LeBoeuf Little League
October 11, 2007
The LeBoeuf Little League held their monthly meeting at the Waterford Boro Building. Rod Smith called the meeting to order at 7:17 pm.
ATTENDANCE: Rod Smith, Garry Sargent, Brian Wilson, Darlene Haibach, Jeff Kuzma, Stuart Carr, Louie Decker, Colleen Strain, John & Fern Carr, Ed Vorpagel, Mark Rose, Bob Young, Randy Amon, Shelli McCall, Brian Mitchell, Mike Falk, Arnie Wolf, Greg Roberts.
SECRETARY: The minutes were read, the following corrections were made, Under Baseball: Fall ball ages were 12, 13 & 14 year olds. Uniforms: there were 65 pairs of pants still outstanding. New Business: we received a letter from the IRS and $50.00 in misc items was also included in the gift for John and Fern Carr. Everything was approved by Mike Flak and seconded by Ed Vorpagel.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Report was read and was approved by Mark Rose and seconded by Stuart Carr. See attached report.
SPECIAL PROJECTS: There will be no coke coupons for 2008 Season. Another fund raiser from Chick-Fill-A was proposed, more information to follow. Possibly use this during picture day. All field signs are down and stored in storage building.
PICTURE COMMISSIONER: Saturday, May 3, 2008 is the reserved date for pictures. No other report
PUBLIC RELATIONS: Darlene Haibach and Rhonda from Joe Hornaman’s office sat down and went over the tax exempt status. We received a letter stating that they needed a copy of our by-laws. Our by-laws must read that any funds that we receive are only to be used for the benefit of LLL and not for personal use. Garry Sargent motioned that this be added, Jeff Kuzma seconded the motion and all were in favor. Mark Rose will revise our by-laws and e-mail to Darlene so she may take it Joe Hornaman’s office. We are very close to having our Tax exempt number resolved.
Wooden bats verses metal bats discussion took place.
BASEBALL COMMISSIONER: Fall ball is completed. Volunteers are needed to run the boys indoor clinics for 2008. Check with past coaches.
SOFTBALL COMMISSIONER: There are 52 gym times reserved from all three schools. They will get together with baseball commissioners to split times. They also need volunteers to run the 2008 clinics for the girls.
UMPIRE COMMISSIONER: Rod Smith gave Garry Sargent several different forms that Jim Dylewski produced when he formed the first umpire clinic and schedules.
TOURNAMENT COMMISSIONER: Tom Roberts needs to be contacted in reference to hosting the Boys Fundamental Tournament and the Girls Tournament for the year 2008.
SCHEDULING COMMISSIONER: No Report
UNIFORM COMMISSIONER: 65 pairs of pants still outstanding. November’s meeting is the cut off date for returning pants from the 2007 season. No refunds will be given after this meeting.
FIELD MAINTENANCE: John and Fern Carr put all racks in storage building for us. There were no bids available for redoing the fields at the Waterford Complex. Our goal is the make Fields 1 & 2 Boys Fields, Fields 4 & 5 Softball fields and Field 3 remain a T-ball field. Sunday, October 14th at 8:00 A.M. will be a work day at the Waterford Complex. Two (2) Tri-axle loads of pond silt was delivered to Summit complex. A small dump of blue clay is needed for the fields. Dirt is still needed at the fair ground field.
A motion was made by Jeff Kuzma to get foot markers on all fields for the 2008 season. These signs would measure 12x16 and total cost would be $250.00. These markers would hang on the inside of the fence using wire ties. We would need a total of 19 markers, 4 at Robinson, 10 at Summit Complex and 15 at the Waterford Complex. Mark Rose seconded the motion and all were in favor. Jeff will get foot markers.
John Carr spoke with Pennock’s about repairs of Kabota. It was explained to John that there was a cab on the tractor originally and when cab was removed electrical problems occurred. Yes, there was a cab on the Kabota originally but was removed by Pennock’s before we received tractor. Brian Mitchell will get in contact with Pennock’s and resolve this dilemma. Tractor is now running perfect, all gages and lights are working. Make sure you use low range only when using bucket. Blades need to be sharpened. There is a new set in storage building and will be put on Sunday during work day.
A big thank you and gift basket with misc items and gift certificates was given to John and Fran Carr for all their hard work of keeping the complex looking so nice. We also asked them to return next year and they were looking forward of doing so.
EQUIPMENT COMMISSIONER: Some equipment still needs collected. We need to check with Summit Township for possibly storing the equipment at the township building like we did in the past or just try to locate a dry storage space. When equipment was stored in storage building at complex, it was damp and equipment became moldy smelling. Rod Smith made a suggestion, if we receive grant money, a storage building should be top priority of building.
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER: No Report. A partial payment of $1,500 needs to sent in December to begin our insurance for the 2008 season.
OLD BUSINESS: We received a check from Little League for mileage reimbursement for Girls State Tournament. That money was put in the State Tournament Funds. Stuart Carr made a motion that we transfer $2000.00 to our State Tournament Funds for future usage. It was seconded by Brian Mitchell, all were in favor.
Elections were held for the 2008 Season. List of Board Members & Committees are as follows:
President: Garry Sargent
Vice-President: Mike Hering
Secretary: Colleen Strain
Treasurer: Darlene Haibach
Baseball Commissioners: Mark Rose, Mike Falk, Brian Webster and Louie Decker
Softball Commissioners: Bob Young, Ed Vorpagel, Randy Amon
Equipment Commissioners: Randy Amon, Ed Vorpagel, Frank Conti
Public Relations: Garry Sargent
Special Projects: Paul Peters, Darlene Haibach, Jeff Yost, Bob & Brenda Young, Mark & Laura Lockhart, Steve & Lou Anne Krolczyk, Jason Carnewski, and Arnie Wolf
Umpire Commissioners: Val Rose, Gregg Roberts, Garry Sargent
Insurance Commissioners: Michael Rose
Tournament Commissioners: Garry Sargent
Picture Commissioners: Mike Hering
Scheduling Commissioners: Shelli McCall
Uniform Commissioners: Brian Smith
Field Maintenance: Dave Shields, Kevin Litz, Kevin Brown, Lou Decker, Trevor Donnell, Steve Yovich, Troy Cass, John Carr, Jason Carnewski, Arnie Wolf.
Concession Commissioner: Will be decided if we host district play.
NEW BUSINESS: All equipment boxes need to be cleaned and repainted.
Waste Management wrote an article about the Waterford Complex and it should be appearing in the newspaper in the next few weeks. There are looking for any pictures of games or activities occurring on the complex. Garry Sargent will send some pictures.
The Landfill field is no longer needed by the league. Waste Management can take it over but please check to see if they would donate the bleachers to us. There should be bases, lime equipment and etc in storage shed that belongs to LLL and also needs picked up.
Brian Mitchell made a motion that our meeting time be changed to 8:00 p.m. instead of 7:00 p.m. due to other school activities stilling going on and it is difficult for members to attend meetings by that time. Mike Falk seconded the motion and all were in favor. The following will be our meeting time schedule.
All meetings will begin at 8:00 p.m. with the exception of May, June and July which they will begin at
9:00 p.m. There will be no meeting the month of December.
Rod Smith, our past president since the LLL was formed, is leaving our organization. He gave a farewell speech and wished us well.
NEXT MEETING DATE/TIME: November 8, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT: A motion was made by Jeff Kuzma to adjourn the meeting at 9:45 pm, and was seconded by Stuart Carr.
Submitted by: Darlene Haibach/Treasurer