By: Bob Moore

Following is a video recording of the public comment section at the beginning of the Brodie Park South Study Group/Committee held on February 24 on the third floor of the Town Hall. A large number of New Hartford Football supporters, as evidenced by their Wolverines red sweatshirts, attended the meeting as well other members of the public.

Members of the Study Group initially sitting at the conference table at the front of the room were (from left to right): Rick Berneike (Youth Sports), Alison Murdock (Conservation Commission) and Dan Eddy (Chairman of the Study Group and Rec Commission member). Shortly after the start of the meeting they were joined by Corina Hughes (Friends of Brodie Park) and later former First Selectman Bob LaGoy (sitting in for Jean Cronauer of Open Space Preservation). Absent from the meeting were John Maschi, Rec Commission Chairman, and a representative from the Senior Center Board.

Dan Eddy recapped the work of the Committee for the audience, followed by First Selectman Dan Jerram, who presented figures obtained from Youth Sports of the numbers participating in each of the various sports in New Hartford. The floor was then given over to members of the public for their comments and questions.