Minutes of CONA Meeting

7:00 p.m., February 17, 2010

City Hall Building

Bloomington, Indiana

Board Members Present:
6th & Ritter - David Walter
Elm Heights - Kathy Holland
Green Acres - Jane Spearman
Eastside - Molly O'Donnell
Maple Heights - Greg Alexander
Southampton - Richard Carr
Bill Milroy - Old Northeast

Business Meeting

1. The minutes from the January 20, 2010 meeting were approved.
2. David Walter reported treasury balances as follows: Checking: $107.54 and Savings: $7,943.32. Ann Kreilkamp requested reimbursement in the amount of $161.60 for travel and registration fees at the RNNC. David reported that the post office box fee was $28.00 and that it would be necessary to file with the Secretary of State soon. Richard Carr made a motion to accept the treasurer's report and pay the expenses. Bill Milroy seconded the motion and the motion passed.
3. The CONA web site needs updating - several of the neighborhood contacts and the content of the web site are out of date. David Walter said he obtained the City of Bloomington's list of neighborhood contacts and is working on correcting the content of the web pages. Kathy Holland said she would work on the list of contacts. Greg Alexander has been hosting the web site on his computers and is willing to make changes to the web site.
4. The Board discussed the options for sponsoring a speaker for the Blooming Neighborhood Celebration in June. Several names of potential speakers were discussed. David will contact the speakers to see if they will be available for this time period and what the cost might be to bring them to Bloomington for the weekend. He will report back at the next month's meeting.
5. Suggestions for Program speakers include having someone from the Monroe County Assessor's office to talk about property tax caps. There was discussion about having candidates running for office attend CONA meetings this year, but there is a concern about having equal representation for each political party and if it is better to let the League of Women Voters handle this. It was also suggested that our representative to the State House and Senate could be contacted once the legislative session is over this sping.

There being no more business, the meeting adjourned at 8:00 PM