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KLTV
BOARD MEETING MINUTES
June 15, 2009
President George Ford called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm.
Secretary Joe Daggy was asked to call roll. Board Members Present: Position 1 – George Ford, Post 2 - Mike Kayser, Post 3 – Brian Magnuson, Posit 4 - Joe Daggy, Post 5 – Keath Huff, Post 7- Don MacDonald, Post 8 - Hal Phillips, and Position 9 – Jim Johnston.
Position 6 – Rick Still was absent.
There were no requests for changes or additions to the agenda. George then welcomed everybody to the meeting and explained that future meetings will be more streamlined. George requested that comments directed to the Board be less adversarial, after all everybody here is on the same team. The Board is comprised of people from various backgrounds that contribute toward KLTV’s success. He emphasized that board members are volunteers too. George anticipates conducting an Executive Session after every Board Meeting. These sessions will actually be workshops designed to educate the newly appointed and elected Board Members to KLTV’s operation, and will assist in establishing and evaluating goals. Hal Phillips made the motion to accept the Minutes of May 18th, 2009. The motion was seconded by Don MacDonald. Joe Daggy offered a correction that the Treasurer and Secretary were not appointed but rather nominated and duly accepted by the board to fill those positions. The minutes were accepted as corrected.
Brian Magnuson provided the Treasurers Report. Brian pointed out that with the recent franchise fees recently acquired our Income Source is roughly at 57 per cent of projection at roughly the half way mark. While the most interesting thing is that total Expenses are at 37.2 per cent, which reveals we are on a pretty good path with the budget. Granted there are a few line items that are above the 50 per cent mark at this half way through the year occasion. Even with the unexpected departure of our upstairs tenant, the budget would be in good enough shape to cover expenses.
Chace & Spurgeon were able to remedy the reconciliation issue Gary had on last month’s report. They also re-aligned the budgeted wages and the tax contributions that Gary had skewed.
The Cash on Hand Report is pretty much the same as last time. We did transfer a modest amount out of the Bank of America Capital Improvement account to the Bank of America’s Debit Card – which is also assigned to Capital Improvement funds. You may recall that Longview has requested an accounting of those funds. Barry developed a spreadsheet that tracks items purchased with those funds. Chace’s staff offered advice on tracking those grants purchases.
Staff Reports. Linda explained that recent technological changes were not limited to the HD broadcast realm. Satellite transmission and reception requires us to adapt with digital receivers. To complete this project we must remove a 12 foot dish and swap with a existing 7 foot moveable dish. Brian offered the use of a lift to remove the heavy 12 footer in order for us to proceed.
Minutes June 15, 2009 Page Two Staff Reports Continued
Discussion surrounded the coverage of the NWAACC Baseball Tournament offered praise to the staff for a marvelous production. Questions pertaining to the quality of the streaming video were then addressed. The immediate answer was it could be improved, it only takes money.
Barry said instead of paying crew positions he chose to offer Appreciation Cards from Fred Meyer. The gift card concept avoided the requirement to pay taxes, while the volunteer could exchange their gift card for food, clothing, gas, or anything else in the store; same as cash.
Recording the various Graduation Ceremonies are near completion. Orders continue to trickle in. We’re expecting 150 or more orders for this project.
Membership Comments It was suggested that we ask Judy Jones to comment on how KLTV is perceived by city staff or management these days. She indicated management is generally pleased that quality issues have been addressed. Judy thanked us all for our work, and told us that the financial report of expenditures was just what she had hoped for. She did mention the desire of the City Council to have KLTV start recording the Planning Commission meetings starting Sept 2nd.
Member Ben Purvis suggested that as individuals address the Board that perhaps they also introduce themselves for all to know.
The spreadsheet that highlights Capital Expenditures did not get distributed so Sharon asked to see the list.
Bob Metke asked for a list of Board Members and how to contact them. It was pointed out that that information is on the web site and he could send an email to the Board @kltv.org and they each would get it.
President George called for an Executive Session and indicated no action would be necessary upon their return, so for all practical matters the meeting was adjourned at 6:23 pm. The next meeting will be Monday July 20th, 2009 at the studio.
Minutes Approved ____/____/____ by KLTV Board ________________________________
Date Secretary’s Signature
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