Newkirk Main Street Board
Minutes of June 17, 2019

In attendance: Sue Roy, Jane Thomas, Dawn Brakey, Holly Cline, Richard Hinthorn. Staff present Alyssa McCleery

President Sue Roy called the meeting to order at 5:02 p.m. Quorum was established.

Board did not convene into Executive Session due to time restraints on board availability and lack of members present.

Motion was made by Cline and seconded by Thomas to approve the minutes of May 28th, 2019 meeting. Motion passed. Discussion about the Horner foundation and how the funds were allocated and restricted.
Motion was made by Thomas and seconded by Brakey to accept the Treasurer’s report. Motion passed. 

New Business: Dawn presented the Board with a tentative agenda for the 2019 Leadership class. The price for the class will be rounded up to $200 for the upcoming class and members were urged to actively recruit prospects for the class.

Richard informed the board of the contents of the discovery letter on the 7th Street building which had not been officially received by Alyssa at the time of the meeting. The building has weak and damaged lower floors. However, the upper floors are in much better condition. The fire department will use the building to perform some training exercises.

Motion was made by Thomas and seconded by Cline to approve Design grants for Mario Venegas and Younghee Higgins. Motion carried.

Old Business:  Issues with sharing a post office box with the Historical Society have been resolved for the time being by the USPS. The USPS staff is holding the mail for Alyssa. Doing so saves the expense of renting another box and changing all the stationery and media platforms.

Motion was made by Hinthorn and seconded by Brakey to accept the copier lease contract from B & C Business Products. Motion carried.

Funding from the city is on the city agenda for approval on June 17, 2019 at 5:30 p.m.

The board reviewed the Office report, Reinvestment report, Sales Tax report and Volunteer hours report.

Organization committee:  Volunteer development session was postponed to deal with personnel issues. Cline reported that changes have been made to accommodate Alyssa so that her schedule will be more flexible to lessen the number of total hours she is putting in. The Organization committee will revisit the issue in October to reevaluate and make other changes if necessary.

Economic Vitality:  Richard presented a mockup the new Charlie Adam’s Day t-shirt design

Promotion Committee:  Alyssa noted the upcoming lunch mobs and cash mobs. 

Design Committee:  Sue reviewed details of design grants that were approved and mentioned that there were other businesses affected by the storms that had yet to turn in grant applications.

Motion to adjourn was made by Brakey and seconded by Hinthorn to adjourn at 6:10 p.m. Motion carried.