LeBoeuf Little League

November 8, 2007

The LeBoeuf Little League held their monthly meeting at the Waterford Boro Building. Garry Sargent called the meeting to order at 8:14 pm.

ATTENDANCE: Garry Sargent, Brian Webster, Darlene Haibach, Jeff Kuzma, Stuart Carr, Colleen Strain, Ed Vorpagel, Mark Rose, Randy Amon, Brian Mitchell, Mike Falk, Mike Hering

SECRETARY: The minutes were read and motioned by Brian Webster to accept.

TREASURER’S REPORT: Report was read by Darlene Haibach and approved by Mark Rose and seconded by Stuart Carr. See attached report.

SPECIAL PROJECTS: Darlene Haibach signed the contract for fund-raising candy. Chick-Fil-A fund-raising to be set up in the spring per Garry Sargent. Mike Herring suggested bigger sponsor signs at the fields, but will be discussed at the next meeting.

PICTURE COMMISSIONER: No updates.

PUBLIC RELATIONS: Darlene Haibach took bylaws to Rhonda to be faxed and is awaiting the status. Checks from gas well should be deposited into a new and separate account, such as "Waterford Rec," to show there is money available in an active account. There is $140.00 now from the gas well. Mike Hering wanted to know if the tax-exempt status could be taken care of as soon as possible and Garry Sargent suggested we find out the tax-exempt status before Thanksgiving. Mark Rose completed the updates to the bylaws.

BASEBALL COMMISSIONER: Per Mark Rose, the sign up dates will be: Saturday, February 16 from 10-12, Tuesday, February 19 from 6-8 and Friday, February 22 from 6-9. Garry Sargent will call Waterford, Jeff Kuzma to call Summit and Stuart Carr will call Mill Village to make arrangements for sign-ups. Late sign-ups will be March 9. Mark Rose will try to get sign-up dates in the Summit Calendar. Discussions began about field maintenance/volunteer fees and/or raising the registration fee either $10 or $5 for the 2008 season. Mark Rose suggested checking with other leagues regarding their fees; Stuart Carr and Garry Sargent will make some calls to other leagues.

SOFTBALL COMMISSIONER: Jeff Kuzma scheduled dates for clinics-14-15 gym times for boys and girls each. The first clinic date for the girls if February 5 and first for boys is February 8. Brian Mitchell again emphasized the need for help from younger and new parents to help out any way possible.

UMPIRE COMMISSIONER: No report.

TOURNAMENT COMMISSIONER: The girls’ tournament will be in Harborcreek in May. Little league boys’ rules state if boys pitch a certain amount of pitches, they cannot catch; if they catch all game, they cannot pitch. Mark Rose questioned if the high school boosters would be interested in running the concession stand at the tournaments; Jeff Kuzma will inquire about this at the next boosters’ meeting. More about this to be discussed at the January LLL meeting.

SCHEDULING COMMISSIONER: No Report

UNIFORM COMMISSIONER: 64 pairs of pants still outstanding per Darlene Haibach

FIELD MAINTANCE: Jeff Kuzma suggested LLL purchase a pipe wrench for the water pump at the Waterford Complex fields. Stuart Carr stated we have one-five foot drag, three-six foot drags and 2-four foot drags.

EQUIPMENT COMMISSIONER: Jeff Kuzma received permission from Summit to house the equipment at the Summit Township Building. He and Randy Amon have made arrangements to move the equipment to its new storage.

INSURANCE COMMISSIONER: Suggestion was made by Garry Sargent to pay insurance bill now.

OLD BUSINESS: Randy Showman has agreed to $9000 for his work of cutting base path ledges back, stripping the silt, raising Field 2 and dumping gravel all at the Complex. He will try to begin the week of November 12, weather pending. The D.E.P. needs to know about any of the digging to be done at the Complex; a suggestion was made to check with Rod Smith, who had been in contact with Tim Hoff about this in the past. Brian Mitchell said the D.E.P. states we can hand-mow, but not use motorized vehicles. Also, a weed whacker can be used to trim the growing brush. We are NOT allowed to use any weed spray in the ditches. 2 tri-axle loads of pond silt have been delivered to all three fields at Summit, but needs raked, per Jeff Kuzma. Brian Mitchell stated the tractor fluids should be replenished in the spring per Pennocks.

NEW BUSINESS: Steven Hering, an Eagle Scout, has constructed a new scoreboard at the Waterford Complex Field, for his Eagle Scout Project. Brian Hering invited everyone to attend the unveiling of Steven’s project on Sunday, November 11 at 2:00.

NEXT MEETING DATE/TIME: January 10, 2008 at 8:00pm

ADJOURNMENT: A motion was made by Ed Vorpagel to adjourn the meeting at 9:56 pm, and was seconded by Mike Falk.

Submitted by: Colleen Strain/Secretary