April 27, 2020

POINT PLEASANT BEACH RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Committee Meeting Minutes
Monday April 27, 2020 – 6:30pm – virtual meeting via Zoom
Call to order: 6:32pm by Committee Chairperson Ryan Simunovich
In attendance: Debra Bodine-Vazquez, Katie Dicorcia, Lenore Fastuca, Kait Greenburg, Kelly
McGee, Michele Mosca, Angela O’Cone, Kieran Schulz, Ryan Simunovich, Doug Vitale, Wendy
Yorke.
Review prior meeting minutes: Michele Mosca reviewed the minutes from the March 23, 2020
meeting with the members. A motion to accept the minutes was made by Katie DiCorcia and
seconded by Debra Bodine-Vazquez.
Executive reports:
Chairperson: Ryan Simunovich stated that he and Doug Vitale conducted interviews for the positions
of Summer Camp Director and Assistant Director. The recommendation was made to hire Michele
Mosca for the position of Director and Allison Pastor for the position of Assistant Director. Ryan
shared the background and experience of both applicants. A motion to recommend Michele and
Allison for these positions was made by Debra Bodine-Vazquez and seconded by Angela O’Cone.
Ryan and Doug also recommended to the committee that the Assistant Director salary be increased
from $2145 to $2600. A motion to increase the salary for the Assistant Director position was made by
Kelly McGee and seconded by Kieran Schultz. Lastly, Ryan stated that applications for Counselor
positions are continuing to come in. Committee voted and approved salaries and position nominations
– 1st Ryan Simunovich and 2nd Kieran Schulz.
Correspondence: Michele Mosca has not received any hard copy correspondence.
Treasurer: no updates reported.
Council Liaison: Doug shared with the committee the town’s plan to reopen in phases, including this
Friday’s reopening of public parks and inlet parking area. Doug pointed out the possibility that
summer camp may not be held in the same manner as years past due to the fluidity of the Covid-19
situation and that “outside the box” ideas will need to be explored in the event camp needs to be
canceled. Camp is currently slated to start on June 29th. Lastly Doug stated that he would like to
see an increase in social media posts to up to once per day, and asked for committee members to
volunteer to assist Kelly McGee with this.
Subcommittee reports:
Basketball: no updates to report.
Bonfire: no to updates report.
Family Fishing Day: Ryan stated that this event would be postponed until September and that John &
Shannon Godwin of Point Lobster were interested in participating.
Social Media: Kelly reported that the new website has gone “live” and will, among other things, house
the monthly meeting minutes. Kelly also stated there were 125 engagements and over 650 people
reached with the “Chalk the Walk” event announcement on Facebook. Additionally, Kelly stated there
have been 55 new likes/follows of the Facebook page in April. Kelly recommended the committee
increase its posts to three times per week to gradually gain more interest and followers. Kelly will
post photos of basketball sponsor plaques upon receipt of the photos from Michele Mosca. Doug
stated there are funds available to be used for boosting Facebook posts, and it was recommended by
Kelly that businesses who we partner with also reshare our posts.
Summer Camp: Michele Mosca posed the question to the group of whether alternatives to the
traditional summer camp should be explored, such as a late start. The committee agreed that while
nothing is definitive at this point, options should be discussed. Michele stated that she and Assistant
Director Allison Pastor would be touching base this week and will begin planning for alternatives.
Summertime Surf: no updates reported.
Wrestling: Ryan reported that a use of building request has not yet been submitted and that Robby
Neill continues to reach out to various area contacts about planning for this summer.
Holiday Lights: no to updates report.
Best Day: Ryan stated he will reach out to this organization and that this subcommittee is still in need
of a chairperson.
Tug of War: Ryan and Doug stated that an October date is planned and that this subcommittee is still
in need of a chairperson.
New business:
Adult Sports: Ryan revisited the idea of putting out a poll on Facebook to gauge community interest
in this possible new subcommittee. It was discussed that a positive spin on this given the current
pandemic situation would be fun and likely gain much attention.
Open discussion:
Ryan asked committee members to check out the Point Beach Businesses spreadsheet (Google
Sheets) that was created by Katie DiCorcia (thank you Katie!!) in an effort to establish contact and
open up communication between this committee and local businesses. The idea of connecting with
businesses to post short activity-based videos on our Facebook page was discussed in great detail,
and Ryan indicated that he has spoken to several businesses who have expressed interest in this. It
was further discussed the benefits of generating social media traffic for the committee as well as
providing exposure for local businesses. Also, Ryan encouraged members to explore additional
ideas for virtual activities and to check out other recreation department websites. It was suggested
that the two recreation websites currently active be combined, and it was reported that the town owns
the domain “pointbeachrec.com”. Doug stated he has been in communication with the webmaster
and will contact borough hall for assistance with this.
A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Debra Bodine-Vazquez and seconded by Wendy
Yorke.
Meeting adjourned: 7:14pm by Ryan Simunovich
Next meeting: Monday, May 18th, 2020, 6:30pm
Respectfully submitted,
Michele D. Mosca
Secretary, Recreation Committee