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City of Waterloo Waterloo Beautification Committee met March 18.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

In Attendance: Chairman-Tina Charron Committee Members-Jim Hopkins, Joel Vogt, Gary Most, Kyle Buettner, Mayor Stan Darter, Nathan Krebel, Tony Groves, Clayton Schneider, DAR representative, Anne King, Courtney Hunter, Jennifer Kretchmer, Amy Yearian, Shelby Mathes

Meeting called to order at 6:00 by Chairman Charron

Agenda Item #1: Petitions by Citizens on Non-Agenda Items: None

Agenda Item #2: Application for 404 West Third St. This is for the Beautification Grant. Replacing asphalt shingles with metal, working on the awning, and new garage doors-committee did take out the expense of the garage door openers. Joel made a motion to accept the application as is but excluding the garage door openers, Jim Hopkins seconded. All in favor. 5-0

Agenda Item #3: Application for 209 W Mill St. This is for the Beautification Grant. Will be painting the exterior of building, working on some concrete/steps in entryway, replacing windows. Jim Hopkins made a motion to accept the application as is. Joel Vogt seconded the motion. All in favor. 5-0

Agenda Item #4: Application for Monroe County History Museum. Non-profit grant. History Museum working on a retaining wall. Shelby brought pictures of the existing wall and what they would like to fix. Kyle Buettner made the motion to accept the application as presented. Jim Hopkins seconded. All in favor. 5-0 vote

Agenda Item #5: Application for Whiteside Station Chapter NSDAR. Non-profit grant. DAR will be adding a marker. Kyle Buettner made the motion to accept the application as presented. Gary Most seconded. All in favor. 5-0 vote

Agenda Item #6: Application for Human Support Services. Non-profit grant. HSS provided estimates/quotes of the furniture they will be purchasing-this was not in their original packet. Jim Hopkins made the motion to accept the application with given quotes. Gary Most seconded. All in favor. 5-0

Agenda Item #7: Application for Southern Illinois Odyssey of the Mind Booster Club. Before the meeting Kyle Buettner had talked with the applicant and shared the Nonprofit grant program is for projects not programs. After discussion the group decided their ask did not fit our mission. This group was not in attendance. Kyle Buettner made a motion to decline the Nonprofit grant. Jim Hopkins seconded. All were in favor of declining. 5-0 vote

Agenda Item #8: Application for Waterloo High School Post Prom. Non-profit grant. It was mentioned that the school is not a 501C3 but they do have a NCES # that puts them in a non-profit category. Something the committee will have to look further into for future applications. The committee discussed with the applicants that the nonprofit grant is to be used for projects not programs and the committee felt this was a one-night program. Kyle Buettner made the motion to deny the application. Gary Most seconded. All were in favor of denying. 5-0 vote

Agenda Item #9: Comments: Nathan Krebel shared that Pound 4 Pound and Salt & Honey are up for their 6 months and will be asking for extensions to complete their projects.

Joel Vogt made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Jim Hopkins seconded. All in favor. Meeting adjourned at 6:29pm.

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