MEETING MINUTES

SOUTH ROUTT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL - November 15th, 2011

November 15, 2011
Yampa Town Hall 7:00 PM

Attending: Tom Sullivan, Nikki Knoebel, Ken Montgomery, Julie Hoff, Kimi Lehman, Jack Lewis, John Grout, David Bonfiglio

Call to Order @ 1905

Discussion:

Tom – Budget for RCEDC has 20k to help cover costs to develop websites for Routt County Websites. Funds are available. Steamboat EDC website based on Lawrence, KS website. Tom Kern could help with staff assistance. In Hayden, high school is going to keep it up and running. Make sure Tom gets e-mails! Someone will try to make the Friday meeting for website development. There is a broadband

Minutes – M/S/A

Treasurer’s Report – we paid the nursery for flowers, and internet, Town has paid $500. Still have a bill for pumpkins $174, M/S/A. Carved 40 pumpkins, $2.50 a pumpkin.

It would be nice to have small events each month.

Holiday Event – Saturday, December 10 – Send out a letter to businesses, give them the date, what we’d like to do. What did they do last year, what can they do this year. We’ll have a booth at the Yampa Craft Fair on Nov. 19.

Town needs info by the 28th for the Holiday event. John will contact businesses. Events: Food or Toy Drive, shoot a puck at the mayor, one shot per can… Skate with Santa – 2 to 3:30, Bonfiglios has Santa at 11-1. Caroling went well, start it on Main Street. Could the high school students sing? We’ll try to get a horse and carriage.

Could the EDC get a bingo license? $100 annual fee, $20 manager training. Lots of stipulations.
Reporting needs to be completed. You have to state what you are doing with any revenue we make.
Could prizes be coupons for getting folks into our businesses?

The Cultural Heritage Tourism folks have brochures that meet many of our needs. We may need to help them with this effort down the road.

Web site discussion – We need a calendar that works! It would be nice to have some admin folks in our group that could make updates. Job page – interactive page that shows job opportunities. Steamboat Pilot Today does web design. Need a new designed, user friendly website and someone to manage it. Need a method for folks to e-mail us with their membership forms. John is going to try to go to the Friday Meeting in Steamboat where they are talking about EDC web design.

Bylaws – Article 3 is a problem. There is confusion on Quorum. Could we have a staggered term? Term of office – can we change to “unless no successor can be found”. We may need to send these to the State for review after completion. Drafts will be submitted to Jack, he will compile and get ready for the next meeting.

Scholarship Committee formation. Kimi, Jack, John. Mrs. O’Meary will help with the process from the school side.

Need to get a note to the town and on the Pilot for our meetings. Jack Will take care of this.

Lets meet in January – 30th, shoot for February for elections.

Ken – Friends of the Crossan Building – Putting in for grants. Space will be provided for the EDC to have some advertising space. Will we be contributing? We will discuss again.

Kimi new e-mail address – kimi.lehman@gmail.com

Energy trail – it would be great to get it through Oak Creek.

Next Meeting – January 30, 2012

Adjourn @ 2019