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Golf Board
Minutes: Regular Meeting of November 19, 2008
Council Liaison to the Board: Councilman David Roy
Staff Support to the Board: Jerry P. Brown, Manager of Golf at 221-6350, and Dawn
Worth, Administrative Aide at 416-2265
Call Meeting to Order: Board Vice Chairperson Deron Grothe called the meeting to
order at TOO p.m. at the City Park Nine Clubhouse.
Agenda Review: There were no changes to the Agenda as printed.
Items of Note:
♦ Chairperson David Johnson called to say he would not be attending the meeting
Approval of Minutes: On a motion by Larry Buckendorf, seconded by Dan Preble, the
Board unanimously (6:0) approved the Minutes of the September 17, 2008 Regular
Meeting.
Citizen Participation: None
Review and Approval of the Golf Board 2009 Work Plan and Meeting Schedule
Jerry previously sent a draft 2009 Work Plan and Meeting Schedule for the Board's
review. He briefly discussed the items and dates and said that the Board may suggest any
changes they feel are necessary. Jerry explained that the Work Plan can always be
modified as needed to include unexpected items that may arise. He said that the March
meeting may need to be changed as it conflicts with Spring Break. On a motion made by
Shane Houska, seconded by Lauren DeRosa, the Board unanimously (6:0) approved the
Golf Board's 2009 Work Plan and Meeting Schedule as prepared by staff, moving the
March Meeting to the fourth Wednesday.
Updates: Golf Division Management Transition and SouthRidge RFP Process
Jerry stated that he is still planning to retire in February. He reminded the Board that the
Director of Parks J.R. Schnelzer and Executive Director of CPRE Marty Heffernan spoke
to the Board recently regarding the Golf Management Transition. Since that time it has
been decided that the position will not be filled. J.R. will be assuming the Golf
Management responsibilities and other additional duties will be disbursed amongst the
staff; however if J.R. and Marty feel things aren't working out they will make the
changes they feel are necessary. Jerry said that it is still our intention to keep Golf as an
Enterprise Fund. He stated that J.R. has decided to modify some of our current policies
and procedures and the Golf staff have been involved in the process. They are currently
looking at Passes and Volunteer and Staff play. Lauren asked if the Board will have any
input on the changes and Jerry said that the City Code states that any policy changes need
to be presented to the Board. Jerry said that J.R. probably plans to bring any policy
changes to the Board in March as indicated on the Work Plan.
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November 19, 2008
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Jerry informed the Board that the RFP proposals need to be in to the Purchasing
Department by 3:00 p.m. on Monday, December 1st and he will be delivering the
proposals on the 2"d. He reminded the Board that they are allowed to contact Larry
Buckendorf and Eric McCrery with their recommendations. Jerry then explained that the
individuals on the interview panel will be awarding points and the point evaluations have
to be in to the Director of Purchasing Jim O'Neill no later than 12 noon on December Sth.
The three Proposers with the highest points will then be interviewed on December 17,h.
He verified with Larry Buckendorf that he will be available for the interviews and Deron
Grothe if either Larry or Eric is unable to attend. Jerry mentioned to the Board that we
will be repeating the process if City Park Nine Golf Professional David McCleave is
offered the position. Lauren DeRosa asked if the appropriate policies and procedure had
been followed to transfer the SouthRidge Golf Professional Dale Smigelsky to
Collindale. Jerry said yes and that this was a special circumstance and Collindale Golf
Professional Jim Greer felt that it was in the City's best interest for him to assign his
contract to Dale. He stated that the contract specifies that a Golf Professional can assign
their contract; however it has to be approved by the City. Grant Sherwood asked if the
current staff at Collindale will remain there and Jerry said that Dale has the option of
keeping whomever he would like but he can also chose to bring on an entirely new set of
staff members.
Consider Caneeline the December 17. 2008 Reimlar Golf Board Meetin
On a motion made Larry Buckendorf and seconded by Grant Sherwood, the Board voted
unanimously (6:0) to cancel the December'17, 2008 Regular Golf Board Meeting due to
the holiday season.
Other Business
♦ Jerry said that five individuals have applied for the Golf Board to fill .lay
Kammerzell's vacancy. He then gave a brief overview of their applications. One of
the applicants, Michelle Marquitz, is attending the meeting tonight.
♦ Jerry stated that the taping of the Board Members at City Park Nine went well
Board Member and Staff Comments
♦ Jerry said that right now we are nearly at 96% revenues which does not include the
last couple of days. He said that Dale said SouthRidge had a good day yesterday.
Deron asked what a normal month of November looks like and Jerry said it's around
3% and if the weather remains fairly nice we may reach that.
♦ Jerry explained that the Budget he sent out may be a little off since the City has
recently changed its budgeting system. Once things are better in place he will provide
a revised copy. Jerry said our budget is pretty tight since we had a few unexpected
expenditures, like the netting along Mulberry, kitchen repairs at SouthRidge, higher
fuel costs, etc.
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Adjournment:
On a motion by Shane Houska, seconded by Lauren DeRosa, the Board unanimously
voted (6:0) to adjourn at 7:42 p.m.
Meeting Attendance
Board Members
Larry Buckendorf
Lauren DeRosa
Deron Grothe
Dan Preble
Grant Sherwood
Shane Houska
�ectfully submitted,
Dawn Worth
Administrative Aide
Staff Guests
Jerry P. Brown Michele Marquitz
David McCleave