West Shore Parks and Recreation Society — Minutes (Draft) December 14, 2017

West Shore Parks and Recreation Society — Minutes (Draft) December 14, 2017

Minutes of the West Shore Parks and Recreation Society Board of Directors Meeting Thursday, December 14th, in the JDF Library Meeting Room

Present

• Directors Ed Watson (Chair), Rob Martin, Leslie Anderson, Arnie Hamilton, Al Hood, Ron Mattson, Andy MacKinnon, Lilja Chong, Les Bjola

Absent

• Directors Moralea Milne, Jennifer Jakobsen, Nelson Chan, Winnie Sifert, Matt Sahlstrom, Lanny Seaton, Allen Sturgeon

Staff Present

• Sandy Clarke, Acting Administrator
• Wade Davies, Operations Manager
• Grant Brown, Manager of Finance
• Geoff Welham, Acting Manager of Recreation
• Brian Merryweather, Manager of Human Resources
• Chantelle Tearoe, Recorder

Public Present

• Carol Hamilton, Diane Bjola, Janet Hood

1. CALL TO ORDER

The Chair called the meeting to order at 7:03PM.

2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

MOVED/SECONDED BY DIRECTORS MATTSON AND HOOD THAT THE AGENDA BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED WITH THE ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING: A) IN CAMERA MEETING BEFORE ADJOURNMENT.
B) AMATUER RADIO OPERATORS DISCUSSION TO 7.B) UNDER OLD BUSINESS.
CARRIED

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

MOVED/SECONDED BY DIRECTORS HAMILTON AND CHONG THAT THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING HELD NOVEMBER16, 2017 BE ADOPTED.
NO ERRORS, NO OMMISIONS
CARRIED

4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

N/A

5. CHAIR'S REMARKS

Chair of the Board, Ed Watson commented:

• It has been an interesting year. Four out of the five WSPRS owners will be meeting tomorrow. City of Langford mayor is interested and committed to capping the requisition. Alterations will need to be made to the budget. The process will need to be revisited early next year.
• Linda Barnes thanked the Board for their support and wished everyone a Merry Christmas.
• Chair, Ed Watson commented that he is interested in serving another term as Chair of the WSPRS Board of Directors. He will be away at the end of February until the end of March but Director Leslie Anderson will stand in as Vice Chair.
• Chair, Ed Watson thanked staff for their hard work over the past year.

6. STANDING COMMITTEES

a) Strategic Planning

Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee, Ed Watson commented:

• N/A

b) Policy

• N/A

c) Environment

• N/A

d) Skatepark Committee Report

Acting Manager of Recreation, Geoff Welham commented the following:

• There was a recent article in the Goldstream Gazette regarding New Line as the selected company to complete the conceptual designs for the skatepark.

Discussion:

• Manager of Operations commented that the community consultations begin in January 2018.
• Director, Ron Mattson asked if the Chair of the Skateboard Committee could be cc’d on all communications going forward.