Board Meeting

Date: Tuesday, December 23, 1998

Location: Community Room, Ivanhoe Fire Station

Directors

Present: Howard Neu, Mo Christie, Gretchen Farmer, Don Elbert, John Pickett, and Jay Stahl

Director

Absent: Mike Murphy

 

The meeting was commenced by Howard Neu at approximately 7:40 P.M.

 

1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The Minutes of the December 1, 1998 meeting were approved.

2. HOLIDAY LIGHTING AWARDS

The directors' votes were tabulated. The following were the winners:

a. Best major light display: Efrain and Josephine Rivera

b. Best daytime display: William and Sharon Englebrecht

c. Best mall display: Julio and Ana Estrella

d. Most creative: Frederick and Sharon Gold

e. Best use of lights: Gary and Debra Farr

f. Best children's display: Robert and Paulette Burns

Each winner will be given a $50.00 gifi certificate from Home Depot.

3. LANDSCAPING

Howard stated that he was informed that the landscaping of the Griffin Road overpass was not scheduled to be done until March 2000. Howard would remind DOT what was said at the past meeting which was attended by Howard Forman, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Bob Rawls, Harry Venis, and others. Hopefully, the landscaping will be commenced on an earlier date.

4. ADDITIONAL STREETLIGHTS

Howard and Bob Rawls were to tour the Ivanhoe subdivision and pin-point what areas were in need of additional street lights.

5. APPROVAL OF PLANS

The board reviewed plans for the construction of a house under the power lines, off of Huntridge.

6. SPEEDERS

Howard spoke with the police chief regarding recent radar sessions. A total of four were conducted with no tickets being issued.

6. BUDGET

The budget prepared by Don was thoroughly reviewed. Subject to certain corrections to be made, the budget was approved. The yearly dues would remain at $135.00.

7. NEWSLETTER

Mo presented a draft of the next newsletter. It was reviewed by the directors. Corrections, additions, and deletions were suggested.

8. WEBSITE

A motion was made, seconded, and passed to reimburse Jay Stahl for the total sum of $l06.00 for the purchase of Hot Metal Pro, a program used to help design websites.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 9:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted

Gretchen Farmer