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Members Present: Paul Casey, Terry Clarke, and William Friend.
Others Attending: Jay McGrail, SSCC’s Director of Operations and Susan Sullivan, a consultant to the CCMC.
With a quorum present, the meeting was called to order at 6:40PM.
As the first order of business, Jay McGrail addressed the committee on a number of administrative and operational matters:
He commenced by providing the committee with his thoughts with regard to the membership fee schedule for the coming year, explaining that he was considering a schedule that would not raise the fees. He also stated he was considering the offering of a discount if the membership fees were paid by a set date. This would in essence be a reduction in fees for the members who act promptly. The committee discussed the marketing and revenue aspects of the fee schedule as well as the prompt payment discount and were generally in favor of the proposals. They then discussed alternative methods for providing the discount and whether the discount could be a credit for food at the SSCC restaurant. Jay McGrail agreed to consider these discount alternatives and report back to the committee.
Following this discussion, Jay McGrail updated the committee on his discussions with the town and representatives from EZ Links concerning the implementation of the EZ Links tee-time reservation system. He explained that he was waiting on directions from the town on the process required to enter into a contract with EZ Links. He also stated that, while this was being determined, he would continue to contact other courses employing EZ Link, to inquire about their satisfaction with the system and the compensation arrangement.
Jay McGrail next reported on his discussions with the Hingham DPW concerning mowing of the athletic fields in Bare Cove Park, explaining that he was willing to oversee the mowing, provided his workers were compensated for the work by the DPW and something could be worked out with regard to the equipment used.
Jay McGrail also reported to the committee that he was considering adjustments in the compensation of two SSCC employees. He then explained his reasoning for these adjustments and that he had spoken to the town’s director of human resources to see if the adjustments could be done. After a short discussion, the committee agreed with the merits of the proposed adjustments, offered to support Jay McGrail in attaining them and assist in the processing of any documentation required.
Following the administrative and operational reports, Jay McGrail handed out the SSCC food and beverage facility lease draft prepared By Robert Orsi, an attorney retained by the committee to assist with the lease negotiations, and with the assistance of Paul Casey and Bill Friend reviewed the significant provisions of the draft. Bill Friend advised the committee that he and Jay McGrail had spent several hours with Mr. Orsi discussing the language changes requested by Paul Casey and other committee members and that he felt the current draft reflected these changes. He further noted however, that there were still other open items to consider. The committee then discussed some of these open items raised by Bill Friend, gave him their ideas and agreed to look at the revised lease to see what still needed to be done.
Following the lease discussion, on motion duly made and seconded, the committee voted unanimously to adjourn the meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
William k. Friend