Most Recent Minutes
May 19, 2025
PRESENT: Alan Jones, Griffin Jones, AJ Magnan, Mark Obbie, Beth Thomas, Seth Thomas, Sadie Frederick, David Pierce, Brooke Finley, Tracey Howe.
CALL TO ORDER: Tracey Howe called to order at 7:13pm, Sadie 2nd. Mark motioned to approve April minutes, Dave 2nd.
VICE PRESIDENT: Brooke planned a board member gathering, for us to spend more time getting to know one another and discussing goals and plans. She reiterated that she is eager to support the president and the board however is needed.
TREASURER REPORT: Dave will be accumulating a list of the repairs & investments made by BHHS into our buildings, both the church and the grange. We have applied for the Charities Bureau and one of our board members will be exploring the CHAR 500 opportunities with the Attorney General’s office.
SECRETARY REPORT: We have our annual meeting coming up June 16. We will be reviewing our by-laws to be sure we are functioning in accordance with our motions, etc.
MEMBERSHIP: We discussed adding a small fee to our membership cost in order to cover rising credit card processing costs.
NEWSLETTER: The next newsletter will feature upcoming events including a geology talk in September and possibly an ice cream social.
BLDGS & GROUNDS: Two different companies have given estimates for stained glass window repair. Each of their methods are different, so we will review and discuss which company to choose. We discussed voting on the decision via an email poll. We need to hire a company to paint the exterior of the church, which will cost around $10,000. Additionally, for interior repairs/projects, we discussed the possible benefits of building our own scaffolding system that can be moved/removed as needed. This would save us money in the long run over renting scaffolding equipment. Seth would spearhead. We also noted that our electric panel at the church is up-to-date and functions properly.
HISTORIAN: Beth to begin transferring documents into digital form this month. If you want to participate, she will be working at the Bristol Library. No progress has been made so far transferring the items from the town hall to a new location.
PUBLIC RELATIONS: We had a good turn out for the Wood Library video showing and the Lafayette talk, 30 and 70 people, respectively. The annual Burnings Springs event will take place soon and we are expecting a good turn out for that as well. June 8 is Bristol Fun Day. We have another video showing June 10 at Bloomfield Historical Society.
MISCELLANEOUS: We discussed teaming up with the Canandaigua Historical Alliance for events. We discussed possible lecture topics including the mounds in the region, and the anthropological history of the Bristol Hills pre-Columbus.
UNFINISHED AGENDA ITEMS: De-assessioning.
MOTION TO ADJOURN: Tracey Howe 8:50 pm
NEXT MEETING: June 16, 7pm. This is our annual membership meeting at the Bristol Grange Hall.