Park and Recreation Committee

Meeting of the: PARK & RECREATION COMMITTEE Members: S Jaeger {c}, S Berger, J Abt, R Esker, T Kollmansberger Location: Weston Municipal Center (5500 Schofield Ave) Date/Time: Monday, October 27, 2014 @ 5:15 P.M. MINUTES Chairperson Jaeger called the meeting to order at 5:16 p.m. Members in attendance included Scott Berger and Tina Kollmansberger. Roger Esker and Joe Abt were absent and excused. Park Superintendent Osterbrink, Administrator Guild, Aquatic Center Manager Mroczenski and Recording Secretary Heather Meliska, were also in attendance. 1. Call to order Parks and Recreation Committee. 2. Scheduled Appearances. 3. Comments from the public on committee issues. 4. Committee Proclamations.  No committee Proclamations 5. Consent Items: a) Approval of previous meeting Minutes from August 25, 2014. *M/S/P: Kollmansberger/Berger 6. Business Items: a) Potential Action/Recommendation on the Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan Chapter of the Village Comprehensive Plan.  Recommend to the Planning Commission to approve the Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan Chapter of the Village Comprehensive Plan. *M/S/P: Berger/Kollmansberger b) Potential Action/Recommendation on the wage rates for seasonal employees (Park Summer Help, Ice Rink Attendants and Aquatic Center Staff).  Guild mentioned the thought about joint staffing and the staffing rates. Mroczenski discussed that he has contacted other municipalities to see what they pay their staff and he compared the results. * Jaeger/Berger acknowledged the staffing rates *M/S/P: Kollmansberger/Berger to move to increase Ice Rink Attendants to $7.75 and Park Summer help to $10.70. c) Potential Action/Recommendation on the prices for the Aquatic Center 2015 season.  R/S Aquatic Center feels their year went well and they do not need to change their rates. The rates will remain the same. d) Potential Action/Recommendation on the operation of the Aquatic Center Concession Stand.  There was discussion about if Weston joins or doesn’t join with R/S. e) Discussion on the Aquatic Center opening day 2015.  Osterbrink proposed the Opening Day be the 6th and stay open. We will post on social media when there is a rental. The Aquatic Center will not open until 3:00pm on the 8th and 9th. The closing day will be approximately August 23rd, as they will extend as long as  they can, if there is enough staff. There are some days that already have put in requests for rentals. Jaeger liked the ideas of having an incentive for the staff members. f) Discussion on the Parks and Aquatic Center 2015 budgets.  There may need to be an increase in taxes. From 2015 on, the Aquatic Center may be on the tax roll. There was further discussion about the change in finance. g) Potential Action/Recommendation on the future of the Weston Warming House.  The school does not want the Warming House. There are 2 options: change of use, because it has to stay as a recreational facility because of the federal grant money in it, or we can try to do an exchange like we did when we sold a chunk of property out at Yellowbanks Park. Osterbrink feeling is we leave it for now. h) Potential Action/Recommendation on Aquatic Center Consolidation.  Guild is working with the Village attorney on wording of the final piece. Joint meeting to approve everything. The budget piece needs to be figured out, etc. Bring this to the next meeting to present to the committee. 7. Reports from Staff: a) Report from Aquatic Center Manager Brad Mroczenski.  Discussion about the season report and joint pass report. Noted that the comments from the public were they enjoyed the joint passes. b) Report from Park, Forestry, Grounds Director Shawn Osterbrink.  Morczenski and Osterbrink discussed topics together about the Aquatic Center and season report. Talked about comparing attendance and revenue to other facilities around here. c) Report from Administrator Daniel Guild.  Talked about the budget. 8. Remarks from the Parks & Recreation Committee members.  No comments from committee members. 9. Adjourn. a) Next meeting date is scheduled for November 24, 2014 at 5:15pm Jaeger adjourned the meeting at 6:55pm Sincerely, Heather Meliska Recording Secretary