MINUTES

LAIRD RECREATION COMMITTEE

April 28, 2026, at 7:00 pm

Laird Township Council Chambers

  Present: Matt Frolick, Shawn Evoy, Rhonda Crozier, Suzanne Evoy, JoAnne Entwistle and Joanne North and Crytal Wells          

1.         Call to Order

Chair Matt Frolick called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

2.         Declaration of Pecuniary Interest

3.         Agenda Approval

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Moved by: Shawn Evoy

Seconded by: Suzanne Evoy

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Recreation hereby approves the April 28, 2026 agenda with the addition of Planet Youth Algoma.                                                                                        Carried

4.         Delegations and Presentations

5.         Adoption of Minutes of Previous Meeting

a.    Recreation Meeting – March 31, 2026

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Moved by: Shawn Evoy

Seconded by: Suzanne Evoy

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Recreation approves Recreation Committee minutes of the Regular Meeting of March 31, 2026, as presented.                                                                   Carried

6.         Committee Reports

a.    Bar River Hall – The Pub Night was a success.  Lots of rental coming up.

b.    Finns Bay Wharf – John Hooper has expressed that he does not want to be apart of an Emergency Call.

The committee is having an issue with quorum for meetings.

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Moved by: Suzanne Evoy

Seconded by: Crystal Wells

BE IT RESOLVED that the Recreation Committee approves of a sub-committee member being removed from the committee if they don’t attend for over three meeting in a row.                                                                                                                                                       Carried

c.    Laird Fairgrounds – The Grounds Caretaker is scheduled to start the first week of May.  The vehicles are scheduled to come out of storage Saturday May 9^th.

d.    Laird Hall – There is a hall meeting coming up to review the budget and select paint colours.

7.         Adoption of Accounts

a.    Recreation accounts for March 2026

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Moved by: Shawn Evoy

Seconded by: JoAnne Entwistle

BE IT RESOLVED that the Recreation Committee approves the accounts for March 2026 in the amount of $4,106.42, as presented.                                                                         Carried

8.         Unfinished Business

a.    The secretary reported that a lot of resumes have been coming in and that we received funding through Canada Summer Jobs for two employees.  One for Main Recreation and one for Heritage.

9.         New Business

a.     The committee discussed plans for the Appreciation BBQ.

b.    Shawn Evoy reported on Planet Youth Algoma.  See Attached!

10.      Adjournment

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Moved by: Shawn Evoy

BE IT RESOLVED THAT this Recreation Committee shall now adjourn the meeting and will meet again May 26, 2026.                                                                                                    Carried

Chair – ___________________________

                                                                                          Matt Frolick

                                                            Secretary – ___________________________

                                                                                        Rhonda Crozier