[1. Call Meeting to order]
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YES. OKAY. YEP. YES. OKAY, I'M GONNA BRING THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE ADVERTISE SHERWOOD ADVERTISING PROMOTIONS COMMISSION MEETING JANUARY 21ST. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 3RD MEETING. CALL ROLL. OH, YES. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. I'M IN A HURRY. MARINA. HERE. JEFF. HERE. CHRISTA HERE. KIM HERE. APRIL HERE. AND JOSH HERE. OKAY.
[2. Approval of December 3, 2025, and Special Called December 10, 2025 minutes]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES. YOU SHOULD HAVE THE MINUTES IN YOUR PACKETS. IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT LAST FOR A MOTION APPROVAL. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.SECOND. GOT IT, GOT IT. CALL FOR THE VOTE. MARINA, I JEFF. CHRISTA I KIM. I APRIL. JOSH, I.
OKAY. SHOULD WE STEVE. LET ME ASK YOU, SHOULD WE WAIT AND DO THE CHAIRMAN ELECTION AT THE END LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR? I THINK THAT'D BE FINE. OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO BYLAWS.
[4. By-Laws Discussion]
DISCUSSION POINT NUMBER FOUR. YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY IN FRONT OF ALL YOU GUYS. THIS COMMISSION HELD A WORKSHOP BACK IN, I THINK SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, OCTOBER, A COUPLE COMMISSIONERS WEREN'T ON AT THE TIME. SOME WEREN'T AVAILABLE, BUT FOUR OF US MET. WE REVIEWED BYLAWS FROM SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES. WE TRIED TO TAKE SOME OF THE NUGGETS OUT OF SOME OF THE BEST THINGS THAT THEY HAD, AND AND TRIED TO ADAPT IT TO OUR CITY AND THE THINGS THAT WE DO AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED IN IT AS A COMMISSION. SO THIS IS THE DRAFT FROM THAT MEETING BASED OFF OF WHAT WE ALL CAME UP WITH. IT NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED FOR CERTAINLY FOR GRAMMAR. I WAS BLESSED BY MY WIFE TO HELP ME TYPE IT UP BECAUSE SHE TYPES WAY FASTER THAN ME. BUT WE NEED TO REVIEW IT FOR GRAMMAR. WE NEED TO REVIEW IT FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT WE DISCUSSED AS A TEAM THAT DAY TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN THERE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK FOR. I DON'T KNOW THAT EIGHT PAGES IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GO OVER RIGHT NOW FOR RESPECT TO EVERYONE'S TIME, BUT MAYBE WE HAVE A PLAN TO APPROVE.OR YOU CAN EMAIL ME CHANGES BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING. FROM THE LEGAL SIDE, CAN HE REVIEW THAT? YES. THERE'S OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY WE WE PUT A PARAGRAPH IN THERE SIMILAR TO THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT TALK ABOUT THE REVENUE AND HOW IT'S BROUGHT IN THE PERCENTAGE.
SO THAT PROBABLY CERTAINLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED OVER. SO WE'LL WE'LL MAKE SURE I'LL GIVE IT TO MAKE SURE SHE HANDS YOU A COPY. YEAH. I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS JUST TAKE THIS DRAFT COPY AND THEN DISCUSS IT AT OUR NEXT MEETING. OKAY. AND IF THERE'S ANY, WITH ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS. AND I THINK ALL THOSE NEED TO GO TO STEVE. RIGHT. NOTE ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES NEED TO GO TO YOU. YES. SO ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES NEED TO GO TO STEVE. OKAY. AND THEN HE WOULD FACILITATE THOSE AMONG. AND THEN HE WOULD BRING THOSE BACK. OKAY. I'LL GIVE YOU A HARD COPY TODAY STEVE. AND THEN I CAN EMAIL YOU A DIGITAL COPY.
[5. Project Update]
YEAH. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. PROJECT UPDATES. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON TRAIL OF LIGHTS AND HOW I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE DID THIS YEAR ON THE COUNT AND THE AMOUNT AND ALL THAT STUFF WE KNOW. YEAH. NO, I, I WISH I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT WITH ME, BUT I DID NOT. I KNOW YEAH, I KNOW THAT IT WAS LOWER THAN LAST YEAR. I KNOW DONATIONS WERE UP FROM LAST YEAR. IT WAS INTERESTING. AT MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, I SPOKE TO THE BATESVILLE MAYOR AND I SAID, HOW WAS Y'ALL'S TRAIL OF LIGHTS THIS YEAR? WERE YOU DOWN? AND HE SAID, WE WERE DOWN BOTH VISITATIONS AND DONATIONS LIKE THEIR DONATIONS WERE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. SO I'M KIND OF THINKING IT JUST MAY HAVE BEEN A QUIRKY YEAR BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST US IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE GOING, BUT WASN'T IT LIKE 20 SOMETHING THOUSAND VISITS? IT WAS STILL A LOT OF VISITS. IT'S JUST NOT AS MUCH AS NOT QUITE AS MUCH AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR. WE DON'T KNOW[00:05:02]
THE DONATIONS. I SAW THAT. WELL, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THAT. DO YOU REMEMBER THE DONATIONS? I THOUGHT OVER 2000. WELL, IT SAYS TRAIL OF LIGHTS REVENUE $3,087. OKAY. ON THE. WE CAN GO OFF THAT NUMBER IN YOUR REPORT, ALEX. THAT SHOULD BE A WOULD THAT BE A GOOD NUMBER. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD NUMBER FOR ACTUALS. THAT'S WHAT'S RECORDED OKAY. SO YEP. THERE YOU GO KIM.THANK YOU. THANKS. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT THAT A FELLOW CITY COUNCIL MEMBER HAD RECEIVED AN EMAIL AND ASKED THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT THEY DECLINED. THEY HAD RECEIVED AN EMAIL THAT ONE OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS SAID THAT THE I DON'T KNOW, SOME OF THE DISPLAYS WEREN'T TURNED ON. I TALKED TO HER EARLIER. YES. YEAH. OKAY. WELL AND I MEAN, THAT HAPPENS I MEAN I I'VE JUST I'M PARAPHRASING BECAUSE IT WAS HEARSAY TO ME. SO IF YOU'VE TALKED TO THE PERSON THEN. YEAH, I TALKED TO HER. AND I MEAN THINGS HAPPEN DOWN THERE. PLUGS BURN, WIRES BURN BREAKAGE TRIP. I, YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH AS OFTEN AS WE CAN AND BUT I CAN'T GUARANTEE ALL THE TIME THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE ON. I MEAN, STUFF HAPPENS. YOU KNOW, WE GET A RAIN OR SOMETHING. OF COURSE, THAT CAN AFFECT IT TOO. SO I GET WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
BUT THE GUYS WENT THROUGH THEIR AT LEAST ONCE, MAYBE TWICE A WEEK. SO TO TRY TO KEEP THAT FROM BEING A PROBLEM. BUT YEAH, I TALKED TO HER AND EXPLAINED THAT TO HER EARLIER. OKAY.
ANYWAY. BUT OH YOU GOT ANY UPDATES ON THE UPCOMING PROJECTS? SO DISCUSSIONS WITH CONTRACTORS BREAKING GROUND. ALL RIGHT. SO. ON THE SPILLWAY DOWN THERE WE'RE LOOKING AT BIDDING IT. IT'S STILL BEING ENGINEERED FINISHING IT UP. THEY DID DO THEY DRILLED TO YOU KNOW DO SOME CORE SAMPLES AND SEE THEY HAD TO CHANGE THINGS UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, MAKE THE KEYWAY A LITTLE DEEPER BECAUSE THE GROUND IS NOT VERY, VERY FAVORABLE FOR. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S GOING TO WORK. IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD LOOKING AT BIDDING THAT IN MARCH. THAT WAY THE TIMELINE WILL LINE UP WITH HOPEFULLY THE DRY WEATHER AND THEN THEN OVER AT DORAN PARK. IT'S BEING ENGINEERED. WE GOT THE CONTRACT SIGNED. SO LOOKING AT THE SAME TIMELINE, THAT'S THAT'LL PUT THAT BEING IN THE DRY MONTHS THROUGH THE SUMMER AND THEN WE'LL JUST SO WE'RE BASICALLY JUST WAITING TO GET THEM FINALIZED PLANS AND EVERYTHING. AND THEN WE'LL BID THEM IN MARCH. WHAT ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE BID PROCESS. CAN YOU SHARE SINCE THIS IS RECORDED AND PEOPLE OF THE CITY DO WATCH IT, WHAT ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH HOW THAT GOES OUT FOR BID? IS IT A DIGITAL? IS THERE A SITE YOU GO TO TO SUBMIT A BID? THERE IS A SITE. DAVIDSON ENGINEERING'S DOING IT SO THEY'LL PUT IT OUT. IT RUNS IN THE PAPER FOR TWO WEEKS ON SUNDAYS AND THEN I'M NOT 100% POSITIVE ON IT, BUT THEY CAN RECEIVE ALL THE PLANS, ALL THE SPECS. THAT WAY THEY KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO PREPARE THE BID PACKAGE. YOU KNOW, LIKE THE CONTRACTOR WOULD GO THROUGH THE ENGINEERING FIRM, BID THROUGH THEM, NOT DIRECT TO THE CITY.
OKAY, NO, BUT IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS DURING THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN WE DID CHERRY WOOD BARREL, CALL ME AND I'LL ANSWER THEM IF I CAN, BECAUSE WE HAD OUR ELECTRICIAN DO THE POWER DOWN THERE FOR THE THE NEW PANEL UPGRADE. SO IT ALL KIND OF WORKS TOGETHER. BUT ANYWAY, YEAH, THE THE CONTRACTORS WILL LAY IT ALL OUT PER SCOPE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE, TWO, THREE WHATEVER. AND THEY'LL PUT A PRICE ON EACH ONE. AND THEN WHATEVER THEY THE BID OPENING IS, WE MEET OVER HERE AND WE OPEN THEM ALL UP, AND THEN THEY GO BACK AND VERIFY AND CHECK EVERYTHING OUT AND MAKE SURE IT'S ALL LEGIT. THEY'RE ALL LICENSED, ALL GOOD TO GO. AND THEN WE'LL AWARD THE BID. OKAY. I'VE HAD SOME CONTRACTORS ASK ME THEY'RE OLDER CONTRACTORS. THEY'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THE NEW WAYS THAT YOU GO ABOUT BIDDING, WHAT HAVE YOU. AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WEBSITE YOU GO TO, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS, BUT THEY CAN GIVE YOU ACCESS. YOU CAN GO OVER THERE. BUT YEAH, THEY'LL RECEIVE ALL THE PLANS, ALL THE SPECS. THAT WAY EVERYBODY'S BIDDING ON THE SAME THING. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD.
[6. Events Update]
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. EVENTS UPDATE. NO. WELL, THE BIGGEST EVENTS UPDATE, I GUESS, IS THAT JUST SO THAT Y'ALL KNOW OUR TEAM HAS SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT. SO AS I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS, HEATHER IS NO LONGER WORKING WITH THE CITY. SO IT I'M NOW THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER. AND KATIE GRAHAM HAS TAKEN OVER IN MY IN MY PREVIOUS ROLE. SO THE COMMUNITY[00:10:03]
ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR. SO SHE WILL NOW BE THE HEAD PERSON FOR EVENTS. AND OF COURSE WE WORK AS A TEAM, SO I'LL BE THERE TO HELP HER AND KNOW EVENTS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE WE MET LAST. SO WINTERFEST OF COURSE WENT WELL AND THAT DID HAPPEN. BUT AND THEN FOR SO I'M GOING TO DO A DUAL HERE. ALL OF OUR EVENTS ARE IN THE CITY CALENDAR. AND THEN I ALSO PLACED THAT LEADER CALENDAR. I THINK WITH UD IT'S ON YOUR SPOT IF YOU WANT TO PASS THAT. WE DID AN AD, WE ACTUALLY DID THREE ADS IN THAT WE HAVE ONE. WE DID A FEW BECAUSE WE DID APRIL, MAY, JUNE, SEPTEMBER, JULY AND DECEMBER. SO ANY MONTH THAT WE HAVE EVENTS, WE GOT AN AD IN THE LEADER CALENDAR AS WELL. AND THEN YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE CITY'S CALENDAR. IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOME MORE FOR YOUR BUSINESS, ALWAYS REACH OUT AND WE CAN GET YOU MORE. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORT OR EVENTS? ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANKS GUYS. THANK YOU.ANY QUESTIONS FOR ALEX? YOU GUYS GOT SUBMITTED A FINANCIAL REPORT FROM HIM. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? IT LOOKED LIKE OUR RECEIPTS WERE DOWN. IF I REMEMBER FROM LOOKING AT OTHER RECEIPTS WERE DOWN IN DECEMBER. AND SO IF TRAIL LIGHTS WAS DOWN SOME IT AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WERE DOWN. IT SEEMED LIKE THE CONSUMER JUST PULLED BACK A LITTLE BIT IN DECEMBER IF WE'RE SEEING IT ACROSS SEVERAL DIFFERENT AVENUES HERE, OUR YEAR TO DATE RESTAURANT WAS DOWN OR INTEREST WAS UP, THANKFULLY. SO, AND WE CAME IN UNDER BUDGET ON SEVERAL ITEMS WERE DOWN, BUT LUCKILY OUR DISBURSEMENTS WERE NOT, AS YOU KNOW, CAME IN GOOD ON OUR DISBURSEMENTS. SO THAT WAS GOOD. SO BUT WE DO HAVE SOME NEW BUSINESS RESTAURANTS COMING IN. IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO. SO WE SHOULD MAYBE DO BETTER THIS COMING YEAR. AND THAT'S ONE THING I WAS GOING TO ASK IF TAMMY COULD GIVE A LIKE A LIKE WE USED TO GET JOSH TO GIVE A QUARTERLY REPORT TO THE A&P COMMISSION, AND I WAS GOING TO ASK IF TAMMY COULD GIVE A QUARTERLY REPORT TO THE A&P COMMISSION, IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY. WE'VE GOT KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, WE WE TALKED ABOUT REDUCING SOME OF THE MEETINGS.
I KIND OF LED THAT CHARGE. AND SO WE HAVE KIND OF A LIKE, YEAH. SO WE HAVE A STRANGE MEETING SCHEDULE. YEAH. SO WHENEVER ON THAT CYCLE, WHENEVER IT IS. SO YEAH. DO YOU WANT ME TO GIVE IT RIGHT NOW. SURE. YOU CAN JUST GIVE US A OFF THE CUFF. YEAH. YEAH. SO UNLESS ALEX HAD SOMETHING HE WANTED TO SAY, HE WAS STANDING THERE. NO. IN CASE YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS. SCOOT OVER. BUDDY, I WAS JUST HERE IN CASE. I DON'T THINK ANYONE HATE ME, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR FINGER ON THE PULSE. THE RESULTS WERE AS YOU DESCRIBED. I THINK RECEIPTS WERE DOWN. AND I THINK THE THE KEY DRIVERS, KEY CONTRIBUTORS WHO WERE NOT IN 2025, WHO WERE IN 2024 IS ON THE BORDER. BENNETTS AND FEASTER, THOSE THOSE THREE, I THINK, ACCOUNT FOR THE DECLINE THAT YOU'RE SEEING IN, IN IN THE REVENUE SIDE. BUT AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, MARINA, THE THE EXPENSES MORE THAN MADE UP FOR IT. SO THAT, YOU KNOW, OVERALL THE IMPACT ON THE FUND BALANCE WAS POSITIVE. SO LET ME LET ME ASK YOU, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. THIS IS A THEORY THAT I WAS GOING TO CONSIDER. NOVEMBER'S RECEIPTS ARE DUE WITH A DISCOUNT BY DECEMBER. WHAT 20TH IS THAT RIGHT. YOU GET LIKE A 2%. 1% BY THE 20TH? YES, BY THE 20TH. OKAY. I WONDER IF DECEMBER BEING A HIGHER VOLUME MONTH, A LOT OF RESTAURANTS HAVE TO BUY MORE INVENTORY. I WONDER IF THEY STRETCH THAT OUT AND WAITED TILL THE VERY END. AND I WAS CURIOUS IF WE THINK THERE WAS ANY RECEIPTS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DUE THE 20TH OR LATER THAT MAY HAVE NOT GOT ALLOCATED OR COUNTED TILL JANUARY 1ST. IN OTHER WORDS, MAYBE DECEMBER LOOKS WORSE THAN IT REALLY WAS BECAUSE RECEIPTS FROM THE, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESSES CAME IN LATER AND DIDN'T GET ON THE BOOKS UNTIL LATER. RIGHT. IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY OF THAT, THAT IT'S NOT AS BAD AS IT SEEMS BECAUSE WE WE HAD A VERY GOOD DECEMBER. YEAH, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT.
IT'S POSSIBLE. I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU AT THE MOMENT. OKAY. I THINK JANUARY WILL REVEAL WHETHER THAT WAS THE CASE. OKAY, OKAY. COOL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ALEX? OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. ALL YOURS. DIDN'T MEAN TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU. HEY, TAMMY, WILL YOU TALK ABOUT HEARTS AND HEARTS AND HUGS? YES I WILL. SO TAGGING ON TO EVENTS FROM CHLOE'S SPEAKING, WE HAVE
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THE HEARTS AND HUGS BALL THAT WE'VE PUT OUT TO BE ON FEBRUARY THE 15TH FROM 2 TO 4. THAT'S A SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WE WENT AT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAN JUST A TYPICAL FATHER DAUGHTER, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE COMBINATIONS LIKE I DID AT CITY COUNCIL, BUT IT WE WANTED IT TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CITY. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S FROM PRE-K AGES THREE THROUGH SIXTH GRADE CAN BE MOM, SON, FATHER, DAUGHTER AND ANY COMBINATION THEREOF SO THAT THE TICKETS ARE $15 ON EVENTBRITE. THEY COME OUT 1720. SOME CHANGE, I DON'T KNOW, 17 AND SOME CHANGE BECAUSE OF THEIR FEE ON THEIR. THE UNFORTUNATE THING RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE VERY LOW SALES KNOWINGNESS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'RE DOING IT, IT IS DIFFERENT.I'VE GOT PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT IT. IT'S BEEN SENT OUT TO THE SCHOOLS, IT'S BEEN SENT OUT TO THE THROUGH OUR CAMP, PARENTS AND THINGS, THE SUMMER CAMP AND EVERYTHING. SO WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN. WE PROMOTED IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. CHLOE'S DONE A GREAT JOB ON THAT AND GETTING IT OUT THERE, AND WE'VE EVEN TRIED TO BOOST THAT OUT THERE. SO HOPING THAT THIS SNOW EVENT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MIGHT HAVE SOME PARENTS, YOU KNOW, GETTING IN AND START THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, NEXT HOLIDAY, YOU KNOW, FEBRUARY. WE'LL SEE. BUT WE PUT A DEADLINE ON THE THIRD AS THE 30TH OF THIS MONTH, WHICH IS GIVES ME TWO WEEKS TO GET EVERYTHING ORDERED IN AND SET AND READY. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET GET BETTER SIGNUPS. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. I THINK IT'LL BE A FUN EVENT FOR I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, BUT I THINK YOU CERTAINLY COULD EMAIL THIS COMMISSION. BUT IF YOU WOULD EMAIL A LINK THAT WE COULD SHARE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, I'VE GOT A MARKETING TEAM THAT THAT DOES ALL MY STUFF. IF YOU'LL SEND THAT TO ME IN AN EMAIL FORM, I'LL FORWARD THAT TO THEM AND HAVE THEM AT LEAST SHARE IT ON OUR PAGE AND PERFECT WITH ALL OUR SHERWOOD CUSTOMERS FOR SURE. HELP KIND OF GET THE WORD OUT. AS FAR AS ECONOMIC, WE'VE HAVE HAVE BEEN SUPER BUSY. THERE'S A LOT STIRRING, A LOT IN THE WORKS, A LOT OF EVENTS AND THINGS. SOME I CAN'T REALLY SAY YET, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'VE TALKED JUST THIS WEEK WITH TOM. THAT'S WITH, I ALWAYS SAY, HIS RESTAURANT WRONG.
TAKUMI, WHO'S GOING INTO ON THE BORDER, HE IS WAITING ON A COUPLE OF HIS CRATES THAT ARE COMING IN FROM CHINA. THAT'S WHAT'S DELAYING HIM GETTING OPENED. BUT ONE HE GOT NOTICE THAT IT'S ON ITS WAY, SO THAT'S GOOD. HE'S HOPING THAT OTHERS TAG RIGHT BEHIND IT. SO HE'S ANXIOUS, VERY, VERY ANXIOUS BECAUSE AS HE SAID TODAY, THE MORTGAGE KEEPS GOING EVEN IF I CAN'T GET MY DOORS OPEN. SO HE'S REALLY WANTING TO GET THAT GOING. THAT'S EXCITING. WE ALSO HAVE GRANDPA'S CATFISH. HE HAS SHUT DOWN THE MAUMELLE LOCATION AND BUT HE HAS GOT A FOOD TRUCK CURRENTLY WHILE HE'S GETTING ALL THE RENOVATIONS AND EVERYTHING DONE ON HIS SITE. SO HE'S ALSO VERY ANXIOUS TO GET GOING WITH EVERYTHING, BUT AT LEAST THERE'S A FOOD TRUCK IN THE MEANTIME, SO THAT'S GOOD. AND THEN THE THIRDLY, WE'VE GOT. ZUKI HANA. I HAVE TO LEARN THESE NAMES AND GET THEM RIGHT. BUT ZUKI HANA IS COMING. WE'RE BENNETT'S WAS. AND BOTH OF THESE, ZUKI HANA AND TAKUMI ARE GOING TO BE NICER RESTAURANTS. THEY WILL BE. NOT JUST YOUR, I GUESS, YOUR TYPICAL SUSHI. THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE. THEY'RE GOING TO A LOT OF EFFORT TO MAKE THEM A NICE RESTAURANT. SO A LITTLE HIGHER, MAYBE A LITTLE STEP ABOVE FAST CASUAL. YEAH, CLOSER TO ME. HE TOLD ME TODAY. IS IT IT'S JAPANESE STYLE AND IT IS GOING TO BE A ALL YOU CAN EAT. HOWEVER, IT'S NOT A BUFFET. SO I ASK HIM, IS IT SIMILAR TO LIKE A K-POP THAT'S IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK? AND HE SAID, YES, THAT'S VERY MUCH OKAY, SO THAT'S EXCITING. SO ANYWAY, AND THE SAME THING WITH ZUKI HANA. SO AND CAN WE SPEAK TO THE BUSINESS IN NORTH SHERWOOD THAT'S GOING TO OPEN? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S CAN BE PUT OUT YET. DO WHAT. YES. OKAY. HE'S ALREADY ON A LIMITED BASIS. OKAY. OPEN. BUT HE'S NOT. HE'S INVITED THE WHOLE CITY OUT EVEN ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE TO COME OUT. BUT HE'S JUST GOT A FEW LITTLE THINGS HE SAID JUST TO TWEAK. AND THEN HE'LL HAVE THE DOORS TOTALLY OPEN. OKAY. HAS HE DONE A SOFT OPENING YET OR HE'S JUST. YEAH, HE DID A SOFT OPENING BUT IT NOT IT'S NOT CONSISTENT YET OKAY. HE'S NOT HE STILL HAS A LITTLE BIT OF TRAINING. YEAH HE DID AND HE'S
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TRAINING MORE TO GO TO 6 P.M. OKAY. SO ANYWAY EXCITING THINGS I HOPE TO BE UP HERE REALLY SOON GIVING YOU QUITE A FEW MORE THAT ARE IN THE WORKS. YEAH. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.[7. Announcements]
ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS OF DISCUSSION OR FROM THE CITY. SO WHEN IS OUR NEXT MEETING GOING TO BE. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO MEET IN FEBRUARY. THIS IS OUR JANUARY FEBRUARY MEETING. MARCH.YEP. WE'LL MEET THE FIRST WEDNESDAY IN MARCH OKAY. YEP. WE WENT TO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE APRIL AND I DID. SO I HAVE ANOTHER BOOK IF ANYONE NEEDS A BOOK. THIS GIVES YOU ALL THE STATUTES THE AMP HAS. SINCE WE'RE A STATE, WE'RE GOVERNED BY THE STATE. SO IF ANYONE NEEDS YOU NEED. DID I GIVE YOU MINE? YOU DID. OKAY. SO IS THAT ONE UPDATED? WELL, THIS IS A 2324 EDITION OKAY. SO IF ANYONE NEEDS A BOOK. OKAY. LET ME. HERE IT IS. THIS IS THE BIBLE.
IT'S GOOD FOR WORKING OUT AND FOR READING. APPARENTLY IT IS. OKAY, JOSH, I HAVE ONE THING.
YES. FROM DECEMBER'S MEETING MINUTES FOR THE BOXING TOURNAMENT. I DID GO, OKAY, I OPENED IT. SO YES, I OPENED IT. ARE YOU GOOD? IN FRONT OF A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE OR WHATEVER IT WAS? IT WAS SMALLER THAN I THOUGHT, I'LL BE HONEST. BUT I TALKED TO HIM IN PERSON BECAUSE THEN I WORKED WITH HIM WITH THE HOTEL. IT WAS LAST MINUTE AND HE AGREES TO THAT. SO FROM AN ADVERTISING PERSPECTIVE, HE KNOWS HE NEEDS TO DO BETTER AND HE'S ASKING FOR HELP WITH THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE ON MY END, I TOLD HIM FOR THE HOTELS WE'D HELP HIM WITH THAT. BUT, I MEAN, HE HAD PEOPLE FROM TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA THAT CAME BEST. WESTERN GOT ROOMS, WE GOT ROOMS. SO IF IT WAS ADVERTISED MORE THAN JUST A MONTH IN ADVANCE, YEAH, I THINK IT'LL BE FOR BEING IN HIS FIRST YEAR. I THINK IT WOULD BE BIGGER. OKAY. DID ANYONE ELSE ATTEND THE THE EVENT THAT BOXING IT? WHAT WAS YOUR THOUGHTS, MAYOR. YEAH. KATIE AND I WENT ON SATURDAY.
WE WERE REALLY SURPRISED AT THE PARKING LOT AND THE AMOUNT OF OUT-OF-STATE VEHICLES AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN THERE. WE THEY WERE IN THEY HAD DID A LITTLE INTERVIEW THING WITH ME IN FRONT OF THE CROWD, AND I HAD COACHES COMING UP FROM TENNESSEE, FROM TEXAS. THERE WERE OKLAHOMA, MISSOURI. SO IT IT WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF CUTE. I SAW A LITTLE BITTIES WITH THEIR LITTLE HELMETS ON AND EVERYTHING DOING THEIR LITTLE. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE SPORTSMANSHIP THAT I SAW, AND IT WAS VERY EASY ON THE FACILITY. THEY TOOK GOOD CARE OF IT AND HAD TALKED WITH TOMMY IN TERMS OF THAT. SO FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT, WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND A GOOD EXPERIENCE. AND I AGREE THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY ROOM TO GROW WITH IT BECAUSE LIKE THEIR NEXT STEP WAS NATIONALS. SO AND IT'S CALLED SILVER GLOVE OR WHATEVER. SO I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD LOVE TO DO SOMETHING NEXT YEAR. SO BUT I DO. AND I DID GO BY BEST WESTERN TOO, BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO SEE I KNEW THAT. THAT HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HAD GOTTEN SOME BUSINESS, AND BEST WESTERN CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN SOME BUSINESS TOO. SO NOT LIKE IT FILLED UP THE HOTEL OR ANYTHING, BUT AT LEAST THEY GET MORE NOTICE AND ADVERTISING, I THINK. I THINK THAT THEY WOULD. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE THERE WERE THAT MANY PEOPLE FROM OUT OF STATE. SO YEAH. OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE
[3. Chairman Election]
CHAIRMAN ELECTION. AND SO I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIRMAN. IS THAT CORRECT STEVE. YES OKAY. NOMINATE JOSH WOODARD AGAIN OKAY. DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE A SECOND. IS THERE A DOES THERE NEED TO BE A SECOND STEVE. SECOND. WELL YOU JUST IF THERE ARE NO OTHER NOMINATIONS THEN YOU MADE THE NOMINATION OKAY. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS NEED A MOTION TO CEASE THE NOMINATION. OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CEASE THE NOMINATIONS. OKAY, CALL FOR THE VOTE. MARINA, I. JEFF A KRISTA, I KIM, I APRIL I AMY I I GUESS YEAH OKAY YEAH VOTE FOR YOURSELF YEAH OKAY WELL THANK YOU GUYS APPRECIATE THAT. AND WITH THAT, WOULD THERE BE A MOTION TO DISMISS THE MEETING. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. SECOND FIRST WEDNESDAY IN MARCH. AND STEVE,* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.