DDA March 2023 Minutes

March 16, 2023 – DDA Minutes New Lothrop

Members present: Pete Stewart, Anita Stewart, Dave Schnell, Cindy Kinsey, Kayla McCormic, Tammy Schiefer, Mark Birchmeier, Charles (Skip) McCormic    Absent: Zach Besaw                                        

Meeting started at 6:47 pm 

1. Mark made a motion to approve the meeting minutes for January. Second by Skip. Row call vote, unanimous, motion carried.  
2. Dave made a motion to approve the treasurer’s reports for January. Second by Skip. Row call vote, unanimous, motion carried.
3. Special Guest & Comments:  None 
4. Old Business: Received File Cabinets with locks for records in office. School Grant process: should know by middle of July if passed. Revitalization Grants: None  
5. New Business: New business going in Holly Ustishen’s old building. Jody Greenwood, owner of Jody’s Hair Zone Salon, the new salon in town.  Scott & Nichole Hasseld are the new owners of Rustics Meadows (formally Tafoya Hall). Put ad in Tri-County Citizen to highlight Brad Arthur on his future retirement. The New Lothrop United Methodist Church will be holding a garage sale for fund raising. Cindy discussed checking prices and other options for Christmas Lighting Decorations for the downtown. New Lothrop Cruise-Ins will be scheduled for the first Friday of each month starting May through August. 
6. Skip talked about the updates from the Village Council meeting. Village of NL asked if NL DDA will pay $5,750 to help pay Silver Smith GPS for the technology system. Skip made a motion for NL DDA to pay Silver Smith GPS $5,750. Second by Mark. Row Call vote. Skip-Yes, Kayla-Yes, Dave-No, Cindy-No, Tammy-No, Mark-No, Anita-No, Pete-No. Motion failed. Skip made a motion for NL DDA to pay $3,830.24 to Silver Smith GPS (1/3 of water, sewer, and street). Second by Kayla. Row call vote. Skip-Yes, Kayla-No, Dave-No, Mark-No, Tammy-No, Cindy-No, Anita-No, Pete-No. Motion failed.
7. New Budget: Tammy made a motion to accept the changes to the 2022-2023 Budget. Second by Cindy. Row call vote. Unanimous, motion carried. 
8. Pete made a motion to approve all Invoices, except DPW Truck & 103.5 invoices to get clarification before paid. Second by Dave. Row call vote, unanimous, motion carried.
9. Skip made a motion to adjust the time for the NL DDA meetings from 6:30 pm to 6:45 pm for the remainder of the year. Second by Cindy. Row call vote. Unanimous, motion carried.
10. A request was made to put the ordinances on the website.
11. Meeting adjourned at 8:08 pm