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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-04-20Dryden Youth Commission minutes April 20,1999 Attending: Kristen Blackman, Nita Baldwin, JoAnn Meyer Foland, Jean Simmons, David Hall, Karen Coleman, Barbara Hopkins, Allen Green, Jim D'Alterio. Meeting called to order at 6:50. March 1999 minutes read and approved. Summer Conservation Corps Report- Allen Green and Jim D'Alterio spoke about ideas for the summer projects. Based on recent playground safety information, Allen, Jim and Steve Lauzun (Parkitects,lnc.) have visited and assessed the play structures built by the Conservation Corps over the last several years. A completed report, including cost of repairs, will be forwarded tc each municipality .. Allen is recommending that these repairs be made to the playgrounds so that safety risks are reduced. He asked if this direction was one the Commission supported. Commission members agreed that this would be a good focus for the conservation group. The IYB will put together a project list based on municipal decisions Youth Development report- JoAnn and David - each reported on current activities and briefly discussed summer planning which will be discussed in more detail at ® the May meeting. See attached reports. Youth Development Update - Barbara The most recent budget was distributed. Will work with JoAnn to put together the Youth Employment summer project. The Club Dryden project will begin to be worked on. Youth will be hired to help develop a summer program. Location, times etc will all be decided this spring. Current summer planning.; propose a 5 week 112 day program for youth ages 10- 14years. A method for collecting program fees should be decided on in the next few weeks, will Coop Ext. collect or will the Town.? New Business - Karen A request was received from Reba Taylor re: funds for a camp counselor at their summer camp. She requested $1000.00 which would then allow them to hire all of the counselors at minimum wages. They feel that this would help them recruit counselors. The Commission agreed that this made sense and voted to allocate the funds to the Village. This leaves $500. in youth salaries to be allocated. Karen will do the follow up on this.