Albany Tennis Club

Board Meeting

June 17, 2008

 

 

Members present:  Dick Juntunen, Laura Hyde, Dale Burrows, Tom Cutsforth, Jason Hedding, Greg Fortier, and Carol Wood

Members absent:  Louis Weinstein (excused)

Manager/Pro:  Tim Layman (excused)

Members:  Egil Johnsen

President Laura Hyde called the meeting to order at 7:02 pm.  A correction was made to the May minutes for the correct the spelling of new members Brandon and Tara Kuebrich.  A motion was made, seconded, and passed to approve the May minutes as corrected.

Web Site

Major kudos to Dale Burrows for the new look to the ATC Web Site.  It is up and running.  Check it out at albanytennisclub.org.  The domain name is under a two-year contract at about $8/month under Sheila’s name.  Dale will be adding a gallery page.  The “prospective member” pages for trial and summer memberships need updating.  Laura will retype the pages and e-mail it to Dale.  A suggestion was made to put a sign downstairs to check out the “new” Web site.

Member Business

Carl Love made several suggestions:

1.       Have ATC buy Tim a subscription to Racquet Stringers Association.  Tim said that he doesn’t need this.  If his business was primarily racquet stringing, he could see the value.

2.       The light panels at the ends of courts 1 and 2 cause glare, can they be redirected?  The Board did not feel any action was needed at this time.

Pro/Manager

Laura reported that Tim was not at tonight’s meeting because he had made a commitment some time ago to help run a tennis camp at Illahe (tonight), then playing in an exhibition match afterwards.  The camp featured Luke Jensen.  In the future, this camp will be rotated among the tennis clubs in the area due to the large turnout.

Junior tennis started June 16.  These are 11-week sessions, ending August 28.  There are five classes:

o        Tiny Tots, with 13 kids. 

o        Advanced/Beginner, with 12 kids

o        Intermediate, with 4 kids

o        Advanced/Varsity, with 4 kids

o        Junior Champs, no kids yet

These lessons are also available for nonmembers.

There are 2 junior tournaments coming up:

o        Challenger July 11-13

o        Champs July 18-20

The City Parks &and Recreation tournament will be the first weekend of August.

Tim will be playing in several tournaments this summer to keep his ranking.

Tim hopes to have his Wilson Pro Shop up and running in two weeks.

New members:

Summer (including repeats from last year): 

Russell and Tonya Lindberg and 2 kids  

Torri and Kela Lynn and 4 kids

Lois and Kevin Corbett and 2 kids

Ana and Brent Norlander and 2 kids

Rudy and Heidi Garza and 2 kids

Troy and Sibrina Stevens and 2 kids

Eric and Kathy Moen and 2 kids

Greg and Jennifer Renyer and 2 kids

Paul and Brenda Risinger and 2 kids

Leanna and Eric Devenport and 3 kids

Junior:  Chloe Mitchell

Tennis Committee

Dick reported Senior and Super Senior leagues are now forming.  There are information flyers located around the club.  Dick is forming a Senior and Super Senior men’s team and a Senior 4.0 Women’s team has been formed.

The high school rules and regulations are being revised.

Finance

Tom reported the statements are still not in the new format.

 

 

Income:            $70,742

Expenses:         56,140

    Net income:  $14,602

 

The current Edward Jones account:  $32,790 (as of 6-17-2008)   

Cash:                                                21,697

     Total current assets:                   $54,487

Tom will bring the year-to-date Edward Jones information to the next Board meeting.

Mortgage Update

Tom has come up with several options for refinancing ATC’s mortgage, roughly at $160,000, through Umpqua Bank:

1.       At 8% (what we are at currently), if ATC finished paying off the mortgage by 2015, how much would the monthly cost be?  $2,576/month.

2.       If we can get a lower rate, 6.5%, amortize to our current debt and pay off by 2015, how much would it cost?  $2,452/month.

3.       Go to someone else completely new.

4.       At 6.5%, paying $1,800/month (current payment) the mortgage would be paid off by April 2019.  If we add $20,000 to this, the mortgage would be paid by April 2021.  Adding $20,000 would allow ATC to do one of 2 projects;

o        Resurface the pool

o        Resurface the outdoor courts

            Tim would need to update the bids to resurface the pool and outdoor courts.

A motion was made, seconded, and passed to approve option 4. 

Grounds/Maintenance

Tim is having a pool/outdoor court sign made for signing in.

Greg will be getting bids to have a licensed surveyor survey the club property lines.

The BPA’s Urban Forester, working with the City’s Urban Forester, will be planting “compatible trees” to replace the ones they took out along the parking lot. 

The upstairs tiling should be completed within one week.

Tim is waiting to hear back from Bob Schueller regarding the cost of light sensors.  GE will also come out and give a quote.

Keyless lock entry:  Tim and Laura are to meet with John Bell regarding his proposal and to find out whether or not he is still interested and whether or not his proposal includes connection to Tim’s computer.  If he is still interested, then the proposal needs to be revised to include all the costs including the labor.  If after the meeting with John that this isn’t a viable option, a motion was made, seconded, and passed to go with Albany Lock and Key.

Tom and Greg have built six new stools for the pool area that need to be painted.  Other outside benches and tables also need painting.

Dick discovered a mess in the men’s restroom caused by a plugged toilet. The “plug” had been removed from the toilet and placed on the floor for someone to clean up.  Who is responsible for making sure the restrooms are clean?  The lifeguards should be cleaning the restrooms, but this could have happened after hours.

Bill Clotier has marked the broken spots in the drip system.  Tom will talk to Bill about helping fix the system.

Swim Committee

Dale gave Tim 20 updated summer membership booklets.

The pool officially opened Memorial Day.  There were several problems:  the pool water was too cold and the chlorine level was too low per Brianna.  Fortunately, it was too cold a day for swimming.

Tim is looking for new windscreens through the Wilson rep.

Dale will check and see if covering the pool at the end of the day is on the lifeguards list of things to do.  The garbage around the pool area also needs to be cleaned up every night.

Dale said that he is planning to schedule a cleanup/maintenance day within the next month and will e-mail the Board of the date and time. 

The next Board meeting will be July 15. 

Laura adjourned the meeting at 9:02 pm.

Minutes submitted by ATC Secretary Carol Wood