Regular Meeting Minutes

January 2, 2008

CALL TO ORDER:  Meeting, held at City Hall in room 306 due to the school being closed, called to order by Chairman Larry Elliot at 7:00 pm.

Members present have nothing after their name, excused have (e) and absent (a).

MEMBERS:

Bebee,Timothy(a)     Beson, Steve             Brunner, Charlie(e)     Brunner, Judy
Causley, Jill             Coonan, Kim              Elliot, Larry               Fogelsonger, Gary(a)
Gavord, Jerry(a)        Hankison, Richard      Hoff, Miles                 Katzinger, Leon
Kolaly, Chris (a)        Lefever, James           Lupo, Andrea             McCarthy,Dan(a)     
Neering, Jerry           Pratcshler, Bob(a)      Schultz, Don              Simmons,Sandra
Sauve, Pat(a)            Trelewski, Jim            Newbold, Rich(Community Police Officer)

Guests:  None

MEETING MINUTES:  A motion to accept the minutes of the December 5, 2007 meeting was made by K. Coonan, seconded by M. Hoff.  Motion passed.

PUBLIC COMMENT:  L. Elliot reported that as per Jen Peters the 8^th ward Community Police Officer there have been many breaking and entries of houses and cars and he suggested that people make a special effort to lock up everything.  Also S. Beson inquired about the robbery of Old Town Pizzeria.  L. Elliot informed us that there is a detective assigned to the case but there are no suspects thus far.

NEW BUSINESS:  Elections will be Tuesday, February 5^th during the day at City Hall and from 6:00pm – 7:00pm at Linsday School.  The February CDC meeting will follow the elections at 7:00pm.  L. Elliot announced that everyone is still running except Charles Brunner and that there are 3 openings available.  He suggested that members let people know about the openings.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:  K. Coonan opened discussions about changing the Northwest CDC monthly meeting date to the third Wednesday of the month due to other meeting commitments of some members on the current date.  K. Coonan motioned to change the meeting date of the NW CDC to the third Wednesday of the month, R.Hankison seconded the motion.  Motion passed.

COMMUNICATIONS/OTHER BUSINESS:  L. Elliot reported that the CDBG budget looks like it will have a 3% cut this year. 

Motion by J. Neering to adjourn at 7:10seconded by D. Schultz.  Motion passes.

Respectfully Submitted by Jill Causley