HomeMy Public PortalAbout20100105minutesUSS JEFFERSON CITY SUBMARINE COMMITTEE
JANUARY 5, 2010
Committee Members in attendance: George Bruss, Chairman, Ed Irwin, Vice Chairman,
Herman Smith, Senior Member, John O'Connell, Secretary, Rich Koon, Council Representative.
Guest: Steve Schlueter, City Finance Director, Nathan Nicholas, City Attorney.
Call to Order: Ed Irwin called the meeting to order at 5:10 PM.
Roll Call: All Committee Members present and accounted for.
Motion: Ed Irwin made a motion to accept the meeting notes from the November 24, 2009
meeting minutes. The motion was seconded by Rich Koon.
Discussion of the Committee's Proposed Changes to the By-Laws and Ordinance: Nathan
Nicholas opened the discussion and presented to the members a copy of his understanding of the
proposed changes as he had noted from the previous meeting. The Committee members are to
be increased to seven, one shall be the City Council representative. Six shall be residents of the
Jefferson City Metropolitan Statistical Area. This includes all of Cole Count and that part of
Callaway County up to and including Holts Summit. The Military requirement, and the Navy
League member requirement are removed. Also the section providing for ex-officio members is
removed. The Committee agreed on the proposed changes and they will be presented to the full
City Council at their next meeting.
George Bruss presented a motion that all existing Committee Members retain their existing
positions for the new fiscal year. That motion was seconded by John O'Connell and accepted by
the Committee.
Old Business: None
New Business: The next Committee meeting was set for March 2, 2010, at 5:00 PM. At that
time fund raising projects are to be considered and preparation for the anticipated Crew Visit in
October will be discussed. Also discussion about filling the newly created Committee Member
vacancies.
Adjournment: Ed Irwin made a motion to adjourn at 6:40 PM and that motion was seconded by
John O'Connell.