The LeBoeuf Little League held their monthly meeting at the Waterford Boro Building. 

The Meeting was called to order at 8:47 pm.

ATTENDANCE: Garry Sargent, Mark Rose, Mike Falk, Darlene Haibach, Jeff Kuzma, Stuart Carr, Mike Hering, Brian Mitchell, Brian Wilson, Kevin Litz, Ron Orr, Harold Haibach, Gary Ziegler, Joe Welch and Doug Brace, 

SECRETARY: Minutes were read and approved by Doug Brace and seconded by Brian Wilson.

TREASURER'S REPORT: Come to meeting to get full report - Income - $29,577.38 and Expenses - $27,074.91 /  Report was approved by Brian Mitchell and seconded by Doug Brace.

SPECIAL PROJECTS: Paul Peters will be resigning as Strombolli representative.

PICTURE COMMISSIONER: The league received a commission check from Sonny's Photography ($496)

PUBLIC RELATIONS: Philips printing is going out of business but will do our letterhead/envelopes. Spring tournament had a profit of $924, Still need more help, discussion of having the LeBoeuf teams paying a reduced entry fee to the tourney. Letter head and envelopes have been printed and will be used from now on for league business. Web site doing great and we have had positive comments about our web site. All LeBoeuf District scores will be updated daily along with upcoming game times and locations. 4th of July "Fun Day" was excellent and everyone had fun! Complex sign was stolen and the State Police was notified. Shirt sales are going great, still have plenty of sweatshirts and Hoodys. LeBoeuf Little league day at the Seawolves game went well, had over 125 kids and parents attend this event!  

SOFTBALL COMMISSIONER: All teams doing well, Major Girls finished districts in second place, Junior Girls finished districts in 4th place and Minor girls are in the winners bracket finals in their division. We need to invest in equipment to take our girls to the next level. Coaching assignments will be looked at and changes will be made next year.

BASEBALL COMMISSIONER: Teams are doing well. Major boys finished district in second place. Minor boys and the 11 yr. old boys are in the winner bracket finals in their divisions. Coaching assignments for the boys will also be looked at for next season and changes will be made.

UMPIRE COMMISSIONER: Some miscommunication involving both umps/coaches. Jim did a great job organizing the umpires for this season. Umpire equipment needs to be picked up for storage.

TOURNAMENT COMMISSIONER: All of the coaches are doing their own thing. Teams are doing well. District shirt money needs to be turned in!

SCHEDULING COMMISSIONER: Nothing to report.

UNIFORM COMMISSIONER: Championship awards doing a fantastic job!

FIELD MAINTENANCE: Coaches at Complex doing a great job on keeping fields in good shape. Special thanks to everyone who helped keeping our fields in great shape. During the August meeting we will set a date for a fall clean up day. We need to cover the infields and add dirt to fields in the fall. Fill dirt will be dumped at the complex for our use.

EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE: League spent $5,400 in equipment this year. Harold needs all coaches to turn in their equipment. Harold will be resigning his position soon.

INSURANCE COMMISSIONER: Joe will be pursuing quotes for better rates on our insurance.

OLD BUSINESS: Waterford Complex gates for second entrance will be installed soon. Work will be done on the main gates to prevent anyone from taking the gates off the hinges.  

NEW BUSINESS: Discussion on the elimination of "passing the hat" at our home games. We are the only league in the county still using this method of covering umpire fees. An increase of registration fees or having a "tag day" will have to be looked at later this year. Fill dirt from a construction site will be dumped at the Waterford complex. Dirt will be used to expand parking areas, used at field 4 & 5 to divert water away from the fields and possibly be used behind field 3.  

We still have a credit of $222.00 from the Little League Association. 

Thank you's that need to go out:

1. Waterford Lioness Club: For donation to the league

2. Fort LeBoeuf H.S.: For use of the H.S. baseball field during district play.

3. J&S Sports: For their ongoing support of our league

NEXT MEETING DATE/TIME: August 11 at 7:00 pm.

ADJOURNMENT: A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 11:30 pm by Rich Goodenow and seconded by Mark Rose.

Submitted by: Garry Sargent / Vice President