# Minutes of the West Shore Parks and Recreation Society - March 10, 2016 (Adopted April 14, 2016)

Meeting: Regular Council — May 2, 2016

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Board minutes for West Shore Parks & Recreation Society meeting of March 10, 2016, covering committee confirmations, event updates and statistics.

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### Minutes of the West Shore Parks and Recreation Society - March 10, 2016 (Adopted April 14, 2016)

Source pages: 13–15

## Minutes of the West Shore Parks and Recreation Society - March 10, 2016 (Adopted April 14, 2016)

### Meeting Details
- Date: Thursday, March 10, 2016  
- Location: JDF Library Meeting Room

### Present
- Directors: Rob Martin (Chair), Marcie McLean, Les Bjola, Lilja Chong, Arnie Hamilton, Al Hood, Jennifer Jakobsen, Ron Mattson, Moralea Milne, Matt Sahlstrom, Winnie Sifert, Ed Watson, Darren Wright

### Absent
- Directors: Leslie Anderson, Lanny Seaton, Terry Young

### Staff Present
- Linda Barnes, Administrator  
- Sandy Clarke, Manager of Recreation  
- Wade Davies, Manager of Operations  
- Sue Dickson, Manager of Finance  
- Brian Merryweather, Manager of Human Resources  
- Cherry Merryweather, Recorder

### Public Present
- Mayor Carol Hamilton, City of Colwood

### CALL TO ORDER
1. The Chair called the meeting to order at 7:00PM.

### APPROVAL OF AGENDA
2.
MOVED/SECONDED BY DIRECTORS MILNE and JAKOBSEN  
THAT THE AMENDED AGENDA BE APPROVED.  
CARRIED

### APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3.
MOVED/SECONDED BY DIRECTORS MILNE and CHONG  
THAT THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING HELD JANUARY 21, 2016 BE ADOPTED.  
CARRIED

### PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
4. N/A

### CHAIRS REMARKS
5. The Chair gave the following remarks:
- The Chair introduced Cherry Merryweather and thanked her for standing for the Administrative Assistant.

### STANDING COMMITTEES
6.
a) Finance  
- No Update

b) Strategic Planning – Update  
- No Update

c) Policy  
- No update

### OLD BUSINESS
7.
a) Confirmation of Committee selections  
- The Chair verbally confirmed the following:

  - Finance Committee: Les Bjola (Chair), Leslie Anderson, Al Hood, Ron Mattson, Moralea Milne and Darren Wright

  - Strategic Committee: Darren Wright, Lanny Seaton, Terry Young, Ed Watson and Jennifer Jakobsen

  - Policy Committee: Arnie Hamilton, Moralea Milne, Winnie Sifert, Lilja Chong, Darren Wright, Ed Watson and Jennifer Jakobsen

  - Environment Committee: Moralea Milne, Matt Sahlstrom, Al Hood, Leslie Anderson, Ron Mattson

FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

b) Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling “Elite 10” Update  
Manager of Recreation, Sandy Clarke provided the following update:
- An information handout was provided (attached)
- Sandy noted that our investment is $150k and it is anticipated that we will recoup this from sales, refreshments and portion of shared sponsorship.
- Social house will be open to crew and attendees with us providing the refreshments and a percentage of sales will come to WSPR.

FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

### NEW BUSINESS
8.
a) Statistical 2015 Update  
Registration Comparison Stats, Information sheet distributed and explained by Linda.
- Linda noted that the POS has dropped, however, the annual pass sales have increased significantly.
- We have very high online registration.

FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

b) 2020 / 2022 BC Summer Games and/or Winter Games Bid  
The Administrator provided an overview to the report:
- Colwood has submitted a request to hold these games. General thought is that we do not have the capacity to handle all venues and that we could be a part of the games only as a participant.
- Winter games out of reach for this region, summer games more viable within the region.
- Difficult for all the municipalities to bring this together and make a profit. It does create a disruption of regular services.

MOVED/SECONDED BY DIRECTORS MATTSON and MILNE THAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS BE APPROVED.  
CARRIED

FOR INFORMATION

### 9. Reports
a) Human Resources Report  
Report provided by Brian Merryweather.

Over a period of 3 years the average number of postings is 55,  
The number of received applications is 1,026 with the average number hired is 105.

b) Administrator's Report  
Administrator report attached:  
The Administrator shared the YPQI awarded Certificate of Excellence.

FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

### IN CAMERA
10. MOVED/SECONDED BY DIRECTORS HAMILTON AND BJOLA THAT THE MEETING MOVE IN CAMERA.  
CARRIED

### ADJOURNMENT
11. MOVED/SECONDED BY DIRECTORS MATTSON AND BJOLA  
THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED AT 6:50 PM.  
CARRIED
