ENFIELD BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE
Minutes of a Regular Meeting
June 1, 2010
A regular meeting of the Enfield Beautification Committee was called to order at 7:11 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 in the Thompsonville Room of the Enfield Town Hall, 820 Enfield Street, Enfield, Connecticut.
ROLL CALL
Present from the committee were Chairman Colleen Cross, Alexandra Bozzuto, Jaclyn Frenette, Diane Tapp, Gary Turner and Darren Ketchale arrived at 7:20 pm.
MINUTES
Ms. Frenette motioned to pass the minutes from April 6, 2010, Ms. Bozutto seconded the motion, they were unanimously passed.
Financial Report
Diane Tapp discussed the Landscape design for the Town Hall Gazebo will cost the committee approximately $1200 for their portion ($2400 for the entire design). The estimate included plants to be close together and trellises for vines and ongoing maintenance savings.
Chairman Cross noticed there are two items (one for $46.38 and one for $265.20) that came out of the Beautification budget instead of clean sweep. Ms. Frenette made a motion to keep the items in the budges as they were, leaving $2600 left in the Beautification budget. All were in favor.
Chairman Cross made a note that the flag from Scitico has not been billed yet and needs to come out of the budget before the end of the fiscal year.
FLAG PROGRAM
Ms. Frenette found out the flags in Hartford along the bridge are sponsored by private companies by a private organization. She suggested getting the companies to sponsor the flags along the Suffield bridge. The committee would have to get permission from the state first and an estimate for how much manpower and the flags would cost to purchase and maintain before they could ask for sponsorship from companies.
ADOPT-A-SPOT
Ms. Tapp received permission to do an Adopt-A-Spot for her business in front of the Post Office on Route 5 in Enfield. Ms. Tapp questioned what the cost is to have an Adopt-A-Spot. Chairman Reidy stated the sign is free if you are a non-profit organization and there is a $120 fee for the sign if you are a company. Mr. Hartley orders the signs and puts them up himself.
GARDEN CLUB
Ms Bozutto recommended putting in sod near the gazebo area at the Town Hall to make the whole area look better since the most of the grass has been worn down. Sod would withstand the crowds walking over in during events such as the 4th of July festival.
CLEAN SWEEP
No new business.
WWII MEMORIAL
Chairman Reidy stated she need to follow up with the flag at the memorial.
WEBSITE
Mr. Turner stated he would like to look into ways to improve the Beautification Committee’s website on the Town’s webpage. Chairman Reidy stated she will send him contact information for the webmaster.
Ms. Frenette stated she will add more information on the Committee’s Facebook page. Chairman Reidy stated she will add more administrators to the page so committee members can keep it up to date.
NEW BUSINESS
Chairman Reidy stated she will need to put together slides for the annual 4th of July festival to advertise for the Enfield Beautification Committee and Clean Sweep. Mr. Turner suggested creating several slides and having them mixed in throughout the slide show with other advertisements.
Chairman Reidy asked members to submit project ideas and have companies/sponsors pick which type of project they would like to work on since the committee gets inquiries from them on how they can help the community.
Ms. Frenette motioned to adjourn at 8:25 p.m., Chairman Reidy seconded the motion. All were in favor.
The next Beautification meeting will be held on July 6, 2010 in the Thompsonville Room at 7:00 PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Alexis Hanke-Alvarado
Recording Secretary |