Coast Rifle and Pistol Club

Meeting Minutes August 17th, 2011

Present were…

Julie Russell, President

Tom Wilz, Vice President

Paula Wiles, Treasurer

Joe Newman, Safety Officer

Hale Switzer, Secretary

Glen Dawson and Dennis Ingram, Ken Hablitzel, Directors

#1 Meeting called to order

#2 Motion to accept July minutes – Unanimously approved

#3 Paula Wiles gave the treasurer’s report given, attached addendum – motion to accept was unanimously approved

#4 Joe Newman gave the membership report. In July there were 18 new regular members, two new associate members. There were 72 renewals of regular members, four renewals of associate members and three renewals of life members. The active membership was 983 and 56 memberships expired this month. A motion was made to accept this report. It was unanimously approved.

#5 The contract for the Verizon cellular tower has been signed. The tower should be installed by March.

#6 A motion to take bids on the skeet parking lot was made. This was tabled.

#7 A Julie described her consultation with the Accountant and tax attorney regarding our lapsed tax exempt status. Their opinion was that there is no way to expedite the actions of the IRS and we will have to wait for their decision.

#8 Randy Brownlee needs to contact the phone company to find out why it has not been turned on.

#9 The possibility of connecting our water to Superior Utilities is being investigated.

#10 Julie reminded the shoot chairmen of the need to provide an asset list.

#11 $7050.00 was unanimously approved to hydroseed and put erosion control hay matting on the pistol range berms and flat areas.

#12 $8600 was unanimously approved to bring power to ranges 1, 2 and 3.

#13 Portable toilets have been installed on the pistol ranges. The cost is $138

#14 Gerry Maxwell will replace Julie on the Bylaw amendment committee.

#15 A motion was made to increase the pay for the maintenance crew (Laura Glover and Jeremy Brown) to $20.00 per hour. This was unanimously approved.

#16 A motion was made to have Donald Stokes put a load of dirt around the trap house to correct height picture. This was unanimously approved.

#17 Tom will contact Donald Stokes for berm work to repair 40 meter berm and range 3, set the long range berm to 300 yards and move the finger berm between ranges 5 and six to the outside of range 6.

#18 A motion was made to reimburse John Ohman for the August gunshow. This was unanimously approved.

#19 A motion was made to take sealed bids for paving. The bids will include an option to complete the paving to the pistol ranges in one step or two steps. The motion was unanimously approved.

#20 The meeting was adjourned