Mohawk Valley Community Grange

Meeting Minutes: February 2023

by | Feb 16, 2023 | Grange Business

MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY GRANGE
February 15, 2023, at 6:00PM

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    • Present: Marcia Fisher, Fred Choske, Kelly and Thorp McClellan, Teresa Hill, Donna Heath, Linda Mooney
    • Reading: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JULIA MOONEY!
  • Dates of Interest   
    • 3/4/23 – Premeeting, Will be at Linda’s House
    • 3/15/23  – Regular Meeting
    • 4/15/23 – Open House
  • Read and vote on approval of minutes from last meeting 
    • January minutes were approved as distributed
  • Treasurer’s Report – Teresa
    • Reported $1,746.47 in our account; this month we will need to pay our insurance ($629.00)
  • COVID-19 Procedures – Any Updates?
  • Caretaker/Rental Manager Report – Kelly/Thorp
    • Rentals – No rentals as yet
    • Concerns or comments – Everything OK
  • Communications – OSU’s Extension’s Tree School. March 4th. Posted flyer on bulletin board.
  • Old/Unfinished Business
    • BINGO – We made $870 and we had 47 people! We will have another BINGO in May. Teresa will put a question on FaceBook as to the best times.
    • Flower Baskets for Open House and Mother’s Day

Teresa has checked with Rogers Gardens and McKenzie River Gardens. They will have baskets for us by mid-April.

  • Approve Refugee policy – works, though we will add a maximum stay of 7 days.
  • Approve Rental agreement for weekly classes – We tabled this document for further study of the rate.
  • Approve New Yoga Classes – Jaya Devi is announcing her class in the Mohawk Messenger including her phone number for interested people.
  • Discuss/ Approve New Reader Board – Teresa had concerns about the quality of the boards on the market. Thorp will look into building one for us….more later!
  • New Business
    • Open House Date Set – 4/15/23; 3-7PM More details at March meeting.
    • Approved Changing locks and lock box code. Donna moved and it was passed that Thorp would purchase and install the new equipment.  
    • Also noted that Thorp was approved by Executive order to purchase ($50) for fill dirt for holes in the Grange grounds.
    • Repeater Grant for the Emergency Response – Briefly discussed, more info next meeting.
    • Classes at the Grange were discussed: Tie Dye, Indian Cooking, Yoga. More Later.
  • Good of the Order 
  • Adjourn 7:10PM

Submitted by Linda Mooney, President
Secretary Julia/ Dan Mooney were not able to attend