Minutes of September 23, 2002 George Boisseau called the meeting to order at 6:30pm
Present: George Boisseau, Suzy Heumann, Alan Siegle, Paul Archibald, Tom Hemphill, Patty Bedell
Revisions were adopted as corrected. They will be posted at the Pool.
The minutes from August 27, 2002 were approved as submitted.
The Pool Manager evaluation was scheduled for Monday September 30 at 7:30pm. Location to be determined.
Alan presented the Treasurer's report: -after paying the City for the bathroom project, he estimates approximately $700 remaining in that project fund.
ACTION: The Board decided to transfer the remaining monies from the bathroom fund (after paying the City) into the general fund to help defray the Pool Manager time spent on the bathroom project.
Patti gave the Pool Manager report: (please see her written report)
a. Fall swim lessons are going well, although it is not working out to have 5 children at a time in the younger groups.
ACTION: the younger groups will go back to 4 per class, with the older groups remaining at 5 per class.
b. Patti is still looking for chlorine test equipment to measure chlorine to 20. The project cost is $300. This equipment is necessary to follow the State health guidelines for fecal pollution in the pool.
ACTION: The Pool closure policy will follow the State guidelines.
c. Patti's computer is non-operational, making email impossible.
ACTION: She will contact Computer Recycling (on Santa Rosa Ave) about getting a computer donated to the Pool.
d. The City is getting ready for bids on resurfacing the Pool, and projecting the work being done early next fall. He estimated cost is between $100K and 300K. In addition, the City is looking to the WSCS to fund a major portion of the work.
e. The police are still investigating the break-in, but have no leads. The City is going to install motion detectors and other preventative options are being explored.
f. how to deal with abusive swimmers was discussed. It was decided that the current policy of calling the police if the swimmer does not stop abusing the guards, manager, or other swimmers.
g. Generating a membership list was discussed.
ACTION: Patti will get all lists she has (lesson, aqua size, etc) to Tom for compilation into a membership list. Alan will also supply Tom with any lists he may have.
h. bathroom and office supply cost was discussed.
ACTION: Patti will investigate changing supplier to Costco.
i. complaints from parents and swimmers was discussed.
ACTION: George will write responses to the people. SSS Report: a. lots of new swimmers in the water. b. Alan reported that he continues to have difficulty obtaining financial information from the SSS.
ACTION: Alan will invite member(s) of the SSS liaison committee to attend future WSCS Board meetings, in order to facilitate improved communication between the Board and SSS.
The By-Law revisions were discussed.
ACTION: the proposed revisions were adopted as corrected. They will be posted at the Pool.
ACTION: in accordance with the new By-Laws, a nomination committee was formed to develop and implement the next election procedures. The committee will be Alan, Suzie, and Tom.
The Next Board meeting will be October 15 at 6:30. Location to be determined.
Meeting adjourned at 9pm