Date:
October 16, 2007
Place:
Stonehouse Tavern & Eatery
Sponsor: Smoke-Free Communities
Secretary's Report: Approved 1st/2nd - Steuve/Gunderson
Treasurer's Report: Approved 1st/2nd - Willenbring/Hemienz
Veteran's Day Parade - Sunday, Nov. 11th. Please attend. Call Mike
McDonald with any questions.
Standard
Mailing Permit for Chamber
Halloween Party Request - approved to give the same as last year.
Winter
Warm-Up - have to do it the 1st Friday.
Lunch
w/Santa - Troy is willing to head up the committee.
Bruce
Watkins - Operating Levy. Last year's bond referendum was successful
for the St. Joseph Kennedy School. This is an operating levy. 300
districts in the state are asking for levys. Nine years ago the
district asked for a levy - $100 per student - $1,000,000, then
another about 4 years ago - $450 per student or $4,500,000 per year.
Helped with transportation, fine arts and extracurricular activities.
Put the district in a position to stop paying interest on loans taken
out to pay vendors, etc. until funds come from the state. Levys are
coming to an end. As the most recent one expires, they would cancel
the old and as asking for $650 per student or $6,500,000. For a
$100,000 home if both questions are answered yet 1st question is
renewal, 2nd is technology - taxes will increase $1 per month or $12
per year - because the first two levys expire.
Nominations & Elections - Jane Litchy and Jeanne Dotzler - nominated
and accepted for Treasurer and Vice President.
Sponsor
- Smoke-Free Communities
