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Glynn County finance committee approves $1,600 refund to local tennis group
Summary
The Glynn County Finance Committee approved a $1,600 refund to the Golden House Tennis Association for a November fundraiser at Epworth Park so more proceeds can be used for youth tennis scholarships and programs; the vote was by voice/hand-raise and no roll-call tally was recorded.
Glynn County—————The Glynn County Finance Committee approved a $1,600 refund to the Golden House Tennis Association for a two-day fundraiser held at Epworth Park in November 2024. The committee voted by voice and a hand-raise; no roll-call tally was recorded.
Lisa Gorgenas, a county recreation staff member who presented the request, said the organization had already paid the $1,600 court-rental fee and asked the county to return it so “they could give more of their money towards their charitable cause,” which she described as benefiting youth tennis activities in Glynn County. Gorgenas said she had heard Golden House leaders expected to donate about $1,500 from the event toward scholarships and county camps but that those plans were not yet finalized.
Committee members discussed past similar waivers and refunds for recreational fundraisers. One commissioner noted a recent pickleball fundraiser that benefited the Parkinson—s Foundation; Gorgenas said Golden House previously ran a one-day breast-cancer awareness fundraiser in October and that the current two-day event was separate.
Gorgenas described county tennis programming as largely entry-level and intermediate classes offered at Epworth Park (and previously at a site identified in the transcript as Northglenn). She said summer clinics enroll about 30 children per week and off-season classes typically have 12 to 15 students, covering ages roughly 4 to 14. She contrasted county classes with club or association offerings, which focus on advanced junior league match play and USTA-sanctioned competition.
A commissioner moved to approve a refund of the $1,600 court-rental fee to Golden House Tennis Association for the November event; the motion received a first and a second and was approved by voice/hand-raise. The committee did not record individual votes or a tally in the transcript.
The meeting concluded after the vote; a motion to adjourn was made, seconded and approved.
What remains unspecified: the transcript does not document a formal second—s name, the exact vote tally, nor a finalized plan or agreement documenting the expected $1,500 donation or how those funds will be distributed. The committee—s action was limited to approving the refund request on the record.
