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Board Meeting Minutes
The Meeting was held on December 11th,at Guadalajara. In attendance were: Executive Board
Members: President- Christy Williams,VP- Molly Conrad, and chamber assistant Marcia Hafner. Directors:
Holly Anderson, Monna Rae Adickes, Michelle DeBoer, Heidi Jensen, Donnie McVee and Wendy Means.
Members: Monica Plecker, Amanda Powell,Annie Seaman, and Zada Stamper.
Christy called the meeting to order.
The minutes were approved: moved to approve - Heidi, 2nd - Molly.
The financial report was approved and bills were presented for payment: moved to approve- Heidi, 2nd-
Michelle.
Old BUSINESS
• City ornaments - Ornaments are up, will be taking them down on Jan. 4th
• Nez Perce Trail Offer - The city has some requirements in order to place the signs in the
park. Zada mentioned that there are some students who have to do some community
service as part of their class requirements. We could get some of them to help.
• Lease on Building - Heidi explained that the city was looking at some other lease
agreements.
• Roof on Building - Approval was discussed at the council workshop and will go to the
council for approval next Tuesday.
• Christmas Open House - The Open House will be Dec. 16th. Bountiful Baskets is doing
the food.
New BUSINESS
• New Directors- Amanda Powell, Monica Plecker and Annie Seaman were approved. The
Executive Board has volunteered to remain the same. Moved to accept- Heidi, 2nd-
Michelle.
• Meeting Times - It was decided to have one meeting a quarter in the evening. The Feb.,
May, Aug., and Nov. meeting will be at 5:30 at the Chamber log cabin on the second
Thursday of the month. Moved to approve- Donnie, 2nd - Molly.
• By-laws - It was discussed how the changes would be presented to the membership.
There were also concerns about getting a vote. Ideas included a presentation at the
Annual Meeting and posting the changes to the website. There were questions about how
our current by-laws say a vote should be taken. It was decided that the by-law committee
would look into those questions before going forward. Monica indicated she had some
examples the committee could look to for ideas.
OPEN FORUM
• LURA -The Final draft for the City/TIF District will be presented for approval at the next
LURA meeting.
• Business after Hours -.
o Feb. -
o March -
o April -
Meeting Adjourned Next meeting - January 8. 2015 at The Palace
Laurel Chamber of Commerce
Jan. 8th, 2015
at The Palace
Moment of Silence
Presentation of minutes:
Financial Report -
Yellowstone Checking - $ 16,085.19
Altana Checking $ 25.00
Altana Saving $ 722.55
Christmas Repair Fund $ 2,867.04
TOTAL $19699.78
Bills to be presented for payment: - done to date
State of Montana (renew name) $20.00
OLD BUSINESS
• By-Laws - Molly will report.
• City Ornaments - Rescheduled for next Sunday.
NEW BUSINESS -
• New Members - Redneck Pizza under new ownership -Thomas &Ann Marie Barton
• Committee Members -
• Annual Meeting - Jan. 22nd. Invitations are out. Waiting for RSVP's and donations. Will need
volunteers to help set up that day.
Ribbon Cuttings None
OPEN FORUM -
• LURA- Monica report-
Business After Hours -
If you would like to host an event, please contact the Chamber.
Feb. -
March - Masterlube
April - Laurel Locos.
Next Meeting - Oct 17th
At the Palace