Burrillville Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes

Burrillville Recreation Commission Regular Meeting
Burrillville Parks & Recreation Office
92 North Main Street
Pascoag, RI 02859
July 9, 2018
6:30pm EST
Meeting called to order by Sharon Davies at 6:31pm EDT
Present:
Andrea Hall (DPW), Sharon Davies, James Alix, Aaron Coutu, Tim Pratt, Terrie Reis, Jeff McCormick (DPW), Greg Devlin

Excused:
none

Absent:
-Motion to not excuse Paige Spink & Steve Mulcahey
-Second by Greg Devlin
-Motion passes unopposed

Guests:
none
Minutes of June 11, 2018 Recreation Commission Regular meeting
-Motion to accept by Aaron Coutu
-Second by James Alix
-Motion passes unopposed

Correspondence:
-none

Good & Welfare:
-none

Old Business
Discussion:
R e p o r t o n R e c r ea t i o n P r o gra m I n f o rm a t i o n
-Burrillville Weekend Snack Pack Program – Three families (each with two eligible
children) are participating in the summer backpack program and are picking up the bags
at Parks and Recreation. Donated food has been inventoried and will be moved to the
Lodge for storage. Planning a packing session for the 2018-2019 school year for some
time in August.
-Digital Photography 101 – Classes are running with only one student attending.
-Facebook/Newsletters/Website- Tennis Program and One on One flyers posted. Link
shared with NRI now.
-Family Fair- Fair was a success with approximately 1500 people in attendance. New
edition of pony rides
-Green Festival – Initial email went out to previous vendors. Signs dropped off for date
change. Working with PUD to add an electric vehicle car show. BPAC to have a mini
wellness expo at this year’s festival.
-Beckwith Bruckshaw Lodge – Lodge floors refinished the first week of July.
-Safe Sitter – 11 students participated in the June Safe Sitter program.
-Spring Shred & E-Waste Event – A total of 18,497 pounds of e-waste was collected and
3,920 pounds of paper was shredded.
-Summer Meal Program – Summer meal program to run July-August at the Pavilion.
School department to handle the scheduling of volunteers to serve Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday. JSML to serve Tuesday and Thursday.
-Summer Programs– 9 students registered for Mulit-Sport, 3 for adult tennis and 7 for
junior tennis.
-Sunshine Club– June meeting had 8 volunteers that made 28 gifts
R e po r t o n R e c r ea t i o n E x p a n s i o n P l a n
-no new updates
R e c re a t i o n D e pa r t m e n t M a s t e r P l a n
-no new updates
O a k l a n d B i k e P a th & P a r k S k e tc h e s
-no new updates
P ossibility of moving monthly meeting to Jesse Smith Library
-Application has been sent requesting conference room for the remainder of 2018's
Recreation Commission meetings
Enforcement of No Smoking at Spring Lake Beach
-Need to identify ordinance/laws regarding no smoking
-Letter to be sent to Town Council
Methods available to stop neighbor from hitting golf balls on to Spring Lake Beach grounds
-no new updates, removing from agenda
Methods available to stop people from fishing too close to swimming area
-no new updates, leaving item for DPW updates going forward
Consideration & Possible Action:
none

New Business
Discussion:
none
Consideration & Possible Action:
none

Meeting Adjourned:
-Motion to adjourn made by Greg Devlin
-Second by James Alix
-Motion passes unopposed, meeting adjourned at 6:50pm EDT

Next Meeting:
-Tuesday August 14 2018 6:30pm EST
-Jesse M Smith Memorial Library
-Conference Room
-100 Tinkham Ln, Harrisville, RI 02830

Minutes record by:
Timothy Pratt - Recreation Commission