12/17/2018 MinutesParis Visitors & Convention Council
Board of [Directors Meeting
December 17, 2018 at 4:00 pm
Members Present: Jeff Nutt, Bryan Hargis, Or. Linda Kapp, Tony Corso, Ryan Whitaker, Brenda Wells, Mark Pankaj,
John Godwin, Bryan Glass, Casey Ressler, Trey Glascock, Greg Wilson and Dustin Broadway.
Staff Present: Paul Allen, Gina Crawford, Randy Nation and Becky Semple.
Paul Allen called the meeting to order at 4�:00 pm,
Mlin,utes... ... The board was given a few minutes to read the November minutes. A motion to, approve was made by
Casey Ressler, seconded by Mark Pankaj, Motion passed unanimously.
Financials were presented by Bryan Glass, a motion to approve the financials was made by Mark Pankaj, seconded
by Casey Ressler, Motion passed unanimously.
Becky Semple presented a funding request for Tower City Comedy Festival. They asked for $2500.00. Based on
the scoring system in place a motion to approve $1525 was made by Casey Ressler, seconded by Trey Glascock.
Motion passed unanimously.
Becky Semple announced a workshop for WCC funding requests and scoring criteria scheduled for January 8, 2019
at 11:30 am in the Chamber boardroom,
Casey Ressler stated that he and Bryan Hargis have been looking at pricing for a race time clock. The quote they
had was for $5,000 with a yearly fee of $250. They will continue to do more research.
Randy Nation stated the engine for the trolley finally came in, it will not be ready until after the first of the year.
Paul Allen stated that we will go to the City Council on January 14, 2019 to present the proposed Love Civic Center
renovations. He also said that we need to be mindful of our marketing money. We want to gain new events and
we have money in a non -hot account if it's needed. He also stated that the VCC will be paying $500 per day to the
Civic Center for any days that are used for events once the VCC's contracted three days have been used.
Becky Semple stated that she will gather three years' worth of funding send to Jeff Nutt. He will put into an excel
sheet for the board to see.
Motion to adjourn at 4:51 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Gina Crawford