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Tuesday, 07 September 2010 20:45

Northwestern Little League

August 15th, 2010

Executive Board Meeting Minutes

In attendance: Lou DePalma, Tammie Clinger, Lory Mundkowsky, Jay Clinger, Lisa and Dean Campbell, Chris and Diana Moyer, Brian Griffey, Angie Kiedaisch and Eric Froelich

Call to order – The meeting was called to order at 7:15PM Pledge was recited.

Secretary’s Report - Minutes were read and approved.

Treasurer’s Report –Report was read and approved.

Reports

Softball –Brian Griffey reported that He and Lou attended the interdistrict meeting There are some changes that will be made for times and scheduling. They feel that in February we need a printed copy of interdistrict rules. The high school is not doing a coaches clinic this year. Al did say he would do a coaches clinic for little league coaches if we would like.

Baseball – Jay Clinger reported that the 12 year old all stars will be changing. They are looking at coaches for next year and breaking the age groups up. Coaches are asking if there is anyway to get electric to the fields to use a pitching machine.

Equipment – Jess not present.

Fields – Vaughn and Ben not present.

Player agent - Lisa will be talking to the new gym teacher to try to recruit thru the schools. She will make up a flier to pass out and give a copy to Angie.

Safety- Kori was not present.

Umpire – Steve Smith was not present.

New Business –

The audit is 80% done. The committee still needs a receipt book. And some of the late sign-ups were not consistent.

The signs at the fields were brought up at the interdistrict meeting. Many coaches thought it was a nice touch.

Gun Raffle- we will be selling these tickets at the fair along with the TV tickets. Jess how are sales going?

The field in Springfield that we are not using. We want to decide that this field will never be usable for us and we are going to let the township know so they can let the adult softball league use it. Could not vote we did not have a quorum.

We will order two triaxels of dirt now for in the spring. If not ordered now we may not get any in spring.

ELECTIONS: elections will be held at the September meeting. If anyone is interested in running for any of the following offices they can let Lory or Lou know.

Commissioner, softball president, treasurer, player agent, chief umpire, 1 field manager. Lou will look into how write-ins are to be dealt with.

Old Business –

Property transfer: Building and grounds approved the transfer by Sept or Oct it should be approved by the board. James Steadman has been hired to go over the contract and make sure the papers are in order. We will need to move the tool box, shed and dumpster. It will not be combined with the 13 acres. Water is an option on the property. We would need a meter vault. Lou will get final prices on this and we need to figure out how we would get billed. Sewer is not an option unless we were to put in a septic system.

The fair booth will be secured by Lou. He will get an insurance rider and get with Dave Gabel to get a spot in the tent.

Lisa will contact Katie Mihalak about her donation to the league.

Bills: Kennedy’s: 6.99, Lou DePalma for fuel: 15.00, Penelec: 12.91, Waste management: 150.83, Fair Booth: 130.00. All bills were approved to be paid.

Adjournment – The meeting adjourned at 8:25pm. The next meeting will be held on Sept 19th, 2010 at the Masonic Hall at 7:00 PM. (6:00 PM for divisional meetings.)
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July Meeting Minutes PDF Print Email
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 01:20

Northwestern Little League

July 18th, 2010

Executive Board Meeting Minutes

In attendance: Lou DePalma, Tammie Clinger, Lory and Phil Mundkowsky, Jay Clinger, Lisa and Dean Campbell, Chris Moyer, Kori Gregory, Jess Fellows, Brian Griffey, Steve Smith.

Call to order – The meeting was called to order at 7:20PM Pledge was recited.

I. Secretary’s Report - Minutes were read and approved. We received a donation of 10.00.

II. Treasurer’s Report – Report was read and approved. We discussed the budget.

III. Reports:

a. Softball –Brian Griffey reported that issues arose during the softball tournament. Spectators’ behavior, tournament directors’ behavior, other coaches’ behavior, District administrators’ behavior and umps behavior were all discussed in length. He discussed the need for the t-ball field to be drug every now and then because the infield grass grew in over the season. He also brought up that we would like to have more interest in t-ball so our numbers grow. We need to do the promoting in the elementary schools.

b. Baseball – Jay Clinger reported that they are thinking of splitting up little league. 7 and 8 year olds would possibly play with one other school, 9 and 10 year olds would play interdistrict and 11 and 12 year olds would play interdistrict.

c. Equipment – Jess reported that the date to turn in equipment will be Aug 7th from 8-10 am and again that evening from 6-8pm. There will be a call to coaches and it will be posted on the website.

d. Fields – Vaughn and Ben not present.

e. Player agent had nothing to report.

f. Safety- Kori reported that there were no injuries that she was aware of during the season.

g. Umpire – Steve Smith reported that he will have statistics for the next meeting. He was happy if the umps we had this year.

IV. New Business –

a. Angie has asked that the man who helped her set up the website be given a gift card for a thank you. It was discussed and decided that 100 dollars would be given. Angie can help us pick the kind of gift card he would like. The vote was 8 to 1.

b. The need to put water and sewer on the 14 acres is growing near. We need to see what the borough says is a good place to start. We need to be moving forward on this project.

c. How do we pay umps? This problem has arisen due to the coaches not getting enough money from parents at games. Coaches are then taking money from their own pockets to pay umpires. Do we add a fee at registration for umps? Do we do time sheets for umps? How do we keep track of money coaches are spending? A solution will need to be talked about.

V. Old Business –

a. Elections will be held in September. The following offices are up for election: Commissioner, Treasurer, Softball President, Player agent, Chief umpire and one field manager position. If anyone is interested they should notify Lou. We will try to get an ad in the Albion news.

b. Lou tried to spray the weeds on the field when the DEP was called. They came and looked at what was done. They investigated the spray used and the time of day it was used. The DEP notified Lou that he had put no kids at risk but because the property is in the school district name we need to have licensed sprayer do the fields. This will cost us about 425 dollars every time they spray. This will need to be done three or four times a season. The first bill is in and will be paid.

c. Lou went to the school district and asked to have the property with the fields on it put back in little leagues name. The board accepted this request and took it to their building and grounds committee. It has come back to us that they would like an easement for the driveway. We are in the works for getting this done. Little league will need to hire an attorney for the final cut of the contract. Then we will have to file for tax exemption on that property as well.

d. Bills: Kennedy’s: 19.68, Erie Sport Store: 108.00, Glen McConegly for mowing: 232.50, Lou DePalma for ump fees, diesel fuel, postage 52.66, Penelec: 12.48, Bob Smith for ump fees for his team and Jens team for regular season umps and tournament umps and fees: 166.00, Osborne’s for regular season ump fees and all-star ump fees: 200.25. All bills were approved to be paid.

Adjournment – The meeting adjourned at 8:35pm. The next meeting will be held on Aug.15th, 2010 at the Masonic Hall at 7:00 PM. (6:00 PM for divisional meetings.)