GVHSF MINUTES 05-13-1994
GOLDEN VALLEY HUMAN SERVICES FOUNDATION
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF JUNE 13, 1994
HELD AT THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM
MEMBERS PRESENT: Sue Virnig, City Staff; Don Anderson; Jack Cole; Jay Hoffman;
Gloria Johnson; David Albersman; Jennifer Smith; Ruth Heaner; Elissa Heilicher;
MEMBERS ABSENT: Cal Stoll; Robert Junghans; Vern Montroy;
The meeting was called to order by Chair Jack Cole at 7:05 pm.
1. The chair asked for self introductions of the members and staff person.
2.
The roster
were made:
of members was reviewed and the following corrections/additions
Jennifer Smith - change her work phone number to 672-9788
Don Anderson - delete his work phone number
3. It was moved, seconded and ,passed to accept the minutes of the meeting of
February 14, 1994 as distributed.
4. The rev;Lsedcopy of the By-laws of the Human Service Foundation of the City of
Golden Valley were reviewed. The following amendments to the revised copy
were made:
Art:id:e II: Par. 2 Meetings: subparagraph 1. add after meetings, or as needed,
subparagraph 2. Changed to read - A quorum consists of a majority of khe
membership and is necessary to transact the..business of the Foundation.
Article IV: Paragraph 2: Change to read - The Foundation will elect officers
at the May meeting each year. Officers will serve until the next election.
It was moved, seconded and passed to approve the revised by-laws, as amended,
and recommend them to the City Council.
5. The revenues received todate from pull tab charitable gambling and solicited
income were reviewed. Sue Virnig reported that the revenues are down by 37%
as compared to last year to date.
6. A discussion of the goals of the Foundation were discussed. The concensus was
that a short term goal for the purpose of making up the shortfall in revenues
be considered. Secondly, that a long term goal stretching out to ten years be
considered to establish where the Foundation should be in that time frame.
7. For the short term goals it was considered the following: A garage sale;
continued solicitation of the businesses of the city; a silent auction/dinner;
A. Jennifer Smith, Ruth Heaner and Gloria Johnson will investigate what city
owned properttes would be available and conducive for a garage sale. It
was suggested that one possibility was a one time garage sale with table
space being available for rent for various dealers to sell their wares.
B. A promotional/informational brochure needs to be produced to use as infor-
mation for city businesses and residents.
C. It was suggested that the Foundation needs to become a 501 (C) 3 charitable
organization under the IRS statutes and promoted as such for tax deduction
purposes. Currently, funds are given the the city and may be considered as
a negative by businesses as they already pay taxes in "great abundance".
D. It was agreed that a copy of the Minnesota statutes on chatitable gambling
is necessary for the members knowledge and informational reference.
8. It was moved seconded and passed to elect Jack Cole as chairperson; Ruth Heaner
as vice chair; and Don Anderson as secretary.
9. The next meeting of the Foundation will be Monday, July 11, 1994 at city hall.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:15 pm.
Respectfully submitted, Donald B. Anderson, secretary~