Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 212
Austin NV 89310
Minutes
Monday, March 3, 2014
President Frank Whitman called meeting to order at 10:30 AM.
Board Members Present:
Frank Whitman, Roxie Miller Cindy Garcia, Kat Wilson (via telephone), Charlie Vaughn, and Philip Williams.
Members: Dee Helming.
Board Members Absent: Teresa Dory and Joy Brandt.
Guests Present: Sharon Plager Archeologist USFS
Pledge of Allegiance: Led by Frank Whitman.
Approval of the Agenda: Approved by Philip Williams, seconded by Roxie Miller, motion carried.
Approval of Minutes: Moved by Roxie Miller, seconded by Kat Wilson, to approve the February 3, 2014 minutes, motion carried.
Payment of new bills: $10,300.00Payment to Charter Advertising, Nevada magazine, $3900.00, $1415.00 to Al Lockett for booth, reimburse Philip Williams for domain registration $64.95. Moved by Roxie Miller, seconded by Cindy Garcia, to pay these bills
Financial Report: Moved by Charlie Vaughn, seconded by Cindy Garcia, to approve the February financial report, motion carried.
Bills Paid February 4, to March 3, 2014
Date / Num / Name / Split / Original Amount01/16/2014 / 3828 / Winnemucca Publishing / Advertising / -150.00
01/29/2014 / 4126 / USPO / 6250 · Postage and Delivery / -96.00
01/29/2014 / 4130 / Deann Helming / 6560 · Payroll Expenses / -251.05
01/16/2014 / 4131 / NDOT / 6230 · Licenses and Permits / -150.00
01/16/2014 / 4131 / Deann Helming / 6560 · Payroll Expenses / -147.60
01/16/2014 / 4132 / Winnemucca Publishing / 6020 · Advertising / -880.00
01/16/2014 / 4133 / Nev Dept of Tax / Sales Tax Expenses / -10.62
-1,685.27
Beg Balance Feb 4, 2014 / 27,159.23
Deposits / 00
Disbursements / -1685.27
Ending Balance Feb 6, 2014 / 25473.96
Savings / 25100.72
Chamber Balance / 50574.68
Correspondence: none
Scoping letters from USFS & BLM: McGuiness Hill Juniper removal project. Moved by Cindy Garcia, seconded by Philip Williams, to write a letter of support for this, motion carried.
Office Reports: see file. Dee is still working on a booth at the Reno Convention Center in March.
Public Comment for any item not covered on the agenda: The Historical Society is planning on sponsoring an open house for the buildings on the National Registry on May 31, 2014 from 12-4. “Historic hop through Austin” it will be sponsored by the Historical Society, USFS, and Austin Chamber.
Guest Speaker: None.
Committee Reports:
Website: Started work on revamping and updating the entire website and making it mobi friendly. Dee will ask Bruce to come up and do a presentation to the board before it is uploaded.
Broadband committee: According to Kevin Hayes, they are waiting on site North of Tonopah to be finished, the have clearance from the BLM and the State. They hope to be in Austin by June. It will be a satellite dish type Internet; there may not be 100 % coverage in the beginning.
PET: Next meeting in Ely during Rural Roundup in April. Next grant cycle is due middle of April.
Austin Planning: Moved by Cindy Garcia, seconded by Charlie Vaughn, to write a thank you letter to the Commissioners thanking them for the work done so far on the roads here in Austin, Motion carried
Main Street Renovation Plan: There is a major issue with the sewer hook up, back on a holding pattern.
Food Bank: The church hosted a Valentines Dinner@ the town hall, 52 people came, received $490.00 in donations, this month 19 families, 40 people were served. .
Geothermal updates: Wild Rose Plant over by Gabbs is finished they plan to start phase 2 on McGuiness Hills.
NEW BUSINESS:
Fracking in Central Nevada: This needs to be watch, will check with BLM website and see where they are on the EA.
Mural 2015: need to do more research into this; Kat Wilson will follow up on this at a later date.
Nevada Arts Council meeting: It will be held on March 24, 2014: Everything is set up, posters will go out this week and it will be posted on the website and face book.
OLD BUSINESS:
Grants: NCOT Grants next cycle is coming up due the middle of April.
Land Sailing Group: Everything is moving along, several of the issues have been solved, the permitting is in place and everything is on track. Hopefully the ad we are doing will be placed right next to an article NV Mag is writing. Road out to the location is finished, very nice. 134 pilots registered from 15 different countries. Pre reg will be closed at the end of March.
Reno expo in March: The money came in from LC & T, check has been mailed to Al Lockett, and things are moving along smoothly. Mike Grimm will be at the Al Lockett show to help out and will have one of his Landsailers there also.
Nevada 150: Frank has been doing the conference calls; we will use the Visitor Center dedication as our one time event as our unique event for this.
Billboards:
Grant is completed for the marketing grant cycle thru NCOT to put in for PET to do the other side. Now we just wait.
Credit Card: Just have to get the signers in to the bank to fill out the paper work and finish it.
Path of Piano’s walking Tour: tabled temporarily.
Chamber Sound System: We have an inventory and a list; just have to get to Reno to buy the stuff.
Signage for Stokes Castle: Still working on this, it was suggested that we just write a letter requesting the signage like we did for the park sign and the Courthouse sign and see if we can just get it done that way and not have to order it, and pay for it and then wait for the state to put it up.
Lincoln Highway Car Show and Visitor Center Dedication: we combined the two events on April 12, 2014. Question has arisen about whether the Visitors center will be finished, it was decided to go ahead with the dedication because it has already been advertised and invitations sent out.
June Wine Walk: Date will be June 14, 2004. It was suggested that we do a movie on the Kitty Bonner lots following the wine walk.
Scenic Byways: Tabled
For the Good of the Community:
Public Comment for any item no covered on the agenda
Next Agenda: Historical hop thru Austin
Meeting adjourned @ 12:15 pm Kat Wilson/Philip Williams
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