October 2022 Minutes
MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
PANAMA CITY DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT BOARD
Wednesday, October 5, 2022, 8:30 am
Panama City Center for the Arts
19 East 4th Street
1. Call to order:present Allan, Kevin, Pam, Catherine, Absent Brent, Jennifer, Elizabeth
2. Chairman’s report: updated on Parking, and last workshop meeting
3. Approval of minutes – September 7, 2022 meeting: Motion by Allan, Second by Pam, all approve
4. Public Participation – public invited to speak about anything not already on the agenda: Jayson Kretzer showed an idea for a public art budget item of $25,000 per year for us to consider at next meeting
5. Financial Update – Bank account balances Checking $ 1,272.. Savings $274,888.
6. Old Business – Administrative Director search- narrow down 13 applications, set interviews: group had idea of giving a project to prospects to see how they would manage, going to work something like this up
7. New Business – voting items
a. Annual Financial Audit : Allan made motion to accept, Pam seconded, all in favor
b. Merchant Holiday Get together, Center for the Arts Thursday, December 1, sponsorship ask is $650.00 (venue rental $150., food and beverage $500.) Organized by Leslie Todd (Jute and Palm) and Kristen Wilson (Wild Grace) Allan made motion to fund two of these for total of $1,300. Kevin seconded, all in favor
c. Consideration to fund Christmas Carriage rides Allan made motion to allocate total of $5,000. For carriage rides, actual costs s/b $4,500. overage can go towards decor
d. Christmas Downtown – lighting proposal, other decorating, no vote
e. Shade Sail RFP – approve for accuracy Allan made motion to accept RFP, Pam seconded, all in favor
f. Children’s Advocacy Center, Shannon Rodriguez, requesting $500. Sponsorship for her office Christmas Trees. No vote taken
8. Administrative Update – Financial Form 1 sent to all
10. Reminders / Calls to Action
a. Next meeting will be Workshop Wednesday October 19, 5:30pm location tbd, Next Regular meeting will be November 2.
11. Adjournment