HomeMy Public PortalAbout20090702minutesUSS JEFFERSON CITY SUBMARINE COMMITTEE
JULY 2, 2009
Committee Members in attendance: George Bruss, Chairman, Ed Irwin, Vice
Chairman, Herman Smith, Senior Member, and John O’Connell, Secretary.
Guest: Steve Schlueter, City Finance Director, Steve Rasmussen, City Administrator,
Melody Green, Consultant for events and logistics and Rich Koon, City Council
Representative.
Call to Order: Ed Irwin called the meeting to order at 4:50 PM.
Roll Call: All members were present including the newly designated City Council
Representative, Rich Koon.
Motion: Steve Schlueter presented a motion to accept the meeting notes from the April
16, 2009 meeting. The motion was accepted and passed.
Finance Report: Steve Schlueter presented members with a print out of the current
budget summary. As of this date none of the allotted $2000.00 expenditure for the use of
returning crew members to Jefferson City for the Submarine Ball dated August 22, 2009
have been spent. A motion to accept the budget was made by John O’Connell and
seconded by George Bruss. Mr. Schlueter also pointed out that the USS Jefferson City;
domain name would be expiring 10-2009. A motion was made by George Bruss and
seconded by John O’Connell to renew the domain name for five years and the fee would
be paid from the trust fund.
Discussion of the USS Jefferson City Submarine 2009 Visit: Melody Green has at the
request of Ed Irwin has volunteered to help coordinate the crew visit. She indicated that
the crew was due to arrive on Wednesday August 19th At the St. Louis Airport. The
group will include the Captain, Chief of the Boat, and six other enlisted men. SubPac
will pay for the travel expenses for four of the crewmembers and the vehicle rental for
transportation to Jefferson City from the St. Louis airport. However, once the crew
arrives they are required to park the rental vehicles and further transportation will be
provided locally. Melody said that the Sub committee would pick up the travel expenses
for the other four-crew members. Also, an invitation was extended for spouses of
crewmembers to attend but there didn’t seem to be much interest.
George Bruss stated that he would contact Mike Kehoe and try to arrange a loaner van for
transportation and Melody stated that she would also provide her personal vehicle, which
is a large SUV.
Melody said that she has tentative arrangement for housing of five of the crewmembers
but was still looking for accommodations for the other three. Melody has also arranged
through Alan Mudd for the crew to teach a physics class at the high school on Thursday,
help paint the Boys and Girls Club and assist Habitat for Humanity. Friday she would
like to have time for the crew to visit the Capitol. Friday evening she suggested that the
crew have dinner at the American Legion Hall on Tannerbridge Rd.
Review and discussion of the by-laws: Ed Irwin proposed a Change to the by-laws for
committee members that would remove the term limits, remove the relationship
requirements, and remove the residency requirements.
The thinking behind this was to allow an opportunity for a more diverse committee
membership. The present wording of Sec. 7-291, Sub Sec. A, item #2, states that “Five
shall be citizens of the city who have served in the Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, or
Merchant Marines.” After some discussion with the City Administrator, Steve
Rasmussen, it was decided to have the city attorney review the possibility of removing
the term limits all together and changing the residency requirement to anyone who lives
in Cole County or any adjoining County. Also, to remove the relationship requirement,
this requires members to have served in one of the Armed Services.
Additionally, it was decided that item #4, which allows for two ex-officio members no
longer applies and should be removed. This proposal will be reviewed by one of the
City’s legal team and then reviewed by the committee for submission to the City Council
for action.
Old Business: No Old Business was brought up.
New Business: George Bruss stated that there would not be any representatives at the
Submarine Ball from the USS Topeka as they will be deployed during that time. Ed
Irwin was still working on contacts with the USS Columbia to see if they had any interest
in sending representatives to the Submarine Ball.
Steve Schlueter also mentioned that there may be a need to find additional funding for the
trust since the life of the boat has been extended from 20 years to 30 years. He stated that
he would contact, Mr. Hal Dulle, with the Marine Corp League and see if they would
consider doing a BBQ fund raiser for the USS Jefferson City.
Ed Irwin suggested that we might consider another meeting in early August to go over
any additional information or issues concerning the Submarine Ball. Also hoping that
Sam Bushman would be able to attend as he is coordinating the Submarine Ball.
Adjournment; At 5:45 PM a motion to adjourn was made by Herman Smith and
seconded by George Bruss.