HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 2008.02.06 - 39211OAKLAND COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING
February 6, 2008
Chairman Pecky D. Lewis, Jr. called the meeting to order at 9:12 a.m. in the commission room of the Parks
Commission's administration office.
COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT:
Chairman Pecky D. Lewis, Jr., Vice Chairman Richard Skarritt, Secretary J. David VanderVeen, Hugh D.
Crawford, Vincent Gregory, Gregory Jamian, Eileen Kowall, John McCulloch, Shelley Taub
COMMISSION MEMBERS ABSENT:
Charles Palmer
ALSO PRESENT:
Parks and Recreation
Oakland County Purchasing
Oakland County Sheriff's Office
Oakland County 4-H Fair Association
PROS Consulting
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Daniel Stencil, Executive Officer
Sue Wells, Administrator — Parks & Rec. Operations
Frank Trionfi, Administrator — Parks Administration
Joseph Figa, Chief of Design and Development
Mike Thibodeau, Chief of Golf
Clyde Herb, Chief of Parks
Janet Pung, Marketing & Communications Officer
Jim Dunleavy, Chief of Recreation
Mike Donnellon, Architectural Engineer II
Sheila Cox, Accountant IV
Suzanne Kici, Office Assistant
Scott Guzzy, Chief of Purchasing
Duane Upton, Deputy
LC Scramlin, General Manager
Leon Younger, President
Allen Mullins
No questions were asked, nor comments received, by the public.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Moved by Mrs. Kowall, supported by Mr. Crawford to approve the minutes of the Public
Hearing of January 9, 2008, as written.
AYES: Crawford, Gregory, Jamian, Kowall, Lewis, McCulloch, Palmer, Skarritt, Taub (9)
NAYS: (0)
Motion carried on a voice vote.
Moved by Mr. Crawford, supported by Mr. Gregory to approve the minutes of the regular
meeting of January 9, 2008, as written.
AYES: Crawford, Gregory, Jamian, Kowall, Lewis, McCulloch, Palmer, Skarritt, Taub (9)
NAYS: (0)
Motion carried on a voice vote.
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COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS:
The Combined Statement of Operations for the month ending December 31, 2007 (FM 3, 08) was accepted
as filed.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET REPORT:
The Capital Improvement Program Budget Update for the month ending December 31, 2007 (FM 3, 08) was
accepted as filed.
ACTIVITY REPORT:
The Activity Report for the month of December, 2007 was accepted as filed.
AWARDS:
At the recent Michigan Recreation and Park Association Annual Conference and Trade Show on January 22 —
25, the Oakland County Parks and Recreation Commission received recognition from its peers with the
following awards:
2007 Community Service Award for Oakland County Sheriff's Deputy Duane Upton
Michigan Therapeutic Recreation Institute Award for our commitment to adaptive recreation in Oakland
County
2007 Marketing Award for the Mobile Recreation brochure
• 2007 Access to Recreation Grant for the Waterford Oaks Accessible Playground Project through the
Kellogg/MRPA Foundation
PURCHASING REPORT:
The Purchasing Report for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2008 was accepted as filed.
STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN CITIZEN SURVEY:
Communications and Marketing Officer Jan Pung presented information on a strategic master plan citizen
survey to be conducted this spring. Fees, including a sub -analysis and unmet need/importance matrix, will
total $22,650.
A copy of the survey questions will be sent to every commissioner.
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT QUARTERLY UDPATE:
Chief of Design and Development Joe Figa presented an update on the capital and maintenance projects
throughout the parks system.
EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S REPORT:
In addition to the Executive Officer's report filed in the agenda, the following information was noted:
---As a follow up to Commissioner Kowall's inquiry, staff determined there is no procedural or policy decision
that the Parks Commission requires approval of payments. Commission concurred with staff's
recommendation to remove this as an agenda item.
---Parks staff has been working with the Michigan Turfgrass Environmental Stewardship Program to allow
Groveland Oaks to become the first non -golf course park to obtain certification through their program. Goal is
to receive certification by July, 2008.
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---Commissioner VanderVeen commended Parks staff for their assistance in the successful Fire and Ice
Festival on January 25 and 26, 2008.
---Recreation staff has begun a process of researching grant opportunities for recreation programs, a tactic
in our strategic master plan.
The next Commission meeting will be at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 12, 2008.
The meeting 1Vas adjourned to a strategic master planning session at 10:02 a.m.
J. David VanderVeen, Secretary Karen S. Kohn CPS/CAP, Recording Secretary
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