| WSCS Board Meeting February 4, 2003 |
| Board
Members attending: Tom Hemphill, Lynn Deedler, Eric Fritsch, Brook Klehm 25-35 members of the pool using public attended as well. Public Comment: An active session of public comment and criticisms regarding the Board’s decision to lay of the Pool Manager (PM) ensued with the following concerns voiced (broken into categories): Financial The public wants to understand the financial concerns better and explore other means of resolving the pool’s dire financial situation. An audit was suggested . Procedural The public wants to participate further in critical Board decisions. Capability The public worries that the Board will not be able to run the pool effectively. Reports: President, Tom Hemphill: Board/Manager liason met with Patti to begin briefings on the Pool Manager tasks with the goal that all PM tasks will be covered by the Board as it works to fill the PM position. Richard Emmett of Sebastopol Public Works sent a letter to the Board expressing concern about continuity between the pool management and the City if the pool runs without a PM. Tom sent a response to Richard Emmett assuring him that there would be a single pool/city liason for the pool facilities. Sue Kelly and David Brennan (Sebastopol City Manager) have been contacted regarding the change of management at the pool. There are 137 members of Ives Pool. The Board will produce a list of possible volunteer tasks and fundraising in the coming weeks . Jeanette Baugardner will produce an Ives Pool newsletter. Sara Shomp is volunteering her time to produce a website: ivespool.org Guard Liason, Eric Fritsch: A meeting between members of the Board and the lifeguards is scheduled for Sunday, February 9 at 5 PM at Roundtable Pizza. Announcements of the meeting will be inserted in guard paychecks. A Head Lifeguard position will be recruited, whose duties will include limieted oversite of the guard staff and scheduling. The Board looks forward to re-instituting the PM position as soon as finances allow. The meeting was re-openned to public comment. See above for a precis of the comments. Pool Manager report, Patti Bedell: The pool office was broken into 1/17. The safe was destroyed and a deposit was lost. To minimize future losses the deposits are made (almost) daily now and screens have been attached to the windows. On 1/29 a man suffering from low blood sugar was removed from the pool by force. 911 was called. Two lifeguards missed their shifts and were removed from the guarding schedule. As a matter of policy, lifeguard schedule priority is given to those who guard during the daytime hours and those with many hours. Two guards gave notice of quiting as of 3/1. The spring schedule has been posted and camps and parties are being scheduled. The Rotary swim program is being organized. The PM has requested that office reorganization be better coordinated in the future. SSS Report, Patti Bedell: The team has begun the process of separating from WSCS. They request that the WSCS by-laws be ammended and look forward to cooperation with WSCS on this. SSS requests an formal audit. SSS has 3 salaried coaches and two hired positions, approxamately 130 swimmers and a new group of Junior Serpents that will start Monday, February 24. The Board requested that the SSS subcommittee meet with members of the Board to discuss the proposed separation of SSS and WSCS and the accounting issues that have caused concern between them. The Board agreed to discuss a proposal to reverse its decision to lay off the Pool Manager and report back to the public. |