07-21-10 TBID MinutesBoard of Directors Meeting
Kalispell Tourism Business Improvement District
Wednesday — July 21, 2010 — 3:00 pm
15 Depot Park, Kalispell, Montana
Minutes
3:00 pm Meeting Called to Order: Chris Walters, Chairman of the Board
Board Members Present: Janet Clark, David Ginepra, Bryan Scott, Chris Walters, Arlinna
Wolfe
Board Members Absent: Gib Bissell, Lori Fisher
Staff Present: Joe Unterreiner
Guests Present: Cheri Nelson, Winnie Storli
1. Hear from the Public - None.
2. Action
A. Minutes were presented for the meetings of May 10, May 19, June 2, June 16,
July 7, July 16. A motion was made, seconded, and approved to adopt the
minutes as presented.
B. Bob Herron, a local businessman, presented to the board on Kalispell live
parimutual horse racing beginning again in Kalispell and asked the board to
consider a $1,000 sponsorship. There was discussion about the potential for
new room nights, if it were possible to move this event to the shoulder season,
and the future potential of horse racing. The board agreed not to sponsor
the event at this time, but may be willing to do so in the future.
C. CVB Director Search. The decision was unanimously made to offer Diane
Medler the position of CVB Director at $50,000 per year.
D. Relationship between the TBID and Chamber/CVB/Bed Tax. Bryan Scott
pointed out that the business relationship between the TBID, Chamber, and
City may be cancelled on short notice by any of the three parties. However,
the overall effort may want to make multi -year funding commitments at some
point. No action was taken.
E. August 4th meeting cancelled. The board agreed to cancel the August 4
meeting. The next meeting will be August 18 when Diane will be in her new
position. The agenda should include: officer positions, attendance report,
collection report, and a discussion of priority action.
The next meeting is September 1.
Board Meeting Schedule (Kalispell Chamber Conference Room at 3:00 pm)
June 16 August 18 October 13
July 7 September 1 November 10
July 21 September 15 December 8
4:58 pm Meeting Adjourned
Respectfully Submitted,
Joe Unterreiner, Executive Director
Kalispell Tourism Business Improvement District
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