Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Grant/Executive advisory Board met Thursday at the CSi Technology Center at Historic Franklin School.

Members present included:  Tourism Director Searle Swedlund,  Board President, Matt Woods, and board members Paulette Ritter, and Frank Balak.

 

At the Grant Board Meeting funding requests were heard from:

The National Buffalo Museum, for staffing.

Fort Seward for staffing.

Stutsman County Museum for summer staffing

Frontier Village for staffing.

Frontier Village for horses and stagecoach funding.

 

The National Buffalo Museum, represented by Director, Illana Xinos, requested funding for summer staffing from Memorial Day Through Labor Day.

The board granted the request of $10 per hour based on the number of hours provided, equaling $6,562.

 

 

 

Fort Seward represented by Dale Marks, requested funding for summer staffing for two part time employees at the Interpretive Center, Monday Through Sunday.

Th board granted  $9,219 in funding based on the number of hours provided at $10 per hour.

 

 

The Stutsman County Museum represented by Don Nelson and Alden Kollman requested funding for summer staffing, from May 25 – September 30.

The board granted $8,419 based the number of hours provided, at $10 per hour.

 

 

Frontier Village was represented  by President Jay Meikelson, and Secretary/Treasurer Tina Busche,  requested dollars for summer staffing from April 19 to October 19.

The board granted $14,780  at $10 per hour based on the number of hours provided.

For the horses and stagecoach, the board granted $10,000 the same funding as in 2018 for the boarding of two horses and five ponies for 12 months.  The dollars to be used for feeding needs, grooming, vet bills, farrier fees, and transportation, for the period of May 24 through Labor Day.

The board approved the grant, on the recommendation of  a declining subsidy scale, over the next three years.  Tina Busche added that the two stage coach horse were old due to age issues, and were replaced by different horses that were purchased.

The requests for budgeting for the Executive Director position was deferred to the February meeting for clarification from the Frontier Village.  The maintenance budgeting request was also tabled.

 

The Financial Report was given by Swedlund, and approved by the board.

 

The Tourism Report was given by Searle Swedlund.  He updated the board on the Louis L’Amour Exhibit, and Hockey Day in North Dakota, scheduled this weekend, weather permitting, outdoors at the University of Jamestown Campus.

He introduced Rachael Johnson who is being considered for the Collections Manager at the National Buffalo Museum.

Ex-Officio Report:  Pam Phillips, representing the Jamestown City Council, gave an update on the soon to be implemented four day per week residential garbage and recycling collections, and some collections to be moved from alleys to curb side.

She pointed out that the City of Jamestown is mailing letters to residents outlining the changes, which take affect on February 4, 2019.

New Business:

A report was given on credit card cash back, which amounted to $160.

A report was given on the Mill Levy Expenditure for tourism entities.

Swedlund explained Tourism has sent to the county, verification of the dollars requested, in order for the 2018 Mill Levy dollars to be released upon approval by the county.