Community Enrichment Corporation

Michigan City Community Enrichment Corporation Mayor’s Conferance Room, City Hall Regular Meeting Minutes October 10 , 2018 Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by President Ron Miller at 5:03 p.m. Roll Call: Present — President Ron Miller, Secretary/Treasurer Steve Janus, Chris Carter, Jo Ann Engquist, and Sue Webster. Vice President George Kazmierczak, Jack Van Etten and David McCray were absent. A quorum was reached. Alisa Simmons representing the Arise & Shine Breakfast Ministry’s, Inc. appeared at the Board Meeting and gave a brief presentation regarding their program and how they spend the grant award received from us. They serve a breakfast to those in need every Saturday morning at 117 E. 10th Street from 8 am to 10 am. They have many volunteers including those as young as 4 and some in their 70’s. She showed us pictures taken during the breakfasts and wanted to thank us for the grant award. Approval of Minutes: Board Member Jo Ann Engquist moved to accept the September 12th, 2018 Board Meeting Minutes as read, seconded by Steve Janus. All in favor. Motion passes. Financial Statement: The September Harbour Trust Financial Statement has not been received therefore Secretary/Treasurer Steve Janus could not present a Financial Statement. He will contact Harbour Trust to find out when it was mailed. Claims: Two invoices were presented for payment. Administrative Assistant Susan Webster's Invoice for $300.00 and Attorney Jennifer Koethe’s Invoice for $1800.00. Steve Janus moved to accept and pay, Jo Ann Engquist seconded. All in favor. Motion carries. Attorney Update: Resumes were received from four local attorneys responding to the MCCEC advertisement in the News-Dispatch for our new Board Attorney. The Board discussed the resumes and chose two of them to interview for the position. Sue Webster will contact the attorneys. The Special Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 16th at 5:00 pm to interview the candidates. New Business: One on line grant application has already been submitted and several others have been started and are in different stages of completion. The Grant Writing Workshop will be presented to the public on October 23rd from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Thirty reservations have been received so far. Press Releases were submitted to the local newspapers and radio stations.  Old Business: A request from the Social & Learning Institute was received by the Board regarding their 2018-2019 Grant Award. The email was discussed by the Board and included a conference call to our previous Board Attorney Koethe who had moved out of state in early October. Sue Webster will contact the Social & Learning Institute regarding the options the Board discussed. The Quarterly Reports from the First and Second Quarter have not yet been received from the Friends of Barker Civic Center. Sue Webster will contact the Director to ask that they be submitted or to return the funds that were awarded to them in March. Salvation Army will be sending us a check for approximately $540 from the Men’s Homeless Shelter Grant Award that was due March 31, 2018. That will finalize the last Grant Cycle’s Quarterly Reports. The Indiana Guardianship Services, Inc. June Quarterly Report was submitted late and the September report has not yet been received. Three Quarterly Reports are still open to correct errors when submitted. While reviewing Quarterly Reports Sue Webster printed three narratives to share with the Board Members. There were no problems with them, it was just to update the Board regarding the programs. Board Comments: At the September Board Meeting Member Jo Ann Engquist said she would like to make changes in the way we rank the grant applications for the new grant cycle. She prepared some notes to discuss at this Board Meeting however she wanted to wait to present them at the next Board Meeting when more Board Members would be present. Next Board Meeting: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. Meeting will be held in the Mayor’s Conference Room. Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 6:15 p.m.