LeRoy Village/Township Recreation Committee

Regular Meeting

Monday, June 25, 2007

Members present: Members absent: Guests

Elise Schlaikjer Shannon Lindquist

Julie Keefer, chair Tania Hanline

Joan Swanson Carole Edstrom

Betty Strunk, clerk

Dan Massy, County consultant

Julie called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.

Motion to accept the March 14, 2007 regular meeting minutes was made by Betty, Elise supported. Motion carried.

Betty will check with Ken Justin for an update on the horseshoe pits.

Betty reported Robert Houseman, Ken Justin and Holly Schlusler no longer wish to be members of the recreation committee. She will also check with Carole to see if she wants to remain on the recreation committee and with Kevin to make sure he want to be a member.

Betty made a motion to approve the agenda, Joan supported. Motion carried.

Julie made a resolution the words “residents and visitors” be added to the mission statement, Elise supported. Roll call vote: Elise - yes, Joan – yes, Betty - yes, Julie – yes. Resolution passed. The mission statement will now read: “To utilize the assets of the community to create recreational opportunities for LeRoy Village and Township residents and visitors”.

It was reported the video store would support events when possible.

No report from Carole for card tournaments and area church support.

Joan reported the Council on Aging approved the Tustin Area Senior Center project. She will try and find out what the status is with the Osceola County Commissioners. Joan volunteered to be liaison between the recreation committee and the senior center.

Joan informed us the Lutheran church in LeRoy would be glad to share space with the recreation committee and their projects when possible. Joan believes there is a TV and screen available, she will check and see if there is a DVD player. She will take requests to the church board for approval. Joan felt Pastor Hudson would be receptive to a series on “Planet Earth”. This project will be handled by Julie and Joan.

There was discussion on the possibility of having a shuffleboard area in the small park pavilion. The committee adjourned to the outside to check space availability. Decided it was too small and we would have to continue to base the shuffleboard project in the large pavilion. Would really like to move forward on making a couple of camping spots (tent) available to bicyclists in the small park area.

Decided to table movies in the park for a future date due to expenses involved.

Motion to accept the recreation survey was made by Joan, Elise supported. Motion carried.

Julie feels committee members should have a chance to view survey results before the next meeting. Survey results will be collected on July 19^th and information distributed after this date.

Motion to accept Kevin as a committee member was made by Elise, Joan supported. Motion carried.

Noted that Gary Gregory is the LeRoy Chamber of Commerce president.

The LeRoy Township Board voted to approve $100.00 for recreation committee expenses. The village voted to have the committee ask for monies as needed. Clerk is to submit a voucher to the township for cost of copying the survey for mailing with taxes ($35.00) and year to date postage costs ($11.31).

We decided not to include Rose Lake Township in our survey mailing at this time due to cost ($75.00), possibly at a future date.

We will wait for survey results to decide what direction to take for future projects.

The next meeting will be August 13, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the hall.

Betty made a motion to adjourn, Elise supported. Motion carried.

Julie adjourned the meeting at 8:30 p.m.

_____________________________submitted by Betty Strunk, Acting Clerk

Minutes approved at the ____________________ meeting.