MEETING MINUTES – October 10th, 2019
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska – The Pizza Ranch -84th & Lexington | 11:30am-1:00pm
Present: 25 in attendance
Members: Mark Whitehead; Carl Tesch; Fred Knight; Kolleen Meyer-Krikac; Joanne Bartels; Julie Robinson; JoAnn Emerson; Steve Sheridan; Sherri Recker; Brian Adam; Amy Fish; Barb Tyler; Ben Petersen; Shelli Meyer; Jake Spotanski; John Vigna; Ashley Sitorius; Anthony Butler
Guests: Jesse Dyer
Introductions
The September 2019 minutes were approved.
Please sign in and mark whether you are a guest or a member
New Members – email logo to Steve Maly for the website
Charity Update
NLBA is taking up donations for our annual donation to Santa Cop. Donation deadline is November 1st. If you would like to donate please see one of the NLBA board members. Checks can be made out to NLBA with Santa Cop in the memo section.
Membership Chair Report
51 individuals 38 Paid member companies
11 new members in 2019
Please review and update the membership roster that was passed around.
Social Chair Update
Thanks for all who turned out for the tailgate. We had around 33 guests.
Looking into an Axe Throwing night at Craft Axe
Also looking into a craft beer night at Code Brewery
Treasurer’s Report:
Board Treasurer, Tim Kirkpatrick provide the group an update on the group’s finances. $1760.63 in Checking; $3000.00 in CDs
Spotlight Speakers
Kolleen Meyer-Krikac with Balanced Life Coaching and Barb Tyler with Woodlands at Hillcrest
Community Update – Captain Anthony Butler, LPD
Captain Butler gave the group some stats on activity in north Lincoln. For the northwest team, year to date there are 553 more calls compared with last year. Captain Butler detailed a few of those calls which had gun play involved. The incidents don’t seem to be related to each other except for the fact narcotics are involved. There have been a couple of incidents involving assaults towards the end of September. They may be related to the same group of individuals.
Featured Speakers
Assistant Chief Pat Borer – City of Lincoln Fire and Rescue Department
Assistant Chief Borer started with an update on the new fire stations being built. There are currently 4 new fire stations built or being built. Pat was excited to say all the stations are coming in on budget. These were funded by the ¼ cent sales tax that just ended. The City as appropriated $3.5 million towards new fire trucks. The department has ordered 7 new fire trucks with that money. On average a fire truck lasts about 15 years on front line status and then another 5 years in reserve status. Pat also spoke about the fire departments strategic plan. He handed out info on the initiatives and started by polling the group on their satisfaction with the fire department. Pat spoke to the group about a few of these initiatives.
NLBA Meetings:
Next Association meeting: October 10th, 2019 at THE PIZZA RANCH – 84th & Lexington | 11:30am- 1:00pm
Next Board meeting: October 23rd, 2019; Noon; Mutual of Omaha Office
Meeting Adjourned. Respectfully submitted by Kyle Kudron NLBA Secretary kkudron@kidwellinc.com
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