City Council

FLORA TOURISM​ The Depot – Train Room​ August 13th, 2025 – 5:00 pm The meeting was called to order at 5:10 pm by President Stephen Smith. Committee members Present: Lacey Lewis, Chris Thompson, Anna Rounds and Phil Wiley. Absent: Jen Henson Guests: Mike Stanford Previous minutes were read and a motion to approve was made by Phil and seconded by Lacey. The financial report was read and a motion made by Chris and seconded by Lacey. OLD BUSINESS None. NEW BUSINESS​ Expenses: Approved $100 Full page ad for Shadows of Elmwood for Flora Rotary with a motion made by Lacey and seconded by Chris. Rotary Ad: Discussion was made to do a full page ad advertising both Ford Town and Kriskindle Market. Ford Town: Inflatables were discussed with the decision to go with Wild Child Inflatables and getting 3 inflatables. Anna will get quotes and add to the next agenda for approval. Porta potties were secured with 3 standard and 1 handicap to be delivered on the 18th. Chris will notify the Elk’s regarding the road closures and to invite them to participate. Stephen will notify the VFW of the road closures and invite them to participate. Pricing was set for the chili cookoff and beer tasting. Attendings can purchase the beer tasting for $25, chili for $10 or both for $30. Other items that were discussed were possibly getting a drone show for Friday evening, Laura Smith to do 100 shirts for $1500, possibly getting a monster truck to attend, and the dunking booth. Kriskindle: Anna discussed that she received the contract for the reindeer. The total cost will be $2177.00 and will be put on the next agenda for approval. The contract has been filled out and sent back to Dahnke Farms. Anna also mentioned that she has secured the porta potties and they will be delivered Dec. 11th. She ordered 2 standard and 1 handicap. Anna brought up that we received a message on the Tourism page from Stover’s Hitch Horses out of Marion that they provide carriage rides and that they would like to be part of Kriskindle. Discussion was made that the committee would prefer more of a carriage than a wagon, so Anna will inquire about prices to switch from wagon to carriage and present again at the next meeting. OTHER: ​ Tourism Grant: Chris Thompson on behalf of the Flora Chamber of Commerce let the committee know that the Chamber would be giving the $2000 grant back to Tourism as the Chamber received enough sponsorships to cover the 4th of July. The committee then went into closed session with Anna stepping out of the meeting to discuss the Chamber/Tourism agreement. ​ ​ Adjourn – Adjourned at 8:00 PM Respectfully submitted,​ Anna Rounds, Tourism Secretary