do 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays for the actual class, but I would need a little wiggle room to set
up and break everything down. So, technically, I'm truly asking for maybe like 5 to 7 with that buffer time before and after. Um, and I'd also like to start charging for the class. So, I figured that would be something to discuss as well if the town of Lakeville
needed anything else from me. And will you have your insurance certificate? Yes. Yeah. We'll continue. Yeah. Does anybody have any questions for Courtney? Do you have an idea on when you'll do this till you have that?
I do not. It's essentially until the weather changes and in my book, you know, until it gets either too cold or really starts to just be all rain or something. Um, but so probably October if we get a couple good Sundays or Wednesdays in through September, that'd
be great. Um, but yeah, I'm not about to have people out there in like 30° weather. We're not that intense. Do people sign up for like a session of classes or is it drop in rate or So, I'm doing both. I offered just this past week starting in July, I offered a
drop in rate or if they wanted to buy in bulk, they could also do that. Um, because it's weather dependent and it's not in an actual studio. I'm only charging $8 a class to keep it very affordable, but also so that way we can
kind of build into maybe getting into a studio. Um, if someone wanted to buy a larger set of classes like for 20 and 30, then I do have that at a discounted price for like $7.50. Mhm. Things like that. Um, yeah, the drop in
rate if somebody wanted to pop in, say, you know, every other Sunday or something, then it would just be the $8. Everyone's first class, I'm going to let them try it free because it's that way it's no commitment. They don't feel like they have to um buy into something.
they're kind of unsure of. So, I let people try first class free and then after that they can either buy a package or they can just drop in eight bucks whenever they feel like it. Any other questions? Okay. And you had a good time. You everything you needed. It worked fine in
the grass where you were in the shade. Yeah, we moved over a little bit on some of the real hot days um to a picnic table closer to the shade. So that way it can give people the option if they want to work out in the sun. Some people love it extra sweat, get a little sun, but then that way it's also the option if they wanted to move into the shade.
So we are kind of near the playground where there's a picnic table towards the playground if a couple moms have brought their kids so far, myself included. Um and then we've moved over to like the shade a little bit too. So and we're not in anyone's way. It doesn't seem we stay
pretty like neutral in the middle of the two. Okay. Do you have a Facebook page or a website? Yes, I do now. I started the Facebook page sometime last week, so it's still kind of kicking off a little bit. And then um my website, it's been up for a
long time. Yeah. What are they? So, well, the Facebook page, I don't know the actual link. Um but if they if I can probably like try to pull that up. That's all right. If you want to send that over to Peter. Oh, perfect. And then he can maybe put it on our
Facebook or our website page. Yeah. Yeah, that works. Link you over. Okay. Any other questions? How many people do you have? About on average, I'd say between like 6 to 8 that come. Um, it it might disperse a
little bit between Wednesdays and Sundays. Like some people might find, okay, I'd rather go on a Wednesday or they have plans on the weekends on Sundays. But on average so far, the Sundays have been like 6 to 8. I think what yesterday we had
eight people. Okay. All right. We will discuss that later on and we will get back to you. Great. Um, and just another thing, my waiver is also on my website, too. And people have to sign up ahead of time to
register for a class. It they have to check off that they already signed the waiver. Okay. So, I got that covered as well. Thank you. Well, thank you for hearing me out. Thank you. Thanks for coming. Enjoy your night. Okay.
want to discuss that now before we move on. Sometimes we have to go back. Any questions or suggestions? I just asked about how she was charging because um I don't know thinking mindset
wise how we've done like the food truck like this is kind of new so we don't have like a set Yep. rate or something, but we should probably make something like a user fee or something. Yeah. Yeah.
Peter, do you remember what we paid for or what they paid for the archery or did they even pay anything? I'm sorry. Did the archery? Remember when they did the archery down? Oh, maybe you weren't. That's before my time. Sorry. I'm just a young pup. I I think we gave them a free pass in
the first year for the whole year. Well, for first session or whatever. Yes. To see how they did, right? So, she had all of last month. Okay. She's already done that. She wasn't charging people that though either, right?
So, do you think her charging people will stop them from coming? No, I don't because she mentioned the people that are coming were people from her gym before she closed it. Yep. Kind of her following.
I mean, if you treat it like a league and you do it like per head, it's not a big That's right. It's not a big build into a fee. Mhm. I mean, if you go buy like six people at the 25 ahead, right? That is what How long is her sessions?
Well, she's going to go till September or October. She also offered just a drop in rate, too, right? So, she doesn't she's not going to have the same people every week. Right. So, yeah, I'd almost argue it's
more like camp versus like what we charge a league, right? That that's where I was going with it's a re it's it's a lesser amount. She's not I mean, how much is she going to charge? $8 per session. Per class. Per class. Per class. Per per. So, if you go on a
Monday for the class, it's $8. Yes. Yeah. She's thinking two classes a week, right? So, if you go both, it's $16. But then if you go both, you're probably going to buy the package. $7. Mhm. I'd say a dollar dollar. Well, why don't we do the camp rate for
$2 and then drop in can be $10. That way we just have this. Yeah. What does everybody else think? I can't see no weight. That sounds horrible. Andrew, are you good with that? You're thinking drop in $2 like per session or are you thinking overall? Okay. I think would that I think that
would add up to the like per day. Yeah, that's what we're saying. Dollar dollar per day. Yeah. Well, maybe we I mean I know we already voted on the week the fees for this year, but we've never had this type no group. So maybe we have to vote a new
fee for an additional group cuz I also had that person whole different animal, right? And I also had that person made me the yoga person who wants to do it. So if there's more groups then like this is different than like the ice cream truck
where we don't want to bring in competition. It's a different kind of right you know activity or whatever but we should have one category of fees right for them. What was the percentage we did for the food truck initially 5%
for the first year 5%. might be reasonable for something like this where you don't know how much she's going to really drive in. And then she can determine what she wants to charge and whatever that ends up being would be a percent that percentage. That's right. I think for the first year
it would just be easy to say a dollar a day, right? Because then you get it then 40 cents a person, right? Then she can build it into her fee and if she's charging $6, then it's $7. If she's charging $10, then it's $11. Yeah. Yeah. And because a dollar is easy to that's that's why I'm thinking about it.
It's easy to Right. But you know that's just I'm just throwing it's just extra for us. Like she's just using the lawn, right? So it's a little bit for her, a little bit for us. Yeah. It's not extra wear and tear on a field or something. No.
And an hour and a half twice a week isn't going to hurt the grass. Yeah. Okay. Does anybody want to make a motion? I'll make a motion to uh charge $1 per class per person.
Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I I second. I car I everybody I motion passes. So she will be charged a dollar per person per class
for the use and that will carry that forward to when the yoga ladies sign up. Okay. Any announcements, Peter? Uh no, I have none. Discuss and possible vote on park
commission representative to the open space committee. So, I got a call, today's Thursday, Tuesday from Tracy asking if we appointed anybody to the open space committee. Um, that was the first I heard that we had to appoint somebody to the open space committee. So, I looked at their minutes and it
seems that they meet the first Thursday at 6 PM here and their meetings have closed like 45 minutes, an hour, an hour and 15 minutes has been the longest meeting they've had in a while. So,
would anybody like to join the open space committee? crickets. Carrie's going to tell us that she doesn't get off the train till 6:30. I don't really have the time right now to add another thing. Right. Noel, how do you feel about the
open space committee? I feel like with between parks and um being the liazison with that and there are a lot of water issues that I'm getting involved in that I if I feel like it would be a little too much. Thank you though. No problem. Andrew, how do you feel
about the open space committee? Um, how often do they meet? Say that again. How often? It seems to be the first Thursday of every month. 6 p.m., which is perfect since we meet on the second and fourth. What time did you say? 6 o'clock.
Um, it's hard for me to add that in um just with where work is uh in the summer right now. But um so Scott, how do you feel about the open space committee? I have a hard time getting here for 6:30. As I've said before, 6:30 is a
tough time for me to get here get here at 6:00. It just it won't happen. Okay. Unfortunately. Okay. All right. So, if um somebody wants to nominate me for the open space committee, I will do my best
to get there. I would nominate Melissa to be appointed to the open space committee. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I I
I All right, motion passes. Melissa will be joining the open space committee. Give it a try. Can't do it. Yeah, we'll re-evaluate. But yeah, I mean, I can't blame work. So, good discussible and possible vote to
approve two clear pond lifeguard applications. So, the last two lifeguard positions we never voted. One just came in last week. Owen. I um he came in to talk to Doug while I was there. Nice kid. Um he was gonna take a job at
Waterws but opted to come to us instead. So I think that was probably a good choice for him. Is he from town? Um he's local. I don't think he's from Lakeville. We have a lot of kids that aren't from Lake J.
Sure. We take what we can get and Yeah. Yeah, usually the the white Owens first, but Right. They all seem It seems to be a good group. Good. That's great. So, um, so there's two. There's Owen and there's Nick. Nick has actually all his
certifications and everything have already been turned in. So, he's actually been there for the last two weeks. So, we're just like retroactively formalizing his employment. So, I will make a move. How about the first gentleman? Owen, does he have his
Owen? Does he have his? Yep. He has all his certifications. Great. I'll make a motion that we accept both. Second. Lifeguards. Any further discussion? All in favor? I
I I I'm sorry. Who second it? Carrie. Carrie. Carrie. Scott and Carrie. The dynamic duo for the night. All right. discuss a request for Lakeville resident for from a Lakeville resident to organize volunteer efforts by her
company at Clear Pond or wherever else is needed in the parks. So, she has a Clear Pond pass and she said the park is great, but she's like there's so much that needs to be done there. She's not wrong. So, she would like she actually works for Johnson and Johnson and they
do two big volunteer things, one in the fall and one in the spring. and they do little volunteer things throughout the year. And since she's a Lakeville resident and spends time over at Cleopon, she thought it'd be great to organize something and get that going over there. So, I didn't know everybody
else's thoughts. If you wanted to choose a spring or a fall or little things, what you want to do, my take is fine. That's great. Bring them on. We just got to we just got to go through the appropriate appropriate channels of the town. Unfortunately,
when it comes to volunteerism, they've changed their ways over the last 10 years. Yeah. At least they need to sign a waiver or something. It's gone like this. Yeah. First it was not a problem, then it was a problem. Then it was not a problem,
then it was a problem. Recently it's been a little better. Yeah. I think it's not going to be a problem. I don't believe it'll be a problem, but we just I think we just Right. Yeah. Yeah, that last thing we want is to get a phone call, you know, for you to get a phone call from town hall saying what's
going on, right? You know, as long as they appropriate channels, I'm all for it. Y I think it's also great to have someone who is working with a company like Johnson and Johnson um is is always a good thing to have
them involved in the community in any to any degree. Yeah. Yeah. Do we need to take a vote um or to move forward with it? Does it say anything? No, it doesn't say anything. No, I don't think we need to vote to allow volunteers.
No, I don't think we do. I like I said, I I I just think so that it doesn't come back on you. I will check with Andrew, you know, um find out what they have to do or what they have to sign. Go for it. I'm all and then coordinate with Doug. Yeah, I think would be the the next channel.
Okay. Okay. Perfect. Moving on. Discuss a possible vote to turn off the Ted Williams concession stand electricity. So, for the last year, has it been a year? Time like goes, we took, sorry, took
everything out of the snack shack and put chairs in. So, we pay $14 a month, which isn't that much, but it's still $14 a month for the chairs to have electricity. So, I every time I sign the bill, I'm like, "Oh, we should stop that."
Right? And I think the reason we probably didn't was because then there's a fee to turn it back on, but we would have saved that over the course of this past year. We would have cuz it's like 50 or 100 bucks for them to turn it back on. Yeah. It used to be like 35. Now I think it's like 50 something. Right. Right. It used to be a minimum of $6 a month. Right.
Now it's 14. Yeah. Cuz even last year it was like 12. Um. Yeah. So I don't see anybody using it on the horizon. So I think we're good. Just build in the turn on cost. Mhm. Yeah. I make a motion we shut off the power.
Second. Keep the duo going. Any um discussion? No. All in favor of turning off the electricity? I. Perfect. We'll shut that off. Thank you. Update bathroom situation at Ted
Williams camp. Okay. So, I asked again for to send a camera down and I was told it's just the toilet paper. You don't have to do that. So, I thought after checking on our toilet paper, some things I never thought I'd have to do, but I went in the closet to check the
ply of our toilet paper and we are using two ply toilet paper. So, I was thinking we could order some one ply toilet paper and then turn the bathrooms back on and see if that makes a difference. So, I apologize for not being here the last couple of meetings. And I know it
was just stirring when when I when I went on vacation, but that's the problem. It's just the toilet paper. Yeah, that's what I'm told. Like, you you've been here how long how many toilet every year we have to dish out $1,000 to fix the toilet to fix the toilets
because somebody's flushed panties or underwear down the toilet. Right. So, the last three times we've had it taken care of, there's been nothing like that in there. So, what's what's causing the problem? They say some people are using too much toilet paper
because we discussed at our last meeting, right, that um we just had Lon Pond fixed because the joints from the metal pipe to the plastic pipe, the rubber gasket like bubbled up. So, it was like this. So, it was blocking some
of the stuff. So, we just had that fixed. So, we said maybe that's happening here because we keep doing it and they're just finding toilet paper, but they won't want to send a camera in. I don't know why. Who should they?
Um, they is our facilities manager. Like, what's convincing them it's not an issue with the pipe? I just guess it's what's been coming out. Like it's only a couple hundred dollar cuz we had to do it for Moon Pond Lodge. Well, it's only a couple hundred sending
the camera in. That's all. Yeah. So, I don't understand what the deal is. So, I thought we'd maybe we'd try the OneFly and see if that doesn't work. Then there's no Yeah. I mean, cuz nobody I'm like, did we always use
Tuply? Like we used one pipe before. No, but that's always been a problem. Yeah. Jam it jam it full and right stand there and flush flush flush and it doesn't work. Right. And if I saw if we saw other stuff coming out then it would be like yes vandalism close it.
But that hasn't been the case this year at all. Last year in the spring it was it was dirt. It was no golf balls, no rocks, no t-shirts, no nothing. Well, that's good in that respect. Do they know for certain that the um
grade of that outflow pipe is correct? Yeah. Well, they watch it come out like after they clean it. We flush the toilets to make sure the water comes out and the water always comes out. But it's just water.
Yeah. I mean, those were built to spec, you know. Yeah. But the town board of health watched them do it. It was Dick Fickett and Daryl Bernier and Danny. The reason they did the bulk of the work. Mhm. And I mean, realistically, it's a 4 in pipe, so like
shouldn't be a problem. Shouldn't be I'm just saying it that the that the ang that the angle is correct. The reason I say that is because I have an older home. Many of them were built here. And this the pipe going from my
kitchen sink to the outflow pipe is like this. And I I mean I and I look at it now and I can't believe that it was that it passed, but it did. And so what I have to do is to be very careful what goes down there because the angle is not it's
like it should really be like that. Mhm. I don't know what the technical terminology for all that is and I'm not a plumber, but I'm just saying I'm just, you know, thinking is that correct? Is that accurately right? It may not be now. Probably it must have
been when they built it, right? Which wasn't that long ago. No, I mean I remember when they did it. I wasn't on the board, but I remember when they did it. So, it was over 18 years ago. Probably about that time. I mean, I guess changing the toilet
paper is an intermittent step. It's more data for them. If that doesn't work, then what else? Mhm. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Okay. One ply. One ply. Switch to one ply. I make a motion.
Try one ply. Try one ply. Okay. Update bathroom at 10 rooms camp. Check. The problem is if they stuff a whole roll down there, it's still it's still right. And that was what they were doing. And that's why that was one of the reasons and I think you were on at the time when we switched to
different different system because they were they were breaking the the the things and and taking a whole roll out and throwing two or three rolls right into the not like undone rolls. No rolls just throwing the whole roll in cuz they got nothing better to do because they're not being supervised.
Did we talk about a camera? You can't privacy. I know you can't put one in the stall but can't have it in the bathroom. It'd have to be outside, right? Because you have to remember the men's room has urinal, so he can't. Right.
No. Unfortunately, I understand what you're saying because we want to find out who it is and what's happening, but we can't put we can't put a camera in the bathroom. Okay. Park Enterprise Fund budget update. So, this is yours, right, Peter?
what we have as far as I know this is the uh this is the final figures for fiscal year 25 doesn't mean there might be a few changes here and there but I think it's pretty substantially correct
so this won't get the budget won't get actually put to bed till like September so this is the best that we have for now um so as long as there's no outstanding bills it says that we have in excess of
$69,000 that we'll be carrying over. Nice. Yep. Build up our retained earnings temporarily. Yeah, I know. But um the lodge fixed fee, did we not get
their bill their payment for June? Um I I just got it today. Okay. So, we're all set then. We're all set. Yep. Okay, that was the big one. And the other one was the only other
thing was the clear pond director. We were over by $2,000. We should be good. And then um repairs and maintenance for buildings and grounds, vehicles and equipment. We are over and all of those, but we've made it up other places, so
that's okay. Yeah. I mean, the net is $7,000 plus. So 6,500. That's always good. Yep. Our electricity is um we were o under by 7,000, but if you look on the revenue side, our utilities
reimbursement was over by 7,000. So, it kind of washes that. We were over on one and under on the other. So, still they washed. It's a lot of electricity. It is. Well, when you get extra lights
on all the time. Yeah. you know. So, uh my only question is the um we didn't use the um other retained earnings next to last line on the front page of the revenue.
No. So, those were retained earnings that we were supposed to bring in from other places. [Music] It didn't come from the other side. Yeah, I think that retained earnings. If it's coming from retained earnings, it was coming from
our retained earnings to make it balance. I think I think that's what that's what that was, but we didn't have to. We didn't we no was never taken in. No. Right. Okay. Good. No, that's great. That that because that helps, right? And the um the money for the
roofs came out of this year's budget. So, the $15,000 in the 26 budget will go back into our retained earnings. Right. For ministry budget, more retain earnings in the mall. Yep.
So that was our this year's capital project, but we paid for it last year. Right. And the repairs and maintenance buildings and grounds, which you can see is over by 10,000. Yep. Yeah. Which again, it was $17,000 for the roof. So no, I mean, no,
it was perfect. Oh, yeah. Supplies. It's because soccer. It was only sprinkle fertilized once. So, no growth control this year. Oh boy. Um, last time that happened was not good.
Any other questions on the budget? Thank you, Peter, for putting that together for us. Thank you, Peter. No problem. But there is going to be a line that is they're going to adjust the very last line. Any charges and liability insurance?
Yes. Well, the liability insurance is a set fee. Indirect charges is the fee that we pay them for accounting and right which they set last year based on our budget was a certain percentage of the total budget but they haven't been taken out yet. Yeah.
Yeah. You're right. That's going to be that's so that's going to bring it down to 60,000. Yeah. Y should have caught that. Well, it's that's not you know they they didn't do it. They didn't do it yet, but they will. I'm sure they will. Yeah. Yeah. I just But then it'll be 70. We'll get
balloon pond lodge money. So it'll be back up. What do you mean? Balloon pond lodge. Oh. Oh, that's right. So we get 10. They pay us the 10 for that. 10 for that and that's 8,800. So we'll gain the 10 we the 10 is uh just was
deposited today is going into this year this fiscal year. Oh, it was encumbered. No. [Music] So we have to encumber um I don't I'm not sure it can do that with income. you have with income.
What's today? July 10th. It should be because it should be matched up accordingly, right? That's what we budgeted for. Well, it actually kind of works out better in the sense that we'll have that money for this year. So, we need it for last, but it won't
but it's it's going to be off 10,000 a year, right? They're getting a grace period, right? So, it's not like it's in our budget. It goes just into the retained earnings. Well, it does that $10,000. No, no, it just it'll come as revenue this
fiscal year. So, right. But if they pay again in July, then then we're not right. And it looks like they double paid. Well, it's all right. Look away, but we have records to show they haven't double paid. We'll take care of that. All right.
Leaison updates. Does anybody have a leazison update? I have a question. Who has soccer? I do. You have soccer? Yeah. Um, can you check with them and see if they have any clinics planned for this summer? Cuz we haven't got any requests for field time for clinics.
Right. I thought they already have one. Couldn't cuz they were down there before I went on vacation. They were down there 10:00 in the morning. Really? I happen to drive through one day for work
and um they can set up and you know pop-ups and Yep. Sounds like a clinic. Um any other liaison updates? They're just CPA is still waiting waiting on the engineering update.
Yep. We Peter just put it together this afternoon. I'll send it over to Andrew. Anybody else? I shut the volleyball lights off were on yesterday afternoon. So I shut them off. Right. They were probably on because the power went out. So it
I didn't lose power on Thursday, but Yeah. My house did. I wasn't home, but my house I came home to flashing clocks. Yeah. So that was probably it. Yeah. So yeah. Yep. Yeah. Must the timer readjusted. That's all. Yep. Andrew's going to take care of that.
Okay. Yeah. So great. Um softball pointed out again about the bunker rake thing which was okay perfect. Um and then I guess question on your train of thought about the
clinics. Did we ever get applications from softball and baseball for their travel programs? Nope. Are we going to follow up on that? That's what they're asking for. Those baseball I saw I saw them came back. I saw them last night. Baseball people. That's what those
That's why they want the extra fields. Yeah, that's for the travel team. He said that it wasn't. He said it was for their major team because we specifically asked that question. Well, field four is Babe Ruth and that's the travel that's the travel team that they I didn't see the request for field
four, but I saw Peter say you can't use field four because it's already being used, right? They did and they used it specifically. They asked specifically about that. They they don't have a We told them no to using field four, right? Mhm. But they you were using to build four.
They had in the past. Kenny would show up and be a team on it and then they go, "We'll just go to field one, right?" And Kenny's like, "Well, you have permission." You know, we didn't want to get in the middle of it because Right. All right. You have B. You have baseball. Can you just tell me when they're going to be there
and I'll come down and see. I'll try to. Yeah. But that's the problem. We don't know, right? Because they're not always there. Well, but Monday wasn't here. Wednesday and Thursday they requested Peter, I'm sorry. What did they request for field one?
Just week days. Just week days. The five week days. Yep. Yeah. Okay. So, I can come in then. Okay. That's what I recall. I have to double check my notes. Was it 5 to 7 or 5 to 8? I um I have to double check. I think 5 to 7 sounds about
I think it was like 5 to 7:30. So, yeah. Well, I'm not working late tomorrow. So, we'll see cuz I know somebody travel. So, you tell the difference. They wear different uniforms. They wear their Cardinals.
Cardinals. That's the travel team. Are they on both teams? What do you mean both teams? Are they on the travel team and the majors baseball team? Like the Allar? Not the Not necessarily the Allar. So to be on the Allstar you have to be pirate pilot program pick from the
program right one of the pirate players of the record program travel program doesn't have to be yes they did so not all stars but unless it changed when my son went through because there's like ABC level tournaments that
they register in and and Cardinals and Flash only play in sea level which means it has to be based on like a wreck a town wreck team. It can't be a like pay to play club. Mhm. Um so they all have to register and play
the spring before in the town wreck league. So Cardinals pulls a lot of kids from out of town, right? But they play in the spring rec league here versus their own team. Interesting. Town rather.
Okay. Do we ask them for all their registrations even if they're not playing here and where they're playing? Like, how do you police that? Like, we've asked. It poses another problem for us, though, because the paper they signed says they're going
to provide it, does it not? Um, it says they provide all the team rosters. The rosters. Oh, it's easy to match up a name to a name. Yeah, but they don't provide like the Cardinals. They don't provide that information because they say they don't
play here. They want They just ask us for every field every night of the week. Yeah. So, take a picture of them if they're out there. So, you playing that's all cuz I kind of assumed after I'm like, "You guys are done playing
for softball." I'm like, "This is for their summer league, right?" Right. So, why do they need all the fields? Because the summer league is there's there's a a much smaller amount of people playing in the summer league. Yeah. Cuz it's hot. Well, they they they normally they don't have an in town program,
right? In the summer. Summer was reserved for all-star tournaments, right? And they played right up through July 4th and then tournaments throughout the summer. Right. So, I'm confused because they've got
three fields over at KRR and they've got field three here. That's four fields. They're not all playing U12 because the younger kids play in the smaller field. Baseball is supposedly not using KR anymore.
I don't mean Did I say KR? I'm sorry. I meant field. Right. They're not using KR. softball's going to be used. Softball just got a lease with Freetown for all the fields there. Great. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We'll see how their bathrooms do.
All right. Any other liaison updates? I have clear pond. So, we got the new freezer. Were you here with the freezer debacle? So, the LA not this past week, but the last time we lost power, our freezer didn't kick back on a freezer
that was filled with the ice cream for the season. Oh, no. So, we got the freezer. Paul got it because they canceled our Home Depot credit card because of her inactivity. So, Paul and Frank are the only two who have the credit card. So, Paul was here.
So, he got the freezer for us. And um we got that on last year's. But all the putting all the ice cream came on this year's. So I gave it is what it is. It is what it is. So Doug has a budget. I gave him the budget that we decided on
for this season at Clear Pond. He kind of laughed when I gave it to him, but um so I'd let him know that that came out of this year's budget. So he's got it. Um water's in.
Finally turned on. came on was supposed to come on July 8th. It came on July 4th, which was kind of unfortunate because all the sinks were open. So, when they turned on the water, all the sinks overflowed. Um, the toilet tank that I had to return cuz it
was cracked hadn't been put back on cuz the plumber's coming July 8th. Um, and somebody used the bathroom. So, that was like disgusting when I had to put the tank on cuz you had to put the tank on before you could flush it. Well, I guess I could have poured water in it, but I
didn't think of that. Um, so but all water under the bridge. It's all cleaned. Everything's on. The sink in the kit, the snack shack is on. It's all set up. Good to go. Porta bodies. They ready to go. Porta bodies can go. Yep. Thank you.
So, that was also another expense. Yeah. I think that's it. Saw you already have the new chairs, right? Three of the new chairs. Yes. The other three are at the town hall. Oh, good. I'll get them tomorrow. New chair. The kids put them together. We bought we bought aderondac chairs to put on the
beach that we're going to rent out. I'm going to spend this week getting the all the rocks off the beach and making it look nice and putting our chairs back and putting a for rent sign. Awesome. All right. Well, the budget that we have
that we gave Doug has us losing $22,000 on Clear Pond because I have a question that doesn't include any money from the town. No money from the town. So, we lose it all. Instead of splitting it with the town, now it's all us. So, and the other option with everybody getting 40 hours
has us losing like $36,000. So, I just flat out said we can't lose $36,000. So, I said we just have to increase the revenue. I'm like, we rent this out, clean it up, rent it out. And he said that we they used to have all kinds of companies coming in to use
that. A lot of a lot, you know, it used to be one a week, you know, and they'd come in with a, you know, a couple hundred people. So, you bring in an extra lifeguard or two or whatever you needed to, but you know, they used to be down the end near the near the um near the the new maintenance
building because there was six girls there. Yep. Or they'd go over to the to the other beach. Yep. Yep. But they used to be groups in all the time. Small, large, so we need to work on work on that. So hopefully I get it cleaned up. Doug is off.
Yes, I do. Thank you. Um, also got a message. Is that Tuesday? Tuesday. Um, Doug's taking next week off. So I'm not sure how that works. He obviously doesn't get paid for that week.
Yeah. And um he said that Ashlin, who's been there, worked there for like 5 years, she's like the head lifeguard. She can run everything. She's got it all. Cuz I asked if we needed to bring somebody in,
right? Cuz like we have a director. Like we're supposed to have a director. Doug said nope. We were all set that she could take care of it. Technically, do we have to pay her an increased rate? I asked human resources that and they
did not get back to me. So, not that I want to pay more, but I'm just, you know, if she's acting as the director, should she get a bump up, right? You know, for that week. Yeah. Because she's got to do all the
paperwork and stuff, right? The payroll. Yeah. Whatever. I will spend more time there, right? the next week because he's not there. But I was going to say, do do we need to supplement having somebody there more? You know, I mean, I know I
What day do you want to take? Well, I I I you know, I mean, it won't be the first time I've taken a vacation day for this board. No, that's silly. I next week is pretty open, so I'll be there most I mean, we're only open from
11:00 to 5:30, so it's not a big deal. So, and I live right around the corner, so I can run home if I need to for the dog, go back. True. You don't have to be there every hour, right? You know, if you're there and and and um available, you know, a phone call away,
right? That's a big bonus, right? But, you know, if you need it can't be there and you need someone to be there, let me know if I got to day. Could be worse things taking a vacation day in. It's supposed to be hot next week, so you might want to just come on down.
Mhm. All right. Anything else? Any new business? Did something just come in? Oh, I sent you all. Do you remember what it was called? KT Oh, that
exercise. I I know it's not on the docket, but I vote for that. That's a great thing. Yeah. Right here. I know that was one of the locations. Um was he here at Ted Williams, wasn't it? Yeah. Ted Williams camp. Yeah. Yeah. So, did you go through and
see the location? They said location is a secondary thing, but it's big. It's 78 ft by 38 feet. We made room for it. I think we made room for it. I think anything that we could add to this park. I missed this email. What is it for for free?
Oh, well now you're just we're not Well, again, um CP said um they have a grant that's like 30 or $40,000 and the rest comes from usually the CPC. So, you're not
paying for it out of our retained earnings, but I I have I have issues with I took a look at it, a good look at it, and it's a huge footprint. And also by doing that you're designating that space to that
activity which only doesn't serve a big population of the town of Lakeville. I mean kids little kids will have nothing to do with that. It's basically for people who are within well without getting into that that
space can therefore not be used for something like a farmers market or any other activities. You're you're basically going boom unusable for anything other than this. Right. But for a farmers market we can
put right in the middle of a lawn. You feel that there's enough room for both? Um, do we have farmers market? The She wants to work on that. Okay. Um, the locations in the drawing were both wouldn't work because one of them
was in the middle of the field out here right across from Lon Pond Lodge. So, like we can't have that there. So, for across from our wedding venue and we can't have it there cuz Trifest and any other big thing that comes in doesn't work. And the other spot was across from
the police station in one of the soccer fields. So I'm like that's what I thought I saw and I went um so that won't work. But they said that location's just a final thing that we can just find somewhere else. But I was thinking out by the tennis courts even if we have to clear a little more
room, put another end or over where the ice skating rink used to be where that grass is. So there is room for it. I also saw like some of the equipment if you looked on it like they had this guy with ring he's on the rings right and his his whole
body is like up and his head's down here his body's up there and all I can picture no seriously think about this art okay think about some real go-getter older person like myself who physically could probably start to do that thing
they get themselves halfway up there they they flip the wrong way injure themselves, which could easily happen. And because you're not going to have a dedicated trainer sitting there and say, "Okay, yeah, that's a little too much." People are going to be, you know, on
their own with this equipment and you could get really injured with something like that. That's just that was like at first blush, first look at this, right? So, I think that was an extreme thing because I looked at it, I'm like, is this upside down? it. I saw I saw liability with that.
Okay. Um, so I've been to a softball tournament several years in a row in Tukesberry and at the field comp. This is outdoor I missed the email. Outdoor like workout equipment. um they have like a whole area for that,
you know, and it's I kind of think it's a it's a novel idea for parents that are coming and they don't maybe want to watch soccer practice, but they have to be nearby if the kid gets injured or it just doesn't it's not enough time to drop the kid off and go home and come back. Y
I think it's kind of a neat idea for people. It's not gonna benefit the entire population of Lakeville, but um I think we're we're trying to make the parks multiuse, right? Appeal to And I think the ones I've seen, you just put a little sign that's like a use at
your own risk. We have to put on there and put signs up. I have some another point. I'm sorry to um add more but there was very recently the the kids and especially boys and the
age group I want to say age eight and even younger to 14 15 have so little to do in this town. Now I live right in Reservoir A. What a lot of these kids do is they go down there and they fish and and I love seeing them do it. Fishing is
a great wonderful thing. Unfortunately, there was a very tragic accident where a kid got a fish hook in his eye and his friend, you know, I helped get the bicycle home while the kid went off in
the ambulance. But that boy, I saw him when I delivered the papers to the police station yesterday. And those kids, they're not going down to to do that fishing anymore. They're looking for he I saw him riding his bicycle into
Ted Williams and I I'm thinking they they need more. That age group does not have much to do in this town. They really don't. And I I I would I feel that if you're going to take $250,000, which is just about the cost, don't
don't I know you're going to get, you know, if you were to have it approved, there would be grant money from CPC, but just because you can get the funding is should not be the deciding factor of whether you do something. You know, it should be are we
serving not just the adults and seniors of of a of a town. Are we serving the youth? And I mean like 8 to 14 15 and boys don't have much to do around here. But why can't they use the fitness
equipment? I do not I do not imagine boys at in that age group wanting to you use the oversized blocks and do step routine. I just I I don't see that jumping on
question. Um how much did it how much did we get funding to do the the playground over here? 170 170 and that's for ages what to what it's not 5 to 12 5 to 12 right so that's a specific age group
it doesn't service me doesn't service you please don't use the playground no I know no I'm just saying but I'm just all I'm trying to say is we try to offer things for everybody right we offer a lot of things for the kids we offer some things for the adults we have
tennis and pickle ball right and basketball whole shoes and that's it. Yeah. I'm kind of going by by what I see and what I see and I've lived there 16 years and I see that particular age group, especially of
boys with nothing to do. Well, they're going to come, the town is going to come and do a presentation in a few weeks or so. They've been working on this for a while. I I mean, if you were down here last summer, those kids were on their bicycles cruising through here, riding wheelies down the middle of the road,
right? But that's what kids do. I mean I mean I grew up fishing, you know, and playing golf, right? And we have the fishing here. We have the skate park here, the basketball. The When you say we have the fishing here, where where do we have the fishing? They fish right down here. Right in
front of the gazebo and over in the boat launch, and some go over to the the old beach. Yep. There's a lot of people that fish here. Yep. Okay. So, I think Sorry, not to cut you off. I think it would actually be popular with teenage boys. So like there's gyms, not
in our town cuz our town doesn't have a lot of gyms, but like I know the high school sports team boys, a lot of them go to Planet Fitness in Middlear cuz it's free for teenagers. Oh, that's nice of them. Yeah. Yeah. Um so I I think that age group might
actually like it and use it. Yeah. And we don't have anything for the older population. like they're not going to use the skate park most of them or the playground. So, is that something that will go before town
vote, you know, town meeting or is it strictly going to be um decided here at this board? Um I highly doubt that. It's probably through the select board with our recommendation or not. Okay. Okay.
like the um electric vehicle chargers. Are those ever going to be installed? Yeah. Yeah, they still are. No, I'm not being funny. No, I heard some towns were some of that grant moved. So, some towns
now aren't doing it. um we missed a we didn't miss a deadline but collectively the whole program missed a deadline so they had to reapply so they re got the grant they just and they have to have it in by a certain time otherwise they'll
have to reapply again so I think by this fall because they were at least when they were there wherever they put them what's going to happen in this world yeah So, if they can put some here,
that's great. Yeah. Because we don't have any in town. Middle's got a bunch, but we don't have any. We have two sets right near my office. They got one behind the old police station. Mhm. Um, which now the police station's gone, but there is a little park there, and then they have one around the corner in front of the basketball court.
Does it make you want to get an electric car? No. All right. Anything else? I just need a phone number for the soccer people. Okay. Um, Peter will get that to you. Who do you want to talk to?
Um, oh, is it Chris Forge? Chris Forge. Do we have a motion to adjourn? Can I ask a question? Absolutely. Do that. Yeah. Um, I lost. How are we doing outside towns at Clear Pond coming in? outside towns
at Clear Pond to have to buy a season pass. Right. Right. Or be a guest. Do Do we know how that is doing? I will tell you right now, I believe it looks like the income's up by quite a bit. Yeah, like double. That's why I was
wondering if that was Are we getting substantial? Because I drove by Excuse me, Peter. Cuz I drove by something and saw a sign for the middle of a pool. It's only open 1 to 4. Really? I'm like, no wonder why people aren't going to go to the pool. Mhm. Right. Because what are we 10:30 to 5:30? Does
that mean you're 11 to 5:30? 11 to 5:30. But still on weekends. It's only 1 to 4 on weekends too. All it said was come come to the pool 1 to 4. So I I don't know if that was weekends days or what, but I was kind of surprised because it used to be open
to swim. I took swim lessons there growing up at the pool. All my cousins lived in middle. So I would, you know, when they were going, you know, I'd get dropped off and spend the day with them. Yeah. Yeah, you know, I was just it was I was just curious cuz I did see the number was up how we were doing with
the additional towns that we added to the list. So, our it was $9,000 that we had taken in before we opened this season. Mhm. So, we made that $11,000 just in that first two weeks. Right. That's usually where you get Right. But, and we I'm sure we're
trickling in still because we got 9,000 last year, right? So, um swim lessons, right? So Monday, Tuesday were probably a lot of passes, but other than that, it's just a few here and there. Well, that's up, too. So, that's good. Swimming lessons are up. It's always good to see the swim lessons come up
because those were almost non-existent. As of today, there was 95 resident passes and 18 non-resident. Only 18 as of today. Interesting. So, that's the same as last year. roughly a couple more maybe, but
still they're going to dry up after another week. Right. Right. Right. Right. People aren't going to be buying the seasons pass only. Right. Only if there's a vacation or something that they're taking. The thing that always puzzles me is there's still a number of people who buy
uh season passes and never claim them. Right. Yeah. They just get it to have it and then they never use it. But they never even go to the park and claim them. Yeah. Yeah. No, I mean I'm not complaining. No, I don't. I know. No, I know. But it's just doesn't make sense.
But the gate fees are are are actually doing okay because Well, that's year to date. That's that includes last year, right? So, the in a week of this year, I think it was like $4,000 when we started this year. What is it now? 4,800. So, that's really not that much. So, but
they were heavy on the season's passes, so that's good. Yeah. You had it evened out. Yeah. I didn't think it was going to. So yeah. Okay. Anything else? New business, old business, liaison. I asked about
um question. Um and I I would have asked this last meeting, but I was flying in the air. And um what's happening over here in this parking lot? Um well, there's different burial ground,
swimming pool. I'm voting for drainage for the parking lot, but there's many theories floating around. Parking lot? Oh, we're getting a parking lot. I believe next week or the week after. I remember voting on that.
Do you remember anybody telling you? No, that's why I was curious. I didn't know if it was a mass grave or that's that or drainage. for the Boston uh Lun Pond Lodge says every person that comes through this door asks what is happening in there and she just makes
no one has the answer. No one has the answer. Nope. Town hall hasn't told us yet. Nope. I thought I heard that it was parking. Yeah. Yeah. We're just being precious. You're being silly. Yeah. Happens when we're an hour and a
half in and we're leaving already. Yep. Okay. Anything else? Okay. Motion to adjurnn. I make a motion at 7:28 to adjourn tonight's meeting. I second.
I wonder if some of that's electric. Oh, it definitely is. They have $2,000 electric bills. I mean, reimbursement as far as Oh, yeah. Yeah. That that you know, m mistakenly didn't get put over here, you know, as a credit to this.
Yeah. because it's utilities and the other one's just electric. So, it's easily right miss. Okay. Any discussion on ending our meeting at 7:28? All in favor of ending I
I make a motion that we end the meeting now. Okay. 7:28 7:28. Okay. Motion adjourned.