Keep Rutherford County Beautiful
Full Committee Agenda
May 14th, 2024
Woodrow Jones Conference Room, 1pm
Brock Heflin, Jerry Stendland, George and Marian Moyer, Eddie Mote, James Kilgo, Gabe Issac, Allie Houtz, Cindy Cobb, Amber St. Clair, Clark Poole, Taylor Hardin, Jenna Bailey, Don Cason, Dayna Causby
I. Welcome — Jenna Bailey, Executive Director
II. Approval of Minutes – Taylor Hardin, Secretary
1st: Clark Poole
2nd: James Kilgo
Motion Approved
III. Treasurer Report – Taylor Hardin
Waiting on the last town to submit their check then all expected funds will be accounted for.
IV. Committee Reports
a. Marketing / Education Report
Volunteer Fair, Mountain Branch Library: Very few people came through
Tot Time, Norris Library: Roxi visited 20+ kids
Leave No Trace, ICC Science & Technology Expo: 9 groups
Heritage Day, Sunshine Elementary: variety of age groups
RecycleBot Challenge: 115 entries, 140 students
STOP LITTER Bumper Sticker Campaign: Still available at no cost
b. Litter Report – Gabe Isaac, Chair
Spring Litter Sweep: April 8 - 30th. 22 teams, 242 individuals 208 bags. Paid pick up was 70.5 miles and 562 bags were collected. NCDOT picked up 729.28 miles. A total of 11,550 lbs at 15lbs each for paid and volunteers. NCDOT lbs not included.
Earth Day Beautification, RS Central High: 60+ kids participated in raised bed planting, litter sweep and found object art
Arbor Day, Befesa Zinc Metal: 4 trees and road around campus cleaned
May Drive Around, KAB Litter Rating: - 5/23/24 at 9:00 am Ingles parking lot
Taylor Hardin Elizabeth Randall
Jenna Bailey Dayna Causby
Geroge Moyer James Kilgo
Allie Houtz Eddie Mote
c. Executive Director Report – Jenna Bailey
Yard Signs: New Sponsor, Edith Edwards, has sponsored 12 signs and placed them. 3 available, 9 have homes.
Green Scholarship Awardees:
Madison McComas $1,200 scholarship
Audrey Friedman, $500 scholarship
Volunteer Rutherford, Hoot for Heros 6/1/24: 6 tickets remaining
Social Media / PR: We received great support from local papers running all articles submitted in their entirety. 3 Total - Call for volunteers, RecycleBot Challenge results and Green Scholarship Winners. Social media reach on both facebook and instagram were significantly up for the month of April, 3,200 reached on facebook with recycle bot challenge.
d. Administration Report — Don Cason, Chair
Don provided an update on ROC taking over KRCB effective July 1st.
Budget Approval for 2024-2025, 7/01/24-6/30/25
Motion to approve the 24-25 budget contingent on the approval of TDAs budget approval on June 13th 2024.
1st: Gabe Issac
2nd: George Moyer
Motion Passed.
Introduction of the new Executive Director, Jerry Stensland
Structure Discussion for 7/01/24-6/30/25 Jerry provided an update on taking over ROC and talked about their plans. Meetings to continue bi-monthly. ROC is hiring a part-time position for KRCB programming with support coming from all the staff members. The ROC board will effectively become KRCB’s board of directors. ROC is a non-profit organization and will be looking for grants to grow KRCB.
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