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Meetings
Tuesday, September 30, 2003 Meeting
Minutes
Attendees: Brenda Cagle, Jean Duntz, Joanna
Fivelsdal, Linda Keeling, Evelyn Krueger, Jen Melitsky, Mark Meritt, Jan
Schiff.
Open the Meeting:
 | The meeting was called to order by Mark
Meritt at 7:02 p.m. |
Minutes of Last Meeting:
| The minutes from the August 26, 2003,
meeting were accepted with no changes required. |
Greens Committee (Brenda Cagle)
| Met 9/22. Fall planting sites have been
selected. Got one cost estimate for the fall planting, getting another
one, won’t be ready to plant on 10/4, will set a date once new estimate is
in. |
| Wants to reduce the number of trees
planted, based on advice of inventory group to focus on maintenance. |
| Labor cost for planting a tree: $50.00
estimated. Someone should attend the Village Board meeting on 10/6 to get
an official price. |
| Won’t have final Cornell inventory data
until workshop, to take place in November or December. |
| Village will continue to water the trees
on Broadway. |
| Will meet again soon to finalize fall
planting. |
Fundraising Committee (Evelyn Krueger)
| $5,462 in raised funds is available to
supplement the money budgeted by the Village. |
| A treasurer is required for the group. |
Outreach Committee (Joanna Fivelsdal)
| Nothing new was reported. |
Media Committee (Mark Meritt)
| About Town next issue deadline is
November 1. Mark will make a submission if cost is free or sufficiently
low. |
Old Business:
New Business:
| Evelyn provided drafts of a tree
maintenance brochure and a commemorative gift form. Attendees will provide
any feedback to her by Thursday, October 2. Outreach will hand out copies
of the brochure to past tree recipients, while copies will also be
distributed to new tree recipients during the fall planting. |
| Greene County workshop requests a
volunteer to speak about how we became a Tree City USA. Workshop is 1pm,
October 23. Linda Keeling suggested we send a speech via videotape. |
| Jen Melitsky, a new member, is
interested in participating in Outreach. |
| Estimate provided by Integral for
maintenance of trees in Memorial Park: $1,890. |
| We discussed creating a form to present
to homeowners before planting a tree on their property. Homeowners would
sign the form to acknowledge the upcoming planting. This could be the time
to provide them with the maintenance brochure. |
Next Meeting:
| Tuesday, October 28th, at 7pm in the
Village Hall. |
Motion to Close Meeting:
| Evelyn made a motion to close. Linda
seconded the motion. The meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m. |
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