RCEF Minutes – Regular Meeting – August 20, 2020

Call to Order
*Meeting Called to order by President Mary Patterson, 6:30 p.m. at Conklin Park.
Roll Call
*Also attending were trustees Mike Pierson, Mary Arends, Marty Heiss, Jason Helsen, Adam Sheridan, Paul Borgman, Justin
Wilson, Denny Emery, Katie Hensley and Hailey Mabrito; webmaster Tom Jensen.
Approval of the Agenda
*The agenda was approved unanimously on motion by Marty with support from Mary Arends.
Approval of Minutes
*Minutes of the June 18, 2020 meeting were unanimously approved on motion by Adam with support from Jason.
Correspondence-None.
Financial Report-Jason reported a fund balance at the end of quarter 2 of $235,986.73; as of August 20 it was $243,269.
Spendable revenue for 2020 was $9,081.54; balance for the remainder of 2020 is $2,000. $79 was spent for water distributed at
graduation. Total grants for 2019-2020-$5,040 plus $2,000 in scholarships ($1,000 each for Kennidy Foreman and Conner Kilbourne).
*Finance report unanimously approved on motion by Mike, with support from Adam.
Old Business
Website-Board unanimously approved Geeks-Tom Jensen to be our web administrator on motion by Adam with support from Mary
Arends.
New Business
New Board Members-Katie Hensley and Hailey Mabrito were welcomed.
Ravenna High School Principal Justin Wilson-updated the board on school opening 2020.
Grant Requests-Jessica Zayaz request for $500 for “Celebrate Back to School” books for all Kindergarten thru 4th grade students
was unanimously approved on motion by Mike with support from Katie.
*Isaac Kantola request for $500 to purchase band percussion equipment was unanimously denied on motion by Katie with support
from Jason. It was noted that the request was well written but the board would like Isaac to first contact the band booster group.
*Shari Luce request for $200 worth of “To each their own” art supplies was unanimously approved on motion by Marty with support
from Denny; 1 dissent-Adam.
Miscellaneous
Taste of Ravenna-Tabled; other activities will be considered at the next meeting.
RCEF Stickers and a Stamp-unanimously approved for purchase on motion by Mary Arends with support from Katie. The stickers
will be used to identify RCEF as the donor on items purchased.
*Next Meeting-was set for Thursday September 17, 6:30 p.m. at Swanson Pickle Company.
*Meeting adjourned at 7:57 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Michael Pierson-secretary
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