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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20110524minutesUSS JEFFERSON CITY SUBMARINE COMMITTEE May 24, 2011 Minutes Call to Order: At 5:15 PM the meeting was called to order by the Secretary, John O'Connell. Due to the recent death of the then current Chairman, George Bruss and the recent retirement of the Vice Chairman Ed Irwin the only remaining elected officer is the Secretary, John O'Connell. Roll Call: Rich Koon, Council Liaison, Steve Schlueter, Staff Liaison, John O'Connell, Secretary, Melody Green, and Mark Aulbur. Approval of 10-13-2010 Meeting Minutes: The meeting minutes from the 10-13-10 meeting were read by the committee. Rich Koon made a motion to accept and approve the minutes as read and that motion was 2nd by Mark Aulbur. Election of Officers: The Chairman's position was discussed and Melody Green expressed interest in serving in that position, she has been involved with the committee since its inception and has coordinated most if not all of the crew visits following the ship's commissioning in 1992. Mark Aulbur made a motion to nominate Melody Green as Chairman and that motion was 2nd by John O'Connell. The motion was passed with all members present voting yes. So it is that Melody Green is now the newly elected Chairman. The Secretary's position was discussed and John O'Connell agreed to continue in that position for the remainder of his term. Since the committee is one person short and two members were not present it was decided to postpone election of the Vice- Chairman and Crew Visit Coordinator until the next meeting . Steve Schlueter, said that he had spoke with Hal Dulle and that Hal would be submitting the paper work to apply for a position on the committee. If he is approved that would bring the committee back up to full membership. Report on BBQ fund raiser: Steve Schlueter, stated that Hal Dulle had not given him the final numbers but it looked like a profit of about $1000.00 dollars. Half of that ($500.00) would go to the USS Jefferson City Submarine Trust Fund. Update Committee contact information: An updated information sheet was provided from Steve Schlueter's Secretary. However some of the missing information was not available from Marti Thruston. Report on the Change of Command in San Diego: Melody Green and Mike Ryno attended from Jefferson City. Melody said that the weather was great and she took a lot of good pictures and there was an impressive fly over by the Blue Angels. She met with the new Captain, Commander Brien W. Dickson and looks forward to a great relationship with the Jefferson City community. Discuss recent expenditures: Melody indicated a disapproval of the expenses for Mike Ryno's trip to San Diego for the Change of Command being paid for out of the Submarine Trust Fund. According to Steve Schlueter, the approximate total for Mike Ryno's trip was $1500.00. It is a little unclear as to how this expense allowance came about and since the prior Chairman is deceased and the City Administrator, Steve Rasmussen, who received the invitation to the Change of Command, was recently fired. It may not be practical to attempt to place blame on any one person for this oversight. Clearly the By-Laws of the Committee state that, "Expenditures from the USS Jefferson City Submarine Trust Fund shall only be made for the benefit of the USS Jefferson City Submarine or personnel serving aboard the submarine". USS Jefferson City VIP trip: Melody said that she had been in contact with Lt. Commander Garcia at SUBPAC and was working on setting up a possible VIP Tour and Cruise on the USS Jefferson City Submarine for members of the USS Jefferson City Committee. If this becomes a reality it would most likely occur during the late spring or summer of 2012. Next Crew Visit: The USS Jefferson City will be out on a six month deployment during the fall of 2011 so the next visit will not be until 2012. Old Business: None. New Business: Rich Koon said that he would contact the City Attorney, Nathan Nicholas, and address the issue concerning the expenditures from the Trust Fund that paid for Mike Ryno's trip to San Diego to see if it might be possible for the city to repay the Trust Fund from the City's general revenue fund for those expenses. If Steve Rasmussen, who received the invitation and later gave it to Mike Ryno, would have attended the change of command he would have been on a city expense account. So it is not unreasonable to ask the city to reimburse the Trust Fund for the cost of Mike Ryno's trip. In light of the fact that money from the Trust Fund is not to be used for such a purpose. Adjournment: Melody Green made a motion to adjourn and that motion was 2nd by John O'Connell, the motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 6:00PM.