2002-09-30City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board:
Parks and Recreation Commission
Subcommittee:
Date:
Sept. 30, 2002
Place:
Beverly Public Library
Board members present:
Bruce Doig, Chair, Patricia Adams, Elizabeth Caputo, Mark Casey, David
Gardner, Kevin Hobin, Lisa MacFadden, Arthur Powell, and Lauren Young
Board members absent:
Others present:
Thomas Scully, Community Services Director
Recorder:
Thomas F. Scully
MINUTES
Special Meeting September 30, 2002
Chairman Bruce Doig called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm. Bruce announced that he was leaving
the meeting since he was considering applying for the position of Director of Recreation. Bruce
turned the chair over to Vice Chairman Kevin Hobin, who presided at the meeting.
The Commission then discussed the procedure for hiring a new Director of Recreation. Tom Scully,
Community Services Director, explained that he had the legal authority to appoint a new Director of
Recreation. However, he would follow the same procedure he had followed in hiring a new Council
on Aging Director and a new Health Director. The Parks and Recreation Commission would
interview candidates for the job and make a recommendation to him. The Commission decided to
review the current job description, salary and duties for the Director. The Commission will be
provided with salaries and job descriptions from comparative communities on the North Shore.
The Commission agreed that Assistant Recreation Director Arthur Sullivan should be appointed
Acting Recreation Director.
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The Commission then discussed adding several agenda items for the October 3 meeting of the
Commission. Time would be added on the agenda to discuss the following items: selection of a
design architect by the Lynch Park Advisory Committee, meeting with people from Montserrat
College of Art relative to an Arts in the Park program, and meeting with representatives of BARC
relative to the proposed ban of dogs from Lynch Park.
The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.