Posted by: thepinetree on 02/12/2009 08:20 AM
Updated by: Victor_Claveau on 02/12/2009 09:07 PM
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Calaveras County Fair & Frog Jumping Jubilee Carnival Concesssionionare Makes Presentation at Last Evenings Fair Board Meeting. Fair Board gives vote of confidence!
Frogtown, USA...At last nights Calaveras County Fair & Frog Jumping Jubilee Board Meeting, The Carnival Concessionaire that was involved in last years County Fair accident, made a presentation to the Board outlining improvements and health and safety measures taken to ensure safe and enjoyable carnival operations at the fair this year. Following the presentation, the Board voted unanimously to give the Concessionaire a vote of confidence for carnival operations this year....
Frogtown, USA... The monthly meeting of the 39th district Agricultural Association was held to Frogtown on February 11, 2009.
Board members present:
Stephen Kautz (President)
Gay Callon
Ron Aschwanden
Bob Trinchero
Taliba Al-Rafig
Tim Folendorf
Kathy Campbell
Staff
Ray Malerbi (CEO)
Laurie Giannini
Maintenance & Operations Committee Report
A heating, ventilation, and Air conditioning maintenance agreement is in place and working out well.
A mobile equipment maintenance agreement is in the works.
Discussion on water bill. Had water line break.
Electrical breaker box to be remarked.
Museum to open in 2010
Break-ins and robberies quires the installation of a roll up door for the Buttler building, a non-budgeted item. Cost will be approximately $6,900. Income based on 22 units should be about $9,000. Door will not be installed until after Fair. Motion passed unanimously.
Report unanimously approved
Finance Committee Report
Financial Report
Revenues of $720,000
Expenditures of $915,000
Allocation received from State $150,000.
Net gain was approximately $80,000.
Livestock Auction Line of Credit needed for payouts after livestock sales. The finance committee is working on this item.
Loan from State of reduced from $125,000 to $107,000.
Year end should be in the black.
Report unanimously approved
Marketing Committee Report
Marketing Manager’s Report reviewed plans for overall theme for the fair.
Report unanimously approved
Executive Committee Report
Goals & Comments
CEO Malerbi received a very favorable evaluation from the
Executive Committee.
CEO’s Report
As many of you may recall, there was a carnival accident at last year’s Fair. The ride that malfunctioned will no longer be used at the fair.
Carnival Owner, Harry Mason made a presentation to the Board outlining improvements and health and safety measures taken to ensure safe and enjoyable carnival operations at the fair this year.
Investigation report is still not complete. The preliminary report will confirm that in a metallurgical examination the locking tang washer had a catastrophic failure. The report will contain a list of safety requirements; which is typical in such an industrial accident. As a result of a September 2008 investigation by the Consumer Products Safety Commission there was a nation-wide recall of all YoYo rides. Mr. Mason stressed that “nowhere in the report will it state that I am an unsafe operator or a shoddy operator. We have been in business for 30 years and have never had an incident like this before. We have now hired a full-time safety director. Who will be responsible for training and documentation of all safety procedures. We have also hired a new Human Resource manager who’s responsibility will be to interview, drug test, do background checks of all employees and hire. We sent certified letters to the manufacturers of all our rides to ensure that we will receive any and all notices of recalls or safety bulletins. We have contracted with a third-party safety consultant, Mr. Ray Rieder, who will conduct both pre-operational and operational inspections on each ride. He will be on the grounds for the whole fair.” Mr. Mason expressed considerable regret that the accident occurred. I cannot apologize enough to the Board, and the community, that we have not been able to get any facts as to what happened. The ride that failed was properly licensed and permitted and there was no way that we could have foreseen this component failure.”
Following the presentation, the Board voted unanimously to give the Concessionaire a vote of confidence for carnival operations this year.
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