REMER
MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES
April 12, 2016
OFFICERS PRESENT: Scott Kesti, Alicia
Burgers and Kim Archer
MEMBERS PRESENT: Walt & Carol
Scollard, Jodi Archer, Sheri Logan, Bob Stoeckel, Anthony Collins & Blaine R
§ Meeting called to
order at 5:00 pm by President, Scott Kesti
§ Additions and
approval of agenda
1. Add Fall Has it all
Fund Raiser
§ Motion to accept
agenda
M/S/P S Logan/B Stoeckel/Passed
§ Meeting minutes from
the last meeting were looked over
1. Correction: only the
proceeds from the auctioning off the scarecrow cutouts will go to the Howard
Prushek Scholarship
§ Motion to accept
minutes
M/S/P B Stoeckel/S Logan/Passed
FINANCIAL REPORT:
§ Alicia submitted the
financial report
§ Motion to accept the
Financial Report
M/S/P S Logan/B Stoeckel/Passed
LIBRARY REPORT:
§ Sherri Logan submitted
the Library report:
o
June
18th is an Open House – serving coffee, lemonade and bars – book sale
o
Open
house and serve hot dogs on kids day during Fall Has It All also
§ Motion to accept
Library Report
M/S/P A Burgers/J Archer/Passed
OLD BUSINESS:
§ Bigfoot Update:
o
Lakeland
TV was here and they did a segment on the news
o
There
were 200 people at the school
o
Made
$960 on the lunch
o
Sold
90 t-shirts
o
Had
lots of volunteers – THANKS
o
Lots
of reports of people having fun and some found it stupid
o
Meat
Raffle sold 1200 tickets
o
There
were some issues with the scavenger hunt
o
Should
have advertised Harvest Festival and Bluegrass Festival
o
Do
it again next year
o
Another
event in July
§ Hikes and an ATV Club
sponsored ride
§ 5 K run
§ Meat Raffle
§ Music at the Pub
& Soo line
§ Animal Planet is
filming an episode in Remer on finding Bigfoot
§ Direct Mail Ad
Update:
o
Need
peoples ad and $50
o
It
will be on the front and back
§ Fall Has It All
Update:
o
Meeting
tomorrow at 5 pm
o
Soo
Line will not be able to do the Art Barn
o
Saturday
9/17:
§ Antique appraisal
§ Library open house
§ Decorate cut out
scarecrows to auction off at Fall Fest
§ Kids Day with a Box
Car Derby and Doll Fashion show
§ Possibly have
Football players and cheerleaders
§ Still need to build a
track and find runners
§ Business could build
and sponsor a car for kids that can’t
§ $20 to $25 to sponsor
a car
§ $3 for them to race
§ Stars are us Karaoke –
3 to 4 kids karaoke and from 4 to 6 adults at the Depot
o
Bluegrass
9/24 & 9/25
o
Saturday
October 1 – Fall Fest at the Depot from 9 to noon
§ Pumpkin painting
§ Bake Sale and Pie
Auction
§ Auction off the cut
out scarecrows the kids made
o
Fundraising
Ideas:
§ 50/50 raffle
§ Sell popcorn: many flavors
& sizes – sell at events during Fall Has It All Events
o
Sherri
Logan is checking if the Chamber can purchase the popcorn outright
§ Harvest Festival
Update:
§ Raffle: Money - $2000, 1,000 and (2) $500
o
Start
selling ASAP – have somebody selling weekly at the meat raffles
§ Parade Grand Marshals:
Diane Ammerman, Lynn Schneider and Paul Swentkofske
§ Business of the year:
Honor all our volunteers at the Ambulance and Fire Department
o
Flea
Market starts Thursday night through Saturday
o
Friday
night starts at 5 pm
o
Food
Vendors: the Lions, Robin Lucas and more
o
Beer
Wagon
o
Games
- Carol O’Brien wants to do a bean bag toss
o
Garden
club selling flowers
o
Jodi
Archer doing fair hair
o
Face
painting
o
Lip
sync program
o
Buzzards
o
Fireworks
o
Saturday
Morning starts with pancake breakfast and Bloody Mary’s
o
5
K run
o
Bingo
o
Arts
and Crafts
o
Check
with the Power Company Grant $1,500 to $2,000 for fireworks
o
The
Lions will help with gambling
§ Bigfoot Bluegrass
Festival Update: 2 day event – Friday/Saturday September 24 & 25
o
$25
per ticket
o
Advertise
on Facebook
o
Sell
tickets and T-shirts on line
o
Working
on line up posters
o
Like
us on Facebook
o
Camping?
o
Vendors: The Lions, Robin Lucas and more
o
Port-a-potties
§ Caboose Update:
o
American
Eagle has not finished up the locking system, it has been to cold
o
Open
Thursday, Friday and Saturday for now
§ Still have to install
the furnace
§ Paint the outside –
this year or next year
§ At some point run
electricity to the Caboose
§ Talk to LCP about a
grant for the electrical work
§ Fundraise to paint
the Eagle
§ Motion to accept Old
Business:
M/S/P S Kesti/W Scollard/Passed
§ City wide rummage
sale: Memorial Day Weekend
o
The
First National Bank in Remer will be heading that up
§ Spring Cleanup/Summer
Mowing/Plant care at the Depot:
o
Luke
and Sara are willing to keep up with the mowing and weeding – THANK YOU!
§ Flag Committee:
o
Planters
are ordered
o
Garden
Club/Chamber split the cost of flowers for the planters as well as the park and
both signs
o
New
flags with the “Four Seasons of Fun” Logo
§ June is the City Wide
Garbage pickup
§ Motion to Adjourn:
M/S/P B Stoeckel/S Logan /Passed
NEXT
MEETING 5 pm:
Tuesday,
May 10th
At The
Depot
Submitted
by:
Kim
Archer
Chamber
Secretary