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Dormont Recreation Board Meeting - August 19, 2026

Borough Council & Boards — Wednesday, August 19, 2026
BodyDormont, Pennsylvania
SessionBorough Council & Boards
DateWednesday, August 19, 2026
StatusFILED
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Speaker 1

0:01

All right.

0:02

So we have a lovely new agenda that has some more formalized things that we're gonna do moving forward, starting off with a call to order.

0:09

So a call to order the meeting of the um the March 9th 2026 meeting of the Dormont Rec board.

0:18

And so we'll start off with a roll call.

0:20

So I'm assuming that just means everyone that's here says they're here, correct?

Speaker 2

0:23

Yes, and then that

Speaker 1

0:24

way

Speaker 2

0:24

you just have a listing of who attended,

Speaker 1

0:26

basically.

Speaker 3

0:27

Amber says there's no

Speaker 4

0:28

link

Unassigned speaker

0:29

on

Speaker 3

0:29

the borough site.

Speaker 1

0:33

Hey, hello.

0:35

Perfect timing.

Speaker 3

0:36

Never mind, she found

Unassigned speaker

0:37

it.

Unassigned speaker

0:38

I

Speaker 2

0:38

was like, I can't vote this on if

Speaker 3

0:40

she found

Unassigned speaker

0:41

it.

Unassigned speaker

0:43

All

Speaker 1

0:43

right.

0:43

So Sarah, we're doing roll call now as part of our new formalized agenda.

0:48

So you want to start?

Unassigned speaker

0:49

I'll just

Speaker 1

0:50

Kirsten Posky.

Unassigned speaker

0:51

John

Speaker 1

0:51

Chomp.

0:53

Sarah Fox.

Speaker 5

0:54

Jesse Cook.

0:55

Brendan Pavlick.

Speaker 1

0:58

And currently online we have no one but Amber will be joining, supposedly.

1:04

Okay, so approval of the minutes.

1:06

So going forward, we're gonna have really formalized minutes from the last meeting.

1:09

I don't think we actually had any formalized minutes.

1:12

Jesse, you put some great notes together.

1:14

I don't that but I use to do everything that I did after the meeting.

1:18

So

Unassigned speaker

1:18

I

Speaker 1

1:18

don't know if we want to push that in as meetings.

1:22

Yeah,

Speaker 2

1:22

Jesse, if you want, you can send whenever we could put it in Granicus, but we won't approve them from last month.

Speaker 1

1:27

Just so that way we just approve the previous ones.

1:29

It'll be okay.

Speaker 2

1:30

We can do it, like we can do two months next month.

Speaker 1

1:32

Okay.

Unassigned speaker

1:33

Yeah, we don't have to.

Speaker 1

1:34

All right, so we have no minutes to approve right now for last month, but we will revisit that next

Unassigned speaker

1:39

month.

Speaker 1

1:41

All right.

1:42

So old business.

1:43

So the only thing I put on there for old business was the new board member outreach update.

1:48

This was really more of a question for you.

1:49

I know we had kind of talked about trying to recruit those last two members.

1:53

Can you give us any kind of update on that?

Speaker 2

1:55

So we have been posting about board members.

1:59

There has been a couple of times and we I know we did a couple specific shoutouts too.

2:02

Um, but we can continue to do some

Unassigned speaker

2:04

more.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Parks and Recreation██████████████████████████████30%
Youth Programs████████████████████████24%
Public Engagement█████████████████████21%
Procedural██████████10%
Community Engagement██████████10%
Technology and Innovation████4%
Food Safety█1%
Summary of Proceedings

Dormont Recreation Board Meeting - August 19, 2026

The Dormont Recreation Board met on August 19, 2026, to discuss board roles, upcoming events, and community outreach. The meeting included roll call, old business regarding board member recruitment, and detailed planning for several events. No minutes from the previous meeting were approved due to lack of formal minutes.

Discussion Items

  • Board Roles Clarification: The board formalized its leadership positions, electing John as President, Jesse as Vice President, and Amber as Secretary.
  • New Board Member Outreach: An update indicated only one application had been received for the Shade Tree Commission. Members were encouraged to identify and recruit potential candidates.
  • Easter Egg Hunt (March 28, 2026): Detailed planning discussed volunteers (football team and fire department confirmed), egg orders (1,200 medium candy-filled, 500 sticker-filled, 500 candy-filled, and 1,500 toy-filled eggs, totaling 3,700 eggs, though a member reported receiving 2,700), prize structure (raffle drawing at 11:30 AM), supplies (gloves, napkins, cookies, donuts, coffee), costume cleaning, and adherence to the borough's AI policy for promotional materials.
  • Movies in the Parking Lot: The board selected four movies for the summer series: Zootopia 2 (May 8), Goat (June 12, in partnership with Keystone Oaks United Soccer), Dogman (July 10), and Hoppers (August 14). The movie budget is $3,000. Additional activities discussed included zoo visits, therapy dogs, goats, and a potential adult movie night at Hillsdale Park. Members were assigned to research these options.
  • Yoga in the Park: The schedule was set for Saturdays from June 6 to September 19, 8:30 AM, skipping July 4 and Labor Day weekend (September 5). The library will serve as a rain location. Signage specific to Yoga in the Park will be ordered.
  • Story Stroll: Brendan and John will lead the effort, proposing books that tie into a chalk/color theme.
  • Dormont Dash (August 30, 2026): The date was confirmed (moved from September due to timing company availability). Swag bags will not be provided. A coffee truck has agreed to attend at no cost. The board discussed food sponsors (Trader Joe’s, Shop ’n Save, Aldi) and will prepare a donation letter.
  • Other Events: Trunk or Treat, Street and Music Festival Kids Zone, Cookies with Santa, and Holiday Lights were noted for future planning.

Key Outcomes

  • Officers Elected: John (President), Jesse (Vice President), Amber (Secretary) by acclamation.
  • Easter Egg Hunt: Raffle process changed to a drawing at 11:30 AM; prizes can be claimed on site. Volunteers will be coordinated.
  • Movies: Four movies approved; John will clean up the document and circulate. Amber to research goats and therapy dogs; another member to look into zoo.
  • Yoga in the Park: Schedule finalized; signage to be ordered; library backup confirmed.
  • Dormont Dash: Date set; no swag bags; coffee truck confirmed; sponsor outreach ongoing.

Meeting Transcript

All right. So we have a lovely new agenda that has some more formalized things that we're gonna do moving forward, starting off with a call to order. So a call to order the meeting of the um the March 9th 2026 meeting of the Dormont Rec board. And so we'll start off with a roll call. So I'm assuming that just means everyone that's here says they're here, correct? Yes, and then that way you just have a listing of who attended, basically. Amber says there's no link on the borough site. Hey, hello. Perfect timing. Never mind, she found it. I was like, I can't vote this on if she found it. All right. So Sarah, we're doing roll call now as part of our new formalized agenda. So you want to start? I'll just Kirsten Posky. John Chomp. Sarah Fox. Jesse Cook. Brendan Pavlick. And currently online we have no one but Amber will be joining, supposedly. Okay, so approval of the minutes. So going forward, we're gonna have really formalized minutes from the last meeting. I don't think we actually had any formalized minutes. Jesse, you put some great notes together. I don't that but I use to do everything that I did after the meeting. So I don't know if we want to push that in as meetings. Yeah, Jesse, if you want, you can send whenever we could put it in Granicus, but we won't approve them from last month. Just so that way we just approve the previous ones. It'll be okay. We can do it, like we can do two months next month. Okay. Yeah, we don't have to. All right, so we have no minutes to approve right now for last month, but we will revisit that next month.

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