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Board of Directors Meeting May 22 2025

May 22, 2025June 11th, 2025
Pillette Village

Pillette Village Business Improvement Association

Board of Directors Meeting

May 22, 2025

 

In Attendance: Diane Beck, Danielle Ramsten, David Duke, Terry Yaldo and Bridget Scheuerman

Regrets:          Councillors Jo-Anne Gignac and Ed Sleiman

 

  1. Approval of Minutes
  • Motion by Diane and seconded by Danielle to approve the minutes of the previous meeting. Passed.

 

  1. Financial Report
  • Bridget provided the following financial report
  • Bank balance as of April 30, 2025 $26,372.32
  • Deposit 2024 HST Rebate $1,831.04
  • Total balance $27,203.36
  • Total for outstanding cheques $2,834.35
  • Balance after outstanding cheques $24,369.01
  • Balance of Capital Works project $46,200.00
  • Terry asked if we could shop around for insurance. Diane suggested Ayre Farmers.
  • Motion by Danielle and seconded by Diane to accept the Financial report as presented.

 

  1. September 6thEvent
  • Leap Physiotherapy wants to participate in the September 6th
  • We should contact Animal Rescue to be a vendor.
  • Send email to those who attended the general meeting about forming a committee to plan the event.
  • Talk to the church to see if we could use their parking lot and if they would like to join in with the event.
  • Potential Event Committee would be Diane Beck, Danielle Ramsten, David Duke, Nancy Johns, Tess (Tess Always), Alex (Leap Physio), Marlena (Charcuterie) and Bridget Scheuerman.
  • A suggested meeting date of the first week of June to get together to discuss and plan the event will be sent to this committee.

 

  1. Capital Works Project
  • Bridget picked up the prototype for the address banner from AngelStar and brought it to the meeting. The Board members liked it, but it was indicated that the banner is too wide and that there would be encroachment fees involved.
  • A discussion took place where it was suggested that we should ask the city to waive the encroachment fees for those businesses affected by the wider banner design.
  • There should be a focus on getting the project completed.
  • Bridget meets with Planning every two weeks to get updated on the progress.
  • A lot of time was lost due to Covid, and the original Manufacturer of the banners has since gone out of business.
  • Bridget indicated that only 22 of the 47 businesses will be getting the signs because the property owners of the others did not agree to having the banner installed. The City wants 55% so that it is a good presentation.  It was felt by the board that if the 22 banners go up, then the other businesses will want one as well, but it has to be understood that the property owner has to be the one agreeing to the installation, and so far we only have 22 locations that have agreed.  Also, businesses such as Shoppers and McDonalds will not agree as they have specifics as to how their buildings must look.

 

  1. Maintenance
  • Terry can have his employees do the work. Must be done on a regular basis and this includes the watering of the trees.
  • Bridget will check with the city regarding flowers.

 

  1. New/Other Business
  • A Chinese restaurant has opened on the southwest corner of Wyandotte and Pillette called Come Again and Happy Tea.

 

Meeting Adjourned

 

 

Next Board Meeting will be Thursday, June 12, 2025, 4:00 p.m. at Hawkins Accounting.

 

This meeting will be followed by a meeting of the Planning Committee for the September 6th event.