Board of Directors Meeting Minutes s2

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes Wednesday, January 6, 2016, 11:30 am First Baptist Church, 19 West Main Street, Moorestown, NJ 08057

Board Attendance: Members present (8): Candace Coleman, Secretary (MoorArts); Adrienne Cooper (Spectrum Graphics); William Kaisla (Sir Speedy Printing and Marketing); Aileen Konzelmann (Weichert Realtors); Amy Leis (Janney Montgomery Scott); Charles McCullough (McCullough CPA MAI, LLC); Steven Pazienza, Vice President (PS Business Ventures); Don Powell, President (Powell Energy & Solar, LLC). Also present: Mark Morgan, MBA Executive Director (Moorestown Theater Company).

Meeting Start: President Don Powell opened the meeting at 11:40 a.m.  To achieve a quorum, at least five members of the nine member Board are needed to approve a motion. Because there are only four returning Board members, a vote could not be taken to approve the December minutes. It was decided that the minutes would be emailed to all current and former Board members who were present at the December meeting to request their approval. Board Member Terms  Based on the votes from the December 16, 2015 General Membership Meeting, as well as personal preference, length of terms were decided for the incoming Board members. Adrienne Cooper, Bill Kaisla, Aileen Konzelmann, and Steven Pazienza, will serve two-year terms. Amy Leis and Charles McCullough will serve one-year terms.  Mark Morgan updated the public contact information for the Board.  Don Powell reported that Kristen Babcock has resigned from the Board, and asked for suggestions for a replacement to fill her seat. Mark Morgan cited the MBA bylaws: the open position must be announced at a General Membership meeting and voted upon at a subsequent GM Meeting. Meetings  2016 Board and Membership meeting dates were confirmed. The first General Membership meeting for the year will be a luncheon on January 20. Since the original location (Moorestown Community House Club Room) is undergoing repairs, Social Chair Bill Kaisla will try to secure Akira restaurant.  As per a vote at the November 2015 Board meeting, the fee for luncheon meetings was increased from $15 to $20. Don Powell asked the Board to consider charging $25 for attendees who do not pre-register. Amy Leis made a motion to approve this change, seconded by Bill Kaisla, and the motion carried.  Don Powell reiterated the MBA Board attendance policy, and encouraged Members to comply. Election of Officers  In addition to President Don Powell, the MBA officers for 2016 were voted in as follows: Steven Pazienza, Vice President (motion by Candace Coleman, seconded by Amy Leis); Charles McCullough, Treasurer (motion by Bill Kaisla, seconded by Steven Pazienza), Candace Coleman, Secretary (motion by Amy Leis, seconded by Bill Kaisla). Don Powell will serve as Asst. Treasurer.

Treasurer’s Report: A report emailed from former Treasurer Tom Sheckels, and confirmed by incoming Treasurer Charles McCullough noted year-end account balances for 2015:  LLB Checking: $7,859.94  LBB Money Market: $17,566.68  Beneficial CD: $10,170 Bill Kaisla, part of the accounting team, noted that as of this meeting date, the checking account balance increased to $10,237.77. Don Powell reported that the MBA ended 2015 with $1,655.50 less than 1/1/2015, primarily due to outstanding membership fees. Committees Chairs for various committees were established and confirmed. Unless named, they remain the same.  Budget: Charles McCullough.  By-Laws: Mark Morgan.  Marketing: Aileen Konzelmann, Adrienne Cooper will be Vice Chair. Publicity will be under this committee going forward. o Candace Coleman will continue to facilitate the Spotlight Program as part of this committee. o The Board agreed to present the next Spotlight Award to Salon at Mark Stephens, and members were asked to consider next recipients.  Membership: Bill Kaisla, Mark Morgan will be Vice Chair.  Policies: Steven Pazienza.  Social: Bill Kaisla will remain Chair; Steven Pazienza will be Vice Chair.  Sponsorship: Steven Pazienza; Bill Kaisla will be Vice Chair.  The Board approved a motion (made by Amy Leis and seconded by Don Powell) to add Merchant Council as a standing MBA committee. Melissa McGrath (current organizer of this independent committee) will be approached to chair this MBA committee. The Merchant Council will be asked if representation from the Lenola district is acceptable; merchants in Lenola will also be consulted to determine if they would like to have a separate standing committee in the MBA. Events  Main Street Merchants Reception—The Next MBA/Main Street Merchants Reception is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 11, 2016. Event Chair Amy Leis will check with the merchants to confirm date.  Easter Egg Hunt—The Board agreed to keep the Easter Egg Hunt for a second year at Jeff Young Field in the Lenola District on the Saturday before Easter (3/26/16). Event Chair Joe Horowitz will be asked to confirm with the Lenola Easter Egg Hunt organizers.  Music on Main Street—Adrienne Cooper reported that the Moorestown Sun would like to be a sponsor of the Music on Main Street Concert Series. Candace Coleman noted that, as this is currently a Parks & Recreation Dept. event, this proposal would need to be presented to Parks & Rec. Director Theresa Miller. Old Business:  Window clings and new banners: Aileen Konzelmann will work on developing an appropriate window cling. Don Powell will send her the proposed artwork. Bill Kaisla will email design options for the banner to the Board, and Don Powell will circulate banner pricing options before the next Board meeting.  2015 Donation: Board members were asked to come to the next meeting with suggestions for a recipient. The proposed 2016 gift is new holiday decorations for the Lenola sector. New Business:  Town Manager Scott Carew will be asked to speak at the January General Membership Meeting. Nicole Dube’ from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities will be the speaker at the February General Membership meeting.  The next BOD meeting will be 11:30, February 3, at the First Baptist Church. Adjournment: Don Powell adjourned the meeting at 1:40 p.m.

Submitted by Candace Coleman, Secretary