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RECREATION COMMISSION CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED 26000 LORAIN ROAD MINUTES FOR AUGUST 6, 2012 7:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER Mr. Groden called the meeting to order at 7:01 at the Recreation Complex Administrative Offices and led the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL Present: Terry Groden, Ed Garrity, Kevin Kearney, Chris Scarl, Paul Ruggles Absent: Marty Clancy, Chris Wetmore Staff: Betsy Drenski, Commissioner; Michael Kish, Program Supervisor Visitor: None APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes for May 7, 2012 have been approved. COMMISSIONER DRENSKI: INTRODUCE PROGRAM SUPERVISOR MIKE KISH: Ms. Drenski stated after Pat Cunningham, part time supervisor, retired from the Tennis department the position was changed to a fulltime position. Michael Kish was awarded the position and will be supervising Tennis as well as overseeing other programs. Mr. Kish stated that he is ready to help wherever needed while his prime focus will be on the tennis courts. Last year we did not run any summer programs however this year we are in our second session of our summer programs and our numbers are doing very well. The fall programs are in place and we anticipate a busy season. We are trying some new things on the tennis courts such as baseball and softball clinics on the weekends, we also opened the courts to our summer camp to help utilize the space as much as possible. SPECIAL EVENT UPDATE: th Ms. Drenski reported that the 4 of July went very well, we gave away 800 hot dogs. It would be nice to have more people participate in the parade as well as try and get more people to watch the parade. The Community Sale was a hit again this year with 14 people registered. We hosted the championship swim meet in August that included teams from the surrounding communities.