Kindred Park Board Minutes

March 11, 2015

7:00 PM

Kindred Park Board Office – Library Building

Present:

Kimbra Amerman

Leaha Clarke

Gene Thompson

Kerri Whipple

Guests:

Val Koppang

Craig Olson

Kelly Todd

Jolene Haller

  1. Call to Order

Gene called the meeting to order at 7:02 PM.

  1. Approval of Minutes

Leaha made a motion to approve the minutes, Kimbra seconded the motion. The motion carried.

  1. Old Business
  2. Special Projects
  3. Co-Ed Volleyball Tournament

Craig is securing dates with the school

  1. Cupcake Ball

March 28 – 80 registered, photo booth contract has been sent, the meat and cheese, cups and napkins, bottled water has been donated

Fruit and cupcakes will be purchased

Jason Bakko is going to DJ

3:30 – photographer, DJ set up

4:30 – doors open

5:00 – Grand March

9:00 – dance is over

  1. BINGO

Sunday, March 22 – doors open at 3:30 pm, calling starts at 4:00 pm $350 made

  1. City Council Calendar – March was Kerri, April is Gene
  2. Pool Lease Agreement

No action taken

  1. Tree City Update

Kimbra made a motion that the park board will participate in the Tree City tree board. Leaha seconded the motion. The motion carried

  1. New Business
  2. Jolene Haller –Painting Classes

Gallery on the Go – Ages 6-12 or by grade level if needed

$18 per child, 90 min long, snack provided

$26 per adult, 2 hrs

5-20 per session, afternoon sessions or morning Saturday sessions

  1. Kelly Todd – Yoga Classes

Yoga Fit – community service hours are necessary for certification

Ideally, a group of 8-15 people would sign up for the first set of yoga classes (coed).

Kelly will create some materials and registration, and contact city for Memorial Building availability.

  1. Softball Coordinator Report
  2. League Agreements

Val is expecting the agreements to come in closer to the summer

  1. League Tentative Schedule (which levels on which days)

Schedules are completed

Kerri will advertise for coaches on Facebook

  1. Pitching Clinic

9 parents/coaches participated

  1. 18U team league

Kindred will play in both leagues due to small number of teams in Kindred league

  1. Coach and Umpires

Kerri will advertise for coaches on Facebook

Coaches can be paid, hourly rate will be discussed at the next meeting

vi. Other

Softball will be working with baseball for sign up day

Equipment – need to replace some

  1. Park Board Director Report
  2. Pool hiring (lifeguarding and WSI training)

Interviews have been held

6 individuals are interested in taking the lifeguarding course

3 individuals are interested in taking the WSI course

The park board will reimburse ¼ at start of pool season, ¼ at end of season, which repeats next year to finish up the reimbursement for the lifeguard course.

  1. Pool inventory

Craig is working on this.

  1. CPO training

Completed, certified, license is in the mail

  1. T-ball program

Parents are expressing interest in coaching

There will still be an activity in June whether or not t-ball is in the morning or evening

  1. Sign-up day (with baseball?)

We will try to see if we can coordinate a date.

  1. Portfolios

-Buildings and Grounds – Gene Thompson & Kerri Whipple

-Fundraising – Leaha Clarke

  1. Finance Report – Kimbra Amerman

Kerri made a motion to approve the finance report. Leaha approved the motion. The motion carried.

  1. Discussion and Approval of Bills

Kerri made a motion to approve the bills.Leaha approved the motion. The motion carried.

  1. Final comments

The Legion building can be utilized by the park board for activities. The empty lot can also be used for an ice skating rink if we would be interested.

  1. Adjourn

Gene adjourned the meeting at 10:16.