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Jourdanton Little League Minutes
February 10, 2004
The meeting was called to order at approximately 7:32 p.m.
Thirteen Board Members were present to include: Lee Roy Escobar, Jill Foster, Liesl Hons, Tricia Taylor, Karen Pesek, David Alviso, Sr., Rebecca Alviso, Curtis Vickers, Rita Munoz, Joseph Meyer, Gerald Zuhlke, Sylvia Campos and Tammy Blalock.
Tammy briefed the Board on the discussions and bid proposals received from Cato Electric Company regarding the south field lighting. She advised that she also tried to secure other bids from businesses in San Antonio and were referred to Cato. Liesl advised that Karnes would be unable to assist with this project in any manner and briefed the Board on the bid proposal received from Musco.
Tricia briefed the Board on financing options from Jourdanton State Bank, explained actual financing costs and explained and delivered a worst case scenario of the budget for the current season should the two-year financing be agreed to for the south field lights.
Curtis Motioned to approve Cato’s bid for lighting the south field, cash in the smaller CD on maturity in March and proceed with the two-year financing at Jourdanton State Bank. Tammy 2nd. Motion carries unanimously.
The next meeting was set for February 17, 2004.
Lee Roy Motioned to adjourn the meeting. David A. 2nd. Motion carried unanimously. Meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:00 p.m.
Jourdanton Little League Special Meeting
February 15, 2004
The meeting was called to order at approximately 1:07 p.m.
Ten Board Members were present to include: Lee Roy Escobar, Jill Foster, Liesl Hons, Tricia Taylor, Rita Munoz, Joseph Meyer, Mark Gawlik, Sylvia Campos, David Soward and Tammy Blalock.
Rita briefed the board on proposed local rule changes and explained recommendations made by Little League, Inc.
Tricia Motioned to remove statement in our local rules that stipulates all 12-year-olds must play in the Major Division and conform our local rules to Little League’s recommendations. David S. 2nd. Motion carried unanimously.
Tricia Motioned to adjourn the meeting. Lee Roy 2nd. Motion carried unanimously. Meeting was adjourned at approximately 1:20 p.m.
Jourdanton Little League Special Meeting
February 17, 2004
The meeting was called to order at approximately 6:42 p.m.
Fifteen Board Members were present to include: Lee Roy Escobar, Jill Foster, Liesl Hons, Tricia Taylor, Rita Munoz, Joseph Meyer, Sylvia Campos, David Soward, Grady Schorsch, Rebecca Alviso, David Alviso, Karen Pesek, Gerald Zuhlke, Curtis Vickers and Tammy Blalock.
Liesl advised the board of the $3,000 allocation made by the City of Jourdanton.
David S. Motioned to approve the minutes as presented from the February 3, 2004 meeting. Tricia 2nd. Motion carried unanimously.
Rita advised the board that drafts have gone good and that the only teams needing to draft was the Tee-Ball division.
Tricia Motioned to remove Santos Aguero as manager of an Upper Minor Girls manager and replace him with Kay outlaw. Rebecca 2nd. Motion carried unanimously.
Tricia briefed the board on the Manager’s Responsibilities hand-out. The mandatory field maintenance issue was discussed and it was decided to leave this stipulation in the rules. Curtis Motioned to approve the Manager’s Responsibilities as written. Gerald 2nd. Motion carried unanimously.
The Managers’ Clinic was discussed and set for February 27, 2004 beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Jourdanton Elementary Library. This meeting is mandatory for all managers. Grady reminded the board that ASAP and safe food handling procedures must be covered.
Jeffrey Korus with Palo Alto Sand & Silica agreed to provide sand for the softball field and pitcher’s mound on the baseball field.
Liesl appointed Tricia and Tammy to take care of all Opening Day Ceremonies and scheduling.
David S. Motioned to have an extended concession stand for Opening Day. Tricia 2nd. Motion carried unanimously. David S. advised the board that he can order from Cisco at cost, but needs a one week notice.
David S. Motioned to set picture day on March 20, 2004. Karen 2nd. Motion carried unanimously.
Tammy advised the board the costs associated with obtaining telephone service from Verizon at the JLL Board Room. Tricia Motioned to table this item. David S. 2nd. Motion carried unanimously.
David Motioned to release Keith Burries and Junior Loza as managers. Curtis 2nd. Motion carried unanimously. Liesl recommended the board replace these managers with Alan Johnston and Melba Leos. The board approved the President’s recommendation.
Liesl reminded the board of the clinics being held in Hondo regarding umpires and official scorebooks.
Liesl advised the board of Wall’s request to name a person who will be in charge of ordering all uniforms. Jill will be in charge of uniforms.
Gerald advised the board that he had requested the City of Jourdanton to do some work on the driveway to the North Field.
Karen advised the board that she did not recommend doing the decal fundraiser on Opening Day.
Tammy advised the board of the contract offer from Pepsi. There was a general consensus that the 6-year contract proposed by Pepsi was not lucrative enough for the league to enter into. Tricia Motioned to table this item. Karen 2nd. Motion carried unanimously.
Karen advised the board that a Strawberry Festival meeting would be held on March 12 and she would not be able to attend. Rita volunteered to attend the meeting in her place.
Tricia advised the board that the Team Mom/Dad and Concession Stand Responsibility Rules needed to be looked over for this season.
Karen questioned as to whether or not the league would want to discontinue offering drinks to all players after each game. There was a general consensus that the league should continue offering this to the players. No action was taken.
Curtis advised of his concerns about the safety of the current meter boxes on the North Field. Karen suggested the trade of a banner in exchange for someone to evaluate and correct the meter boxes.
Liesl advised the board that she had signed the contract with Cato Electric.
Tricia advised the board of the possibility of Jourdanton State Bank requiring personal credit applications for all board members because the amount of the loan will exceed the amount of collateral the league has. Tricia also advised that she would call Richard at the bank to clarify.
Tammy Motioned to accept Armando Calvillo’s, CNE Landscaping & Services, to maintain the two playing field and surrounding areas for the season in exchange for two banners – one for each field. Sylvia 2nd. Motion carried unanimously.
Curtis advised that the estimate he had on the chain link fence for the South Field would be about $1700 and that it was industrial quality.
Jill advised the board that she would attempt to open a charge account at Tractor Supply.
Liesl advised the board that February 21 and 22 would be mandatory work-days for the board.
Karen volunteered to secure a scoreboard for the North Field.
Jill advised the board that the returned check was 2-years old and she would not pursue the matter any further.
Liesl advised the board that she did not have a definite answer as to whether the Little League, Inc. insurance policy would cover us for the Strawberry Festival. She also advised that she would continue to look into the matter.
The next meeting was set for March 2, 2004 at the Jourdanton Little League Board Room.
Joseph Motioned to adjourn the meeting. Karen 2nd. Motion carried unanimously. Meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:54 p.m.
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