Mayor Carol Waller plans to appoint a committee Monday night during the board of trustees' meeting which will begin a search for a promoter and act for another concert at Doubleday Field.

Waller held a special meeting of the board last Thursday to talk about the BobDylan/Willie Nelson concert held last August at the field.

Waller said she wanted to look at how the event went overall and what the village did right and what could be improved for subsequent concerts.

Waller said there were mistakes made, but the consensus at the meeting among officials and organizations which played a part in the event, was that it was a success.

The impact of the concert was felt most heavily by residents of Elm Street, whose homes back up to the field, Waller said. It wasn't just the concert, but the set up which began days ahead of the Friday evening performance.

"It was quite intrusive, I would have to agree," she said.

One neighbor, Lucia Colone, said there were problems with noise, lights and traffic, but added that she thought the concert was a great idea.

"There has to be some consideration for those of us who border the field," she said.

Colone had come to the village to discuss logistics prior to the concert and for the Hall of Fame game and the concert her property was secured by the village with temporary fencing.

"It made a world of difference," she said.

Joe Harris, head groundskeeper at Doubleday Field, said there was some damage in three areas on the field during the concert, but that that promoter paid the bill.

"They took care of everything," Harris said. "Within two weeks everything was back to normal."

The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce sold 7,000 tickets in 12 or 13 days helping to insure local people would be able to see the concert.

"The ticket sales for us went great," said chamber executive director Polly Renckens. "It was very much a community event."

Renckens credited a listed of concert rules and information that was provided to each ticket purchaser for helping make things run smoothly.

She commented that village merchants "made out extremely well."

Police chief Michael Crippen said he believed bringing in a company from Albany that routinely handles concert security made a big difference.

Crippen also said the village could probably reduce the number of state police troopers who were on hand to help with security and crowd control. The state police and what they charged for their service was a sticking point during negotiations that the promoter finally agreed to.

Brian Clancy, the village's DPW coordinator said there were no big problems and that it resembled a Hall of Fame game except that it was at night. The DPW should have more people on hand for the clean up, however.

Eric Pierce of the emergency medical squad said they experienced no major problems and treated seven patients.

"We all had fun, but we all ran our butts off," he said.

Fire department president Al Keck said their concession sales brought in $20,256 which was split between the department's general fund and the village's ambulance reserve fund.

Trustee Stuart Taugher gave a great deal of credit to concert promoter JAM Productions, calling them "the biggest thing that made it go."

Another trustee, Madalyn Cimino, said she had nothing but positive feedback about the concert.

"I give the trustees credit for having the guts to try it," said Jeff Idelson, who helped make the initial contact between the village and the promoter.

Waller said her list of appointees to the concert committee will include Renckens, trustee Lee Malone and Bobby Fowler from the Otesaga Hotel, who helped the fire department with concessions. There will be additional appointments, but the mayor said her choices had not yet been finalized.