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The National Buffalo Museum, represented by Director, Illana Xinos, requested funding for summer staffing from Memorial Day Through Labor Day.<\/p>\nJamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The Jamestown Grant\/Executive advisory Board met Thursday at the CSi Technology Center at Historic Franklin School.<\/p>\n
Members present included:\u00a0 Tourism Director Searle Swedlund,\u00a0 Board President, Matt Woods, and board members Paulette Ritter, and Frank Balak.<\/p>\n
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At the Grant Board Meeting funding requests were heard from:<\/p>\n
The National Buffalo Museum, for staffing.<\/p>\n
Fort Seward for staffing.<\/p>\n
Stutsman County Museum for summer staffing<\/p>\n
Frontier Village for staffing.<\/p>\n
Frontier Village for horses and stagecoach funding.<\/p>\n
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The National Buffalo Museum, represented by Director, Illana Xinos, requested funding for summer staffing from Memorial Day Through Labor Day.<\/p>\n
The board granted the request of $10 per hour based on the number of hours provided, equaling $6,562.<\/p>\n
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Fort Seward represented by Dale Marks, requested funding for summer staffing for two part time employees at the Interpretive Center, Monday Through Sunday.<\/p>\n
Th board granted\u00a0 $9,219 in funding based on the number of hours provided at $10 per hour.<\/p>\n
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The Stutsman County Museum represented by Don Nelson and Alden Kollman requested funding for summer staffing, from May 25 \u2013 September 30.<\/p>\n
The board granted $8,419 based the number of hours provided, at $10 per hour.<\/p>\n
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Frontier Village was represented\u00a0 by President Jay Meikelson, and Secretary\/Treasurer Tina Busche, \u00a0requested dollars for summer staffing from April 19 to October 19.<\/p>\n
The board granted $14,780\u00a0 at $10 per hour based on the number of hours provided.<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0 The dollars to be used for feeding needs, grooming, vet bills, farrier fees, and transportation, for the period of May 24 through Labor Day.<\/p>\n
The board approved the grant, on the recommendation of \u00a0a declining subsidy scale, over the next three years. \u00a0Tina Busche added that the two stage coach horse were old due to age issues, and were replaced by different horses that were purchased.<\/p>\n
The requests for budgeting for the Executive Director position was deferred to the February meeting for clarification from the Frontier Village.\u00a0 The maintenance budgeting request was also tabled.<\/p>\n
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The Financial Report was given by Swedlund, and approved by the board.<\/p>\n
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The Tourism Report was given by Searle Swedlund.\u00a0 He updated the board on the Louis L\u2019Amour Exhibit, and Hockey Day in North Dakota, scheduled this weekend, weather permitting, outdoors at the University of Jamestown Campus.<\/p>\n
He introduced Rachael Johnson who is being considered for the Collections Manager at the National Buffalo Museum.<\/p>\n