Jasper Arts Commission meeting January 3, 2012

The Jasper Arts Commission Board met for the first time in 2011 Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 for their regular monthly meeting.

The first item on the agenda was the introduction of Attorney Bill Shaneyfelt, who takes the place of Sandy Hemmerlein, who resigned as City Attorney, effective the end of 2011. Shaneyfelt told the board what legal services he would be providing and then asked how they govern their meetings and what procedures they employ.

Board President Mike Jones said that they use the same procedures that all other City of Jasper boards and commissions use.

The next agenda was to nominate a new president, vice president and secretary for the commission for 2012.

Mike Jones was nominated as President, Robin Norris as vice-president and Kendall Martin as Secretary. These are the same people that held the positions for 2011. The vote was taken and the three were re-appointed to their same positions for 2012.

Arts Commission Director Kit Miracle reports that in spite of some big expenditures for building repairs and maintanance in 2011, the board managed to spend 15.5 percent LESS than budgeted for 2011.

Miracle stated despite the age of the Jasper Arts building it is in good shape. “It’s mend and repair work, we have had to replace the chiller, a leak in the roof, fix the parking lot this year, but it’s by keeping it maintained that we keep it in the good shape that it is in.”

Miracle also reports on the upcoming Open House on January 22nd and how they are looking forward to having the public come to see what the Arts Center has to offer.

“It’s the first open house we have ever had.” Miracle explained. “We have people that come out that are usually fascinated so we just thought ‘why don’t we do this for the general public’.”