RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD
MINUTES
August 26, 2015
Psalmond Road Recreation Center
12:00 noon
Members Present: Carl Brown, Irene Pate, Willie Dickerson, Derrick
Greene, Vanessa Jackson
Members Absent: Tracy Belt, Bob Johnson, Mike Peacock, Andre Dye
City Staff Present: James Worsley, Teresa Snellings, Becky Glisson, Tommy
Groce, Shelley Tippens, Millie DelToro
Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by Irene Pate at 12:08
Roll was taken.
With only nine (9) members sitting on the board at this time, and with five (5)
in attendance, a quorum could be held and the minutes of all past meetings were
approved. (March, April, May, June and July)
Derrick Greene?s new email address is derrickgreene@ihearmedia.com. Derrick is
also the proud parent of new baby, Reece Joseph. Mom and baby are both doing
great!
Psalmond Road Center Director, Shahra Thasher, gave an overview of the center
and programs offered including volleyball, badminton and hip hop aerobics.
Director/Staff Update
Shelley Tippens (Community Schools): School is back in and everything is back
to normal.
Millie DelToro (Community Schools): They are having a Labor Day Camp at Tillis
from 6:30 and to 6:30 pm.
September 12, 2015 is the Latino Festival and all are invited. Millie gave out
flyers to the board and asked them to let her know if they need them anywhere
as she has plenty.
Tommy Groce (Park Services): Adult Baseball League has started.
Sunday only youth baseball has started.
Big tournament Labor Day Weekend ? BSC World Series will be here with
approximately 140-160 teams.
Fall Youth Soccer program starts the first of September.
Fall Baseball registration is starting now.
Youth football started practicing.
Teresa Snellings (Recreation Services): The badminton here at Psalmond has
shown a lot of interest. It has grown so much that we are purchasing more
equipment and using more dates. It is in competition right now with Pickle
Ball that we are just introducing.
Special People Day is at West Point on October 1st.
All of the senior from all of the seniors and the TR group are going to the
Perry Fair on October 13th.
Fall Festival planning is underway and Teresa will get all of the dates to
Becky to give to the board.
Most of our facilities will close around Columbus Day weekend as we get ready
for our annual floor stripping of the centers.
Becky Glisson (Finance): We will ask our new budget analyst to be here for our
September meeting to give a report.
James Worsley (Director): We ended our outdoor pool season. It was a
successful season with a lot of challenges as you have seen in the press. We
had a lot to work through but safety is our number one priority for anything
Parks and Recreation.
We are still currently managing the Columbus Aquatic Center. We are in the
process of looking for a third party manager and still have steps to go such as
notifying the City Manager and appearing before Council.
Updates from the Board:
Willie Dickerson : Every time he comes around Shirley Winston, he gets a lot
of compliments on Antonio?s exercise program and what an awesome job he is
doing. He also gets a lot of compliments about his pinochle program also.
Irene Pate: Britt David Pottery Studio is offering classes and workshops in a
different kind of way and this is new and interesting.
James asked the board members to bring some ideas and information to the next
meeting. He would like to know what the board members would like to see at the
meetings or what they would like to do. Ideas we can do to engage the board
members and have better attendance at our meetings. What does the board want
to see? Maybe tours once a month of our facilities, or any other options the
board would like to have happen at our meetings.
With no further discussion, the meeting was adjourned.
Our next meeting will be September 30th at Frank Chester Recreation Center.
Meeting adjourned at 12:46
Becky Glisson
Recording Secretary
Recreation Advisory Board
Monthly Meeting
Agenda
August 26, 2015
Psalmond Road Recreation Center
? Welcome?????????????????????????...??.Irene Pate
Chairman
? Roll Call??????????????????????????..Becky Glisson
Board Secretary
? Approval of Minutes
? Director?s/Staff Report????????????????????..James Worsley
Director
? Open Discussion?????????????????????????Irene Pate
Chairman
? Closing
The next RAB meeting will be held September 30, 2015 at Frank Chester
Recreation Center.
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