Erving Recreation Committee Approves Banners, Transfers $15,000 for Playground Safety

ERVING — May 3, 2020 — Erving Recreation Committee approves senior banners and transfers $15,000 for playground safety work. Meeting remotely on May 3, the committee voted unanimously to move $15,000 from its roughly $29,000 revolving account — built from summer camp tuition fees — into the Szalinski Field and Church Street Park ADA-compliance and safety-surfacing fund, addressing what members described as an active personal-injury liability at both sites, where engineered wood fiber ground cover has worn away and exposed concrete footings now sit near the surface. A separate unanimous vote capped spending at $2,500 for congratulatory vinyl banners to be posted along Moore Street for the town's 2020 graduating seniors, with families choosing whether to include a photo or name only; one member abstained on the initial motion over concerns about hardware costs. The committee also unanimously approved a $350 annual agency membership in the Massachusetts Recreation and Parks Association, citing grant-funding resources and free member training. A parks and recreation staff member told the board that the Szalinski account already holds approximately $30,000 designated for that project, meaning the two pools of funding together should be sufficient to complete the required work before the fiscal year ends.