Recreation Youth League Wish Lists and Amazon Fund
At a glance
Names of league contacts are ASR-approximate.
- What: the Recreation Commission holds idle recreation funds from the Amazon-related account and solicited wish lists from Little League, softball, football, and soccer.
- Where it stands: open. On July 15 the commission voted to donate $2,158.95 (AED) and $5,147.99 (outdoor sound system), $7,306.94 total, from the Amazon account to Charlton Youth Football.
- Next: soccer list pending; the wish-list costs were still outstanding on August 10 and the list is kept open for small yearly capital asks.
Wish list items
- Items needing hard quotes include Little League dugouts (~$1,500), portable mound, bleachers, shed, batting cage.
- Softball: scoreboard sign (
$15K), shed ($6K), mini-split (~$4K). - Baseball lights (~$300-400K) to be sent to the Finance Committee as a capital request.
- Field lights to be a goal in the master plan.
Procurement
- Procurement rule discussed: $10K-$100K needs three written quotes.
Discussion time
About 20 minutes across 2 meetings (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 - Recreation Commission Meeting | 2 |
| 2026-07-15 - Recreation Commission Meeting | 18 |
Log
- 2026-08-10 - Recreation Commission Meeting — Wish-list costs still outstanding; list kept open for small yearly capital requests; lights to be added to master plan goals; budget healthy.
- 2026-07-15 - Recreation Commission Meeting — Unanimous voice votes to donate the AED and sound system to Charlton Youth Football; will request hard prices from Little League and softball contacts.