REPORT OF THE RECREATION COMMISSION – CALENDAR YEAR 2010
2010 was a successful year for the Town of Upton’s Recreation Commission. We hired a new Recreation Director, Mary Cortese, who has been doing some really good work for us. We were able to continue a number of, and start a few new recreation programs. We also took over a few programs from the Upton Youth Club as they started to wind down some of their operations – this included Youth Street Hockey, Youth Volleyball, and their MVP program. Our Fields sub-committee has continued their work, with the main focus thus far being the rehabilitation of the Howard Leland Memorial Field at Memorial Elementary School in an effort to make the fields more usable. Presently the design documents needed for the public bid process is underway. Some efforts regarding a Teen Center took place, but those efforts have died down and could use more effort to regain critical mass in the form of a committee to investigate.
Once again this year the Rec-Com was asked to supplement the Parks Dept and/or Town budget by paying for a new slide at the Town playground, as well as ½ the cost safety fencing at the Town Beach softball/baseball field, and we are in process of paying for all the materials to replace the Ramsey building sub-flooring and carpeting. While we have generated the revenues with our programs to help here, it is the Rec-Com’s belief that these maintenance expenses should be borne by the entire Town and not through the Rec-Com’s programs that do not benefit directly from any of these expenditures.
The Upton Town Beach and Athletic Facility had a very successful beach program in the summer of 2010. This would not have been possible without all of the good work done by the Swim Instructor, Swim Aides, Lifeguards, Gatekeepers, and the Groundskeepers. The beach program’s success also would not have been possible without the assistance and support from Parks Supervisor John Johnson, Jr. and DPW Administrative Assistant Carol Peterson. Gary Harper also has been doing some really good work on the playing fields in town. We would like to thank them all for their efforts in 2010. A special thanks to our Recreation Director, Mary Cortese who really hit the ground running and is doing some excellent work thus far.
The summer of 2010 marked the 5th year of the Kids@Play Summer Program at the Upton Town Beach and Athletic Facility. Well over 200 different children (grades K-7) spent part of their summer at this fun program. Without the hard work of all of the Program Directors and Counselors, this program would not have been possible, so we thank them for their important contributions to this program.
As usual, the Town Beach Softball field saw plenty of use from the Upton Youth Club’s various baseball teams and the Upton Men’s and Women’s Softball Leagues in 2010. The Town Beach Soccer field was extensively utilized by both the Mendon Upton Youth Soccer Association and the Mendon Upton Youth Lacrosse Association who held practices and a full slate of games on this field in the spring. Due to the unfortunate damage done to the Kiwanis soccer field in 2009 due to usage while the field was saturated, this field was closed for the Fall 2010 season in order for repair work to be done followed by rest to allow the repairs to take hold. The Parks Dept and Rec-Com instituted a ‘Wet Field Policy’ to attempt to prevent future damage.
The West River Street Soccer field was utilized heavily by the soccer group for practices and games.
The Howard Leland Memorial Field behind the Memorial Elementary School was open to baseball, soccer, and Nipmuc Ultimate Frisbee play in the Spring, and soccer practices and games in the Fall. The field conditions for soccer were usable(but less than ideal), but the infields of both fields are in poor condition and this really limited the usage for baseball. As mentioned earlier, the design documents for a public bid process to repair the fields is in process. Between a donation from a developer, and some CPA money to help preserve the field with irrigation and drainage work, we have a decent amount of money that we can put towards the repair work.
The outdoor ice rink at Memorial School opened on Jan 6th this year. Cold weather is in the forecast, so hopefully there will be a good run for the rink. We would like to thank the small group of townspeople who assisted in assembling and filling this rink with water and opening/closing/maintaining this rink, your efforts are greatly appreciated – a big thanks especially to the Fire Department for their help in filling the rink with water.
In 2010 , the Upton Recreation Commission offered the following recreation opportunities to Upton:
Existing programs:
- Swim Lessons at Upton Town Beach
- Life Guard coverage at Upton Town Beach
- Kids@Play Summer Program for grades K-7
- Outdoor Ice Rink at Memorial School Tennis Court
- Recyclable Boat Race at Town Beach
- Children’s Youth Theater
- Adult Volleyball – pickup
- Adult Basketball - pickup
- Adult Yoga classes
New programs:
-Zumba workout classes
- Boot Camp workout classes
- Youth volleyball (took over from Upton Youth Club)
- Youth Street Hockey (took over from Upton Youth Club)
- MVP youth sports program (took over from Upton Youth Club)
- participated with a float in the 275th anniversary parade
The present Recreation Commission is very interested in offering additional recreation opportunities to the citizens of Upton. We are also open to suggestions on future programs, you can drop us a note at: Rec-Com, PO Box 808, Upton or via e-mail at reccom@upton.ma.us – we would like to hear from you.
We look forward to working with and for the citizens of Upton to drive more recreation opportunities in town.
Dave Adams, Chairman
Tim Alibozek
Paul Pirozzi
Calendar Year 2010 Upton Recreation Commission Financial Results
Town Beach program:
$ 8000.00 Lifeguard/Gatekeeper salary account starting balance
- $ 8000.00 Partial salary to Summer Beach employees
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$ 0.00 Ending balance *
* remainder of above salaries are paid out of gate/swim lesson receipts which are deposited into the Parks Dept. Revolving Account. The Parks Dept. has been processing the payroll for the lifeguards/gatekeepers/swim instructors/swim aides over the past number of years.
Kids@Play 2010 Summer Program:
$ 78,477.00 Kids@Play Revenue
- $ 52,709.75 Kids@Play Payroll
- $ 13,462.05 Kids@Play Equipment/Supplies/Advertising/entertainment
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$ 12,305.20 Kids@Play profit
Youth Theater Programs:
$ 5100.00 Class revenues
-$ 3202.48 Instruction fee and expenses
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$ 1897.52 Youth Theater profit
Adult pickup Volleyball program:
$ 1725.00 at-door collections
- $ 2400.00 Volleyball payroll
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$ ( 675.00) Volleyball loss
Adult Basketball program(pickup and league):
$ 420.00 revenue collections
- $ 1584.95 Basketball payroll/equipment/shirts
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$ (1164.95) Basketball loss
Adult Yoga programs:
$ 4485.00 Yoga revenues
- $ 3340.00 Instructor Fee and advertising
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$ 1145.00 Yoga profit
Adult Boot Camp:
$ 395.00 Boot Camp revenues
- $ 426.17 Boot Camp instruction/advertising/supplies
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$ ( 31.17) Boot Camp loss
Adult Zumba program:
$ 1785.00 Zumba revenues
- $ 640.00 Instructor Fee and advertising
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$ 1145.00 Zumba profit
Youth MVP program
$ 295.00 MVP revenues
- $ 180.00 Instructor fee and advertising
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$ 115.00 MVP profit
Other expenditures from Rec-Com revolving account in 2010:
- $ 4807.00 Pay for Parks Dept. slide replacement at playground
- $ 1181.95 Split safety fencing at Town Beach baseball field w/ UYC
- $ 735.00 Schofield Eng. – Glen Echo field design work
- $ 495.23 275th Anniversary Parade supplies
- $ 488.00 Misc. Town Crier Advertising
- $ 95.87 Recyclable Boat Race supplies
- $ 30.00 Envelopes
- $ 29.94 Ice Rink sealant
Recreation Director Payroll Account:
$ 10,000.00 Director payroll account for FY2010
-$ 6,450.00 Rec. Director pay through 6/30/10
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$ 3,550.00 Balance (returned to General Fund on 7/1/10)
$ 10,000.00 Fiscal Year 2011 beginning balance
-$ 7,620.00 Calendar Year 2010 Rec. Director payroll
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$ 2,380.00 Rec. Director payroll account balance on 1/1/2010
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