HomeMy WebLinkAboutTree Board Minutes 03.29.2018March 29 — 9:30
1.
City Hall
Attending: LuAnne Engh (by phone) Walter Widdis, Matt Wheeler, Kurt Markegard, Dale
Ahrens, Richard Herr, Phyllis Bromgard, Fran Schweigert, Bruce Lefler, Aaron Christensen
Guests: Pat Hart, Sue Carter
Donors: to date we have $3200 collected outside the Walmart Grant
Recent donations include
• State Farm $200
• Lions International $500
• Rotary $200
• Laurel Employee Union $100
• DNRC $750
• Laurel Ford $ 50
• Ace Hardware donation of bark and t -posts ($600)
Yellowstone Bank Check has not shown up yet — LuAnne to follow up
River Ridge is donating $200
Baptist School is donating $260 for the Amur Maple tree
Aaron has Meadow Green Sales and Rocky Mountain Compost
Bethany will send out letters to donors recognizing their gifts — Kurt will draft the letter.
At our next meeting we will all sign a note to each donor thanking them for the gift.
LuAnne will get the logos to Dynamic and work with them on the t -shirt and banner
Deadline is April 6 for the finalizing of the printing and ordering the shirts
Trees: Kurt sent out a request for bid and we received 3 of which the following was decided
• River Ridge — 3 Golden Willow @ $275
• River Ridge —4 Honey Locust @ $280
• Canyon Creek — Unity Sugar Maple — @ $220 Lion's Memorial Tree
• Good Earth — Amur Maple - @ $220 Baptist School ceremonial tree
Either the LHS shop students or Pacific Steel can make plates to identify the trees — We want to
do that to help educate and identify trees.
A site visit will happen before next meeting to start the holes for the trees and prepare the area
with the help of the city crew and Aaron working together.
• Kurt isworking onthe ceremony, Pastor Widdis is going to work omthe program
• Boy scouts mrthe Legion will dothe f lagpresentation—Aarontocontactthescouts
• Lydia should be presented with her gift
• The ceremony will start after the kids eat
• Dale offered to fill in for Linda if she can't make the ceremony due to the Space Link
Schools/schedule
• The schedule for the students won't be decided until the week before the event. We
will keep our schedule flexible inorder tomake last minute changes.
= We know the ceremony will begin by noon and the students will leave by 2:50
Pu
• Pastor Widdis contacted the Outlook and they will donate the ad for Arbor Day
• Pastor will work on the Press Release and other PR at the next meeting
gift: w Wewill get her atablet
w Dale will check with Alyson onher source ofTablets from school, otherwise
• Kurt will order from Amazon
Tee Shirts/Banner/Bracelets
• Shirt order needs tobein6vApril 6th
• LuAnnei5collecting sizes
• LuAnne will work with Bethany to order the bracelets before the next meeting
Next Meeting: Aoh| 12th 9:30 -
Future dates — April 26
Next Agenda
l. Site| up
J. Schedule- tentative
3. Cenenmony—fina|detai|s—sound system, trailer
4. Publicity —Qu1|ook,TVand radio
5. T-shirtsandvvristbonds-LuAnne
G. GiftfqrLvdia—Kurttopurchase
7. Toilets, tables, chairs, garbage cans