Parks & Recreation Board

CITY OF PIEDMONT – MEETING OF THE PARK & RECREATION BOARD George Fina Municipal Building 314 Edmond Road NW Wednesday September 14th, 2022 6:00 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Jason Barry, Barbara Walker, and Billy Saunders MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: City Secretary Morgan Clark 1) CALL TO ORDER – Designated meeting leader Jason Barry called the meeting to order at 6:02 pm. 2) ROLL CALL- City Secretary/ Administrative Assistant Morgan Clark took roll. 3) CONSENT AGENDA- All items on the consent agenda are non-controversial and may be approved by one motion. a.) Approval of Minutes November 17, 2021 Barbara Walker motioned to approve the minutes the November 17th, 2021 meeting. Jason Barry seconded that motion. VOTE WAS: AYE: Barbara Walker, Jason Barry, and Billy Saunders NAY: NONE b.) Approval of Minutes January 12, 2022 Barbara Walker motioned to approve the minutes the January 12th, 2022 meeting. Billy Saunders seconded that motion.  VOTE WAS: AYE: Jason Barry, Barbara Walker, and Billy Saunders NAY: NONE c.) Approval of Minutes January 26, 2022 Barbara Walker motioned to approve the minutes the January 26th, 2022 meeting. Billy Saunders seconded that motion. VOTE WAS: AYE: Jason Barry, Barbara Walker, and Billy Saunders NAY: NONE d.) Approval of Minutes April 6, 2022 Barbara Walker motioned to approve the minutes the April 6th, 2022 meeting. Billy Saunders seconded that motion. VOTE WAS: AYE: Jason Barry, Barbara Walker, and Billy Saunders NAY: NONE 4) BUSINESS ITEMS – a) Discussion and possible action on water park closing, concert in the park on 9/24. Due to scheduling, this event has been cancelled.  b) Discussion and possible action on Boy/Girl Scouts community involvement and presentation by the Girl Scout troop. Girl scout Troop 285 presented the Park and Rec Board with a recycling decomposition model to promote people to start recycling. They are trying to make recycling more fun for children as well as adults. They would like to place a real-life model in the Piedmont Community Park for everyone to see. Barbara Walker motioned to allow the Girl Scouts to build and place their model in the Piedmont Community Park. Billy Saunders seconded the motion. VOTE WAS: AYE: Jason Barry, Barbara Walker, and Billy Saunders NAY: NONE c) Discussion and possible action identify other parks and rec. properties. Item tabled for next meeting. d) Discussion and possible action on Park Safety, Health and Security items. Jason Barry discussed concerns and went over things that he noticed that needed to be replaced or upgraded among the parks.  Balance beam at the Girl Scout Park.  Two street lights that were hang or not working at all.  Fence issue at the Piedmont Community Park  Two very large hornet’s nests under the pavilion. They would like the City Manager’s recommendations on the fence issue. No action took place. This was tabled for solutions. e) Discussion and possible action on new potential board members. Tabled for next meeting.  f) Discussion and possible action on the budget review. Tabled for next meeting. g) Discussion and possible action on the city attorney’s thoughts on park and adult supervision. Tabled for next meeting. h) Discussion and possible action on getting access to water park funds being held by F&M bank. Tabled for next meeting. 5) NEW BUSINESS – a) “New business,” as used herein, shall mean any matter not known about or which could not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time of posting. (25 O.S. 311a(9)) 6) BOARD MEMBER’S COMMENTS – The Park and Rec Board thanked Girl Scout Troop 285 for coming and presenting a great way to show people how to recycle. 7) ADJOURN – Jason Barry motioned to adjourn the meeting. Barbara Walker seconded this motion. Meeting was adjourned at 6:24pm. Posted by: ______________________