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PALMYRA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING MINUTES September 1, 2011 8:00 a.m. Turner Museum

Meeting was called to order by Chamber President Rick Ball at 8:00 a.m.

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call: Laurie Mueller, Lori Garlock , Rick Ball, Kelly Anderson– present.

Treasurer’s Report: Lori Garlock let everyone know how the car show did. We had a profit of $1,430.89. There was a lot of good feedback from the car show attendants, the chamber donated $100 to the band that was nice enough to come and play at Mike Temple’s request. They were very good and might use them again in the future. Next year we need to see if we can get some wireless speakers that would reach the cars parked near the bathrooms. 10 chamber members were there that day to help, thanks to them. Motion by L. Mueller, second by Terry Burrington to accept the August 2011 Treasurer’s report as presented. All ayes-carried. Total of Checking & savings is $6,073.98.

Approval of Minutes: Motion by Lori Garlock, second by Kelly Anderson to approve the August 4, 2011 meeting minutes with correction to Rick Ball adjourning the meeting as he was not present. All ayes-carried.

Communications: Southern Kettle Moraine Horse Association thanked us for the $30 donation we gave them. Motion by L. Mueller, second by Deb Ball to donate $100 to the Jefferson County Clean sweep program. Business:

1. No new members at this time.

2. Update on the car show was given during the treasurer’s report.

3. Lori Garlock discussed ideas for the Halloween Parade. She would like to do a pumpkin decorating contest again this year but actually give out real pumpkins for kids to decorate with paint, marker, etc. No carving so no one gets hurt. She will work on getting a flyer to the school. Do we want push carts in the parade for food pantry donations? Laurie Mueller said that she talked with the current fire chief, Larry Kreger about the fire dept. having a haunted house in the basement of the fire hall, which was mentioned last year. He said he would bring it up at their next meeting which isn’t until mid-Oct.

4. The idea of “chamber checks” was talked about, how they work, the paperwork that would be involved to do something like this, etc. Terry Burrington was very familiar with how they worked and said it’s a good idea but someone has to be willing to keep up on the accounting and paperwork end of it. Item tabled at this time. There was a motion by Terry Burrington, second by Rick Ball to get a raffle license from the state of WI. All ayes-carried.

5. Lori Garlock spoke regarding the huge need for volunteers to work at the food pantry the 1st & 3rd Thursdays of the month from 6-8 pm and the 2nd & 4th Thursdays from 10 am –noon. They really need help packing the grocery bags with items from the residents that come in. She wanted to get the word out. The members discussed donating once again to the food pantry, and there was a motion by L. Mueller, second by Dave Turner to donate $200 to the food pantry. All ayes-carried. 6. Motion by Kelly Anderson, second by Craig Rusch to run an ad in the Discover Four Lakes Magazine with Denise Derry similar to last years ad. All ayes-carried.

7. The next Chamber meeting will be at the Palmyra United Methodist Church at 122 Fifth St. on Oct. 6th at 8 am.

Any Other Business: Rick Ball said that he has a meeting with Bartolotta Fireworks next week to talk about the possibility of fireworks before or after the Lioness Christmas parade.

The Friends of the Library is having a chili cook off on Oct. 8th to raise money for the library, there will also be a rummage sale next door so if anyone has anything to donate to the rummage that would be appreciated.

Craig Rusch said that Whitewater’s Chamber is having a golf outing on Sept. 18th everyone is welcome to join.

The Palmyra State Bank’s 100th yr. celebration will be Sat. Oct. 21st at 3 pm at the bank.

Lori gave an update on the repair of the sign near her office. We all feel it is very important to the community. Motion by Terry Burrington, second by L. Mueller to pay for the repair of the sign as needed up to $300. All ayes-carried.

There being no other business Kelly Anderson made a motion, second by Lori Garlock to adjourn at 9:15 a.m.