HomeMy WebLinkAbout02.15.2022 Business Improvement District Minutes
Downtown Oshkosh BID Board Minutes
February 15, 2022
Present: James Evans, Sandra Prunty, James Stapel, David Krumplitsch, Andy Ratchman, Carrie
Olson, Autumn Urban and Kris Larson.
Excused: Chanda Anderson, Megan Lang, Marlo Ambas, Jill Anderson, Derek Mulloy, Barb
Nelson and Aaron Armstrong.
Staff: Jessica Meidl – BID Manager, Sean Fitzgerald – Economic Development Specialist and
Jeff Nau – Associate Planner/GIS Specialist.
Others: Amy Albright – Oshkosh Convention & Visitors Bureau, Dianna Stiefvater and Jessica
Graf.
I. Call to Order
Vice Chair Larson called the meeting to order at 8:03 a.m. A quorum was declared present.
II. Approve Minutes of the January 18, 2022 Meeting
Prunty moved to approve the minutes of the January 18, 2022 meeting, second by Stapel. Motion
passed unanimously.
III. Approve February 2022 Monthly Financial Report
BID Manager Meidl provided the financial report as presented in the packet. Stapel moved to accept
the financial report, second by Prunty. Motion passed unanimously.
IV. Policing/Traffic/Parking/Enforcement Issues
No representative from the police department attended the meeting. There was no report.
V. Update on restructuring BID financial assistance programs
Meidl indicated she is still working on drafting the changes to the retention grant program. She expects
the suggested changes will be fully drafted and ready for review and approval at the March meeting.
Changes to the recruitment grant program will be forthcoming after the modifications to the ret5ention
grant program are adopted.
VI. BID Manager and BID Committee Reports
Events
MemberCO
Beautification
Marketing & Communications
Meidl provided her management and committee report as presented in the packet and offered an
update of her activities during the past month. She reported the recent Chocolate Stroll event was sold
out back in January. The event netted about $4,500 in income after expenses.
Meidl reported the 2022 streetlight post banners should be going up sometime this spring.
Among other beautification activities, Meidl said there are plans for another downtown mural at some
point during 2022, and she’s currently working to identify a building for such a mural.
Lastly, she reported the arrangement with the city parks department horticulturalist position to tend
plantings downtown is now fully funded as a result of financial support from JEK Foundation, Visit
Oshkosh and Oshkosh Area Community Foundation. She indicated the approximately $43,000
appropriated to beautification in the BID’s financial projections for 2022 can be transferred to reserves if
the board would choose such action.
VII. Other Business (Items not listed on the BID Board meeting agenda)
Prunty asked about if there might be some manner of a “year in review” open house event planned for
later in the year and if it would be discussed further by the board. Fitzgerald explained he was asked to
refrain from placing this discussion on the agenda for the February meeting, but will include it on the
upcoming March 2022 agenda.
VIII. Identification of Agenda Items for the March 15, 2022 Meeting
Agenda items identified for the March 15, 2022 meeting include:
Review and approve modifications to BID financial assistance programs.
Discussion regarding a possible “State of the BID” event for later in the year.
IX. Adjournment
Motion to adjourn by Stapel at 8:18 a.m., second by Olson. Motion carried unanimously.
Respectfully Submitted,
Sean Fitzgerald
Economic Development Division
Economic Development Specialist