Present:

• Scott MacPherson, ED
• Jennifer Myszkowski (President)
• Carey Baker (Vice-President)
• Denis Luzuriaga (Clerk)
• Gloria Caballero
• Al Williams – Treasurer

Not Present:

• Mike Hines

Call to order: 6:35p.m.

Acceptance of prior meeting minutes – November 17, 2022

• Motion to accept minutes: Carey
• Second: Denis
• Abstain: Al
• Vote: Three in favor, one abstention. Motion carries.

Directors Report

• New hire will begin work in July 2023. Interviewing will happen during June. Al Williams expressed some concern with the new hire given that there is currently a structural deficit of nearly $9k. Al suggests that we revisit the topic in March and make a decision on a new hire based on the current financial situation.
• A discussion ensued about the need to consider raises for current staff (the current budget includes raises for the News Director and the Director of Media Engagement).
• Al Williams cautioned against relying too much on grants (although he fully endorses pursuing them).
• CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH COMCAST: We should be talking about this now!
• Brief discussion about translation services for the City. Should we share that resource? The sentiment is generally, no. They should engage those services separately.
• Scott will put together some talking points regarding financial investments for a “rainy day fund” or something similar.

P and L

Balance Sheet 

Building Costs

2023 Budget Proposal

• Motion to approve the 2023 Budget through the end of March at which time we will revisit it: Al
• Second: Carey
• Vote: Unanimous. Motion carries

Old Business

• Grand Opening plans
• Standing items:
  • Membership update
  • Members are starting to “show up at the building”.
  • Latest anti-racism consultant actions
  • Information has been obtained from Tanisha.
  • Marketing update
  • Recruitment of new and diverse board members
• Board appointments from the City: Finance Chair McGivern has stated that we are not due to come in “for a discussion”.
• COVID response
• Personnel check-in

New business

• Annual meeting has not yet been scheduled. Annual report is being prepared now.
• Al inquired about whether the Mayor is aware that we are due for a contract renewal with Comcast. He is. Al is volunteering to get involved in the process. Jennifer also said she would join Al in the process. Scott will tell the Mayor that we will be contacting him regarding the matter.

Executive session for Personnel Review 

• Motion to enter executive session: Denis
• Second: Al
• Vote: Unanimous. Motion carries.

 

• Motion to exit executive session: Denis
• Second: Gloria
• Vote: Unanimous. Motion carries.

Task review and due dates

• Scott will be getting a contingency draft budget in February
• Getting a capital budget plan (for fixing Cornice, etc,)
• E.D. to speak with Christine Dutton
• E.D. to speak with “schools receiver” Anthony Soto
• Scott spoke about our building insurance. He asked our insurer to reduce the replacement cost to $2.5M (from 4). This covers just the building, not contents, which has its own policy

Motion to adjourn:

• Motion: Carey
• Second: Gloria
• Vote: Unanimous. Motion carries.

Adjourn 8:15 pm