RIVERSIDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Regular Meeting Minutes
February, 15th 2005
CHAMBER BOARD
Jerry
Cervak, President
PRESENTEric
Sundstrom, 1st Vice President
Rick Rovella,
2nd Vice President
Alex Gallegos,
3rd Vice President
Kim Gialdini,
Secretary
Olga Sylvester,
Treasurer
CALL TO ORDERMeeting
was called to order at 6:05 p.m. by Jerry Cervak
ROLL CALLEveryone
signed in at the front door.
SECRETARY1-18-05
regular meeting minutes approved.
TREASURER’SOlga
reminded everyone about 2005 membership dues. Active
REPORTmembership
dues are $100.00. Active members have active
Olga Sylvesterbusinesses
located in Riverside Township or adjoining suburbs.
Associate membership
dues are $60.00. Associate members are
generally others
interested in the purpose of the Chamber but “ without
an active business”
located in Riverside township.
OLD BUSINESSJuly
3rd/4th weekend: Jerry Cervak asked if anyone is
interested in
being the chairperson
for this event. No responses came in. It was
suggested that
possibly Stephanie from Riverside Foods maybe
interested.
Jerry stated he would ask her.
Policeman of the
Year: Ken Kurato is responsible for this event. This
event is May
21st 2005
Banners for
Events: We have banners for the Steak Fry and Person of
the Year. Other
banners are need for the following events: Trim A Tree,
Cruise Nights,
Holiday Stroll, Oktoberfest.
Chris Canavera
stated she would look into getting these banners. Olga
suggested using
“Sign Up” in Brookfield. Brian Brennan will provide the
dates for these
events.
Cruise Nights:
Rick stated that he was unable to get a lower price on
the event. He
would not come down in the price.
Parking Suggestions:
Joe Dvorak put together a rough copy of the
parking issue
letter. Copies of the letter where passed out. Open
discussion took
place. Additional suggestions where added to the letter.
Copies of letter
to mailed out to the Village trustee’s, Katie Rush and
police department.
Chalkfest:
Olga stated it was decided to start out small this year and
have a mini
art fair or Chalkfest. Some local artists will be contacted
along with local
schools. They are looking into grant funding for the art
fair. This
event is the 1st weekend in June.
NEW BUSINESSNew
Building Development for East Burlington Ave &
Longcommon
Proposal: Nick Mlade, Ltd. gave an overview of the
proposed building
development.
Person of
the Year: Mr. Scuffy from the Lyons Club stated that 5
people from
the Chamber and 5 people from the Lyons Club are needed
to form the
committee for this. This Award is for someone whom has
preformed good
service to the town. Dennis Sadilek is the key person.
All names
must be in by March 1st to Dennis Sadilek. Please
remember that this
is confidential. Please write down a name
and why you think this
person is outstanding. Send to: Dennis
Sadilek
339 East Grove
Riverside, IL
60546
The Lyons
Club will be selling tickets for the dinner. It will
be held at the
Riverside Golf Club. There will be a cut off date for
ticket sales
because we need to let the Golf Club know 4 days before
the event on
how many people will be attending.
The Chamber
needs to let all members know about this
event.
.
ADJOURNMENTNo
further questions. Jerry Cervak adjourned the meeting at 7:15 p.m.