Meadows Club Board of
Directors Meeting – February 17, 2009
Board members in
attendance: Dee Perry, Ann Goldfarb,
Erik Boye, Laura Barton,
Richard Leddon, Audrey Irwin, Doug Peterman
Staff in attendance: KJ Buzek
Meeting called to order by
Richard Leddon
No public participation
January 20, 2008 meeting
minutes amended and approved
Staff Report:
Profit and loss as of
December 31, 2008 –
$345,000 in revenue - $126,000 from dues
KJ would like there to be a
$75.00 non-refundable application fee for new member
applications. People that are currently on the waiting list
will still be able to get their
$200.00 application fee refunded if they
would like to be removed from the list.
Motion
made, seconded and
approved. New application fee policy
will go into effect immediately
There will be a welcome party
for the new tennis director and head swim coach, e-mails
will be sent out to
the membership inviting everybody to come say hi to Adrian and Nate
Facilities Report:
Steve Lakowske informed the
board that Jim Bray is under contract to do work on the minor
modification and has
submitted a new contract to do additional work.
This covers all new
drawings with the
exception of the Scott Cox drawings.
Phase I –
Platform – noise continues to
be the biggest concern in dealing with the City of
the board feels
strongly about having the platform courts on the tennis side of the Club
in the grassy area
to the north of the clubhouse. After
much discussion and a 6-1 vote,
it was decided that
an e-mail go out to the membership updating people on the progress,
with comments being
directed back to Erik Boye.
The City has revoked our
permit which was issued last Spring. There is concern that
enough money has
been spent, that it would not be in the best interest of the Club to
just walk away,
options are being looked into to see how to re-coup spent money
Phase II -
Financing still an issue, but
plan to continue with the minor mod to be submitted to
the City for
approval
Website:
Doug is still working on the
construction of the site, is willing to meet with board members
to show how to put
information up on the site. Tentative
meeting on March 3, 2009 at
6:30 pm at Erik Boye’s office (Re/Max at the
Committee Updates:
Finance – Dee Perry, KJ Buzek
and Karin Kearney are working to prepare P & L by departments,
and are continuing
to move towards quick books.
financing and is not
optimistic about moving forward at this time
Swim – Laura Barton will meet
with Nate Rothman and her committee in the next few weeks
Tennis – Doug Peterman has
asked Jeannie Cleaveland, Jim Kasic and Karin Kearney to be on
a tennis committee
to work with the new director
Social – Calendar in place
for the season, Ann Goldfarb and Erik Boye will solicit help from
the membership on an
as needed basis
Membership – tabled until
March board meeting
Grounds and Facilities – Erik
Boye: clay courts should be done by the
end of April, weather
permitting, area east of the pool has now been graded,
and cost comparisons between sod
and hydro-seeding
will be done, with the board being notified.
New sprinkler system to be
put in pending board
approval of funding
By-Laws- Ann Goldfarb is reviewing the current
by-laws
Strategic Advisory – tabled
per request of Richard Leddon
Next meeting – Wednesday,
March 18, 2009 – Re/Max office at the
Meeting adjourned