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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMPD-07/12/2001 Minutes of the regular monthl~meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Mattituck Park District held on the 12 day of July, 2001, at the Park District Office on Main Road, Mattituck, New York, with the following Commissioners present: Chris Talbot, Chairman and Walter Sabat. Commissioners Gerard Goehringer, Absent. Also present were John Cushman, Treasurer; Madeline S. Haas, Secretary; James Cox, Sr., Labor Crew Leader; Gail Faimloth, Gate Guard Coordinator. Ms. Kim Prokop and Judy Thilberg were also present. Chairman Talbot asked Ms. Prokop to speak. Kim was discussing some of the things that still have to be done at the playground site and bills that still have to be paid. She also reported that bricks are still being sold and all pieces of the playground equipment are not wheelchair accessible. She said she needs someone to rake and level the sand under the slides and swings and sweep the brick work. She felt that something should be done for Fred Taylor and Rich Fogarty for putting the brick work in. Chairman Talbot then asked Judy Thilberg to speak. Judy came to complain about the situation that arose at the Veterans' Park site during her son's graduation party. She said a man, Billy Carroll, was present and questioning some of the guests of the party, that Mr. Carroll said he had been hired by the Park District as a security guard for the night. She believed him to have been asked to be there by Mr. Goehringer. Some off-duty policemen were there as invited guests but then other pohcemen arrived because they were called for disturbance. The police on duty told Mrs. Thilberg that her permit was being revoked and that they would inform the Commissioners of the Park Dislxict to never issue a use of the park permit to Mrs. Thilberg again. Mrs. Tilberg felt she was owed a letter of apology from the Commissioners because of the situation. Mr. Talbot said he was sorry for the situation and would look further into the matter. Both Mrs. Thilberg and Ms. Prokop then left the meeting. On motion of Chris Talbot, seconded by Walter Sabat and carded, the minutes of the June meeting were approved as presented. On motion of Christ Talbot, seconded by Walter Sabat and carried, the following Treasurer's report was approved and the bill ordered paid as shown below: Cash Cash in Time Cash in MBIA/CLASS Total Assets $11,273.79 85.44 130,437.96 $141,797.19 BILLS: Shoreline Planting & Contracting AT&T Academy Printing Services All Island Equipment Corporation (Bills continued on next paid) 4,860.00 11.54 52.00 52.80 Angelo's Pizzeria 110.00 Center Moriches Paper Co., Inc. 943.20 CITGO Petroleum Corporation 428.48 Conney Safety Products 76.76 C.F. Van Duzer Gas Service Inc. 112.86 Farm Family Life Insurance Co. 200.00 Harbes Family Farm 200.00 The Hartford 45.00 Kaelin's Service Center Inc. 28.80 LIPA 1,687.38 Mattituck Florist & Garden Center, Inc. 180.00 Mattituck Plumbing Supply Inc. 85.00 Mullen Motors, Inc. 834.99 Northeastern Equipment Unlimited, Inc. 95.86 Park, Playground Recreation Prod. Inc. 335.00 Penny Lumber 96.36 PlaySafe Playground Systems of NY, Inc. 10,495.00 PlaySafe Playground Systems of NY, Inc. 9,525.00 Raynor-Suter Hardware Inc. 339.16 Sea Spray Imgation, Inc. 246.67 Shoreline Planting & Contracting 1,540.00 Stevens Stone & Brick Co., Inc. 4,550.00 Suffolk County Water Authority 139.35 Talbot Truck & Equipment 171.82 Times/Review Newspapers 8.10 The Traveler Watchman 8.69 Twin Forks Fire Extinguisher 71.50 Unique Lettering & Design 800.00 Verizon 103.08 Verizon Wireless 65.33 Wickham, Wickham & Bressler, P.C. 1,900.00 Barbara Woods 75.00 Southold Postmaster 34.00 Blackman 49.36 Shoreline Planting & Contracting 1,620.00 Shoreline Planting & Contracting 1,820.00 Shoreline Planting & Contracting 1.932.00 Fences Plus 1,400.00 Kim Prokop 103.97 On motion of Chris Talbot, seconded by Walter Sabat the following salaries were approved for the current beach guards: Stephanie Konarski $ 5.25 per hr. (Salaries continued on next page) Denise Goehringer 7.75 Amanda Amato 5.90 Dispena Siolis 6.25 A letter from One Beacon Insurance Company was received giving notice that our insurance premium would be increased by 3% for the coming year. Treasurer Cushman felt it would be increased 7%, more or less. On motion of Chris Talbot, seconded by Walter Sabat and came& the Commissioners are to talk with the District's attorney about what procedures are necessary to put the present District office building up for sale. Chris Talbot volunteered to call Gall Wickham about the matter. The Commissioners discussed what to do with the present barn on the Veterans' site. Both Commissioners present felt it best to let the Mattituck Fire Department burn it down. Chairman Talbot felt that we should keep the one little building so as to have a piece oftbe original buildings on the site. Chairman Talbot to speak to the Fire Commissioners. The three Commissioners of the Park District met with the Commissioners of the Mattituck Fire Department regarding the Pike Street parking lot At present the parking lot is rented by Southold Towr[ Supervisor Jean Cochmn said she would go out on a limb and say to go ahead with the sale of the lot. Bill Moor, Fire Department attorney, is to get going with the papers. In regard to the sale of the lot, the Commissioners agreed that a provision is to be made to leave access from the lot to the back of the stores tbr their deliveries. A post and rail fence is to be put up on the west side of the Playground area at Veterans' Park and the south end as far as material will allow. Jim Cox reported that them was 80,000 gallons of water used at Veterans' Park. Chris said to check and see if there is another leak in the water line. On motion of Chris Talbot, seconded by Walter Sabat and carried, David Reeve was hired as a maintenance worker stating July 16, 2001 at $8.00 per hour. Chris Talbot reported that Russell Nine is no longer working for the Park District as of July 3, 2001, due to insubordination. Chris reported that on July 3~d prior to the opening of the playground at Veterans' Park, Chris talked to the maintenance men of the District about a cleaning up the area. The men started to load the truck. Clms asked Russell to help load the truck. Russell said, "No". Russell said that he didn't work with those guys. Chris asked Russell again. Russell said"No". Chris asked Russell if he worked for the Park District. Russell said "Yes". He refused to help and Chris told him to leave for the mst oftbe day. Next day Chris spoke to Jim Cox and said that he could tell Russell that he could work one hour a day to take care of the bathrooms at the Park. He said he wasn't going to do it and left. Chris asked the Secretary Haas to send a letter to Russell confirming his termination with the Park as of July 3, 2001 due to insubordination and to return all keys to all buildings of the District to Jim Cox. Jim Cox spoke about a beach cleaning machine that is being made too do small areas like the play~ound. Chairman Talbot tabled this matter for a later date. On August 9, 2001, the proposed budget will be voted on at the regular monthly meeting. No further business to come before the meeting, on motion of Chris Talbot, seconded by Walter Sabat and carried, the meeting was adjourned. Secretary RECEIVED AUG 2 8 20Q1