Business Improvement District

Business Improvement District Meeting Minutes Noon, March 17, 2020, Grace Church / Zoom Conference Board Present: Tom Coday, Vince O'Connor, JJ Bixby (via phone), Howard Krasne, Richard Register and Roxie Kracl. Absent: Jerry Johnson, Bill Parks,Kevin Main and Glen Ellis, Guests attending were Cortney Schaefer, Brian Newton, Stacy Heatherly (via phone), and Leslie Main. Item #1. Chairman Coday called the meeting to order and it was noted that a copy of the Open Public Meeting Act was available in the room and called for roll call. Members present included Tom Coday, Vince O'Connor, JJ Bixby (via phone), Howard Krasne, Richard Register, and Roxie Kracl. Item #2. Motion was made to approve the minutes of the February 18, 2020 meeting by Krasne and seconded by Richard. By roll call vote all members voted yay; motion carried 5-0. Item #3. Chairman Coday opened the floor for comments or discussion from the public. There was none. Item #4. Chairman Coday asked for a motion to approve paying the City for putting up and taking down the flags from January 1,2020 through September 30, 2020 (approximately $250 per event), including the $225.00 expenditure for putting up and taking down flags on Martin Luther King Day. O'Connor motioned to do so, seconded by Kracl. By roll call vote all members voted yay; motion carried 5-0. Item #5. After discussion on the quarterly newsletter O'Connor made a motion to approve the 2020 mailing of a newsletter twice a year. By roll call vote Tom Coday, Vince O'Connor, Richard Register and Roxie Kracl voted yay and Howard Krasne voted nay, motion carried 4-1. Item #6. Chairman Coday presented the liability issue of having trash dumpsters and trashcans in the City's alley's and public parking lots. After discussion the project was handed to the strategic planning committee chaired by Howard Krasne to look for possible solution. Item #7. Discussion and possible action on maintenance of the downtown green spaces was tabled until the next meeting. Item #8 Howard Krasne reported on the strategic planning committee meeting stating that the discussion was good and that the committee will be moving forward with good cooperation between those who attended the meeting. Item #9 Chairman Coday presented the request from the Friends of the Park for $500.00 to help light the new splash pad to be built in John C. Fremont Park. Roxie Kracl made a motion to contribute $500.00, seconded by O'Connor. By roll call vote, all members voted yay; motion carried 5-0. Item #10 Committee Reports: Marketing O'Connor presented an ad ran in the World Herald promoting all eight of the downtown antique shops. Item #11 MainStreet Report: Cortney Schaefer said that the MainStreet Cannonball fundraiser may need to be postponed. And the design committee is getting bids for Nutcracker decorations to put by the benches in the Downtown area for Holiday Season. Item #12. Chairman Coday ask a motion to adjourn. Motion was made by Kracl and seconded by Krasne to adjourn. By roll call vote, all members voted yay; motion carried 5-0. Respectfully Submitted Tom Coday