Meetings

This page will contain the minutes of the BIA's last executive comittee meeting, along with the agenda of the upcoming meeting a few days prior to said meeting. Meetings are held every first Thursday of the month.

The minutes of previous meetings will be available in the Archives section of the site.

January 10th, 2002 - The BIA executive's monthly meeting took place on January 10th, 2002. Here are the minutes from said meeting: 

Minutes : Ordinary Meeting - January 10th, 2002
 

Present: Roger Tremblay, President Mike Wilson, Vice-President Lorrain Charlebois Estelle Mignault Gérald Gaudreau Rosanne Gratton Claude Brochu, Council Rep. Daniel Larochelle Louis Corbeil, Secretary

Absent: Francine Lecours

Subjects discussed :
 

1		Opening. - Prop.: L. Charlebois, Supp.: E. Mignault; Carried.
2		Report on December 6th, 2002 meeting. - Executive members took note of the report.
3		Pecuniary Interest. - None.
4		Correspondence. - "Réussir ensemble" Campaign (Collège Boréal), Register Now with WSIB; Filed.
5		Christmas Promotion and Sales 2001 Evaluation. - Although sales seem to have been the same compared to 2000, many stores had to give out various discounts. - Both $500 draws and bus travel from Mattice ("Lacroix Bus Services") have worked well and should be repeated next year. A thank-you letter will be sent to Lacroix Bus Services for their initiative. - Prop.: L. Charlebois, Supp.: E. Mignault; To ask that the municipality give free parking beginning on the Appreciation weekend (beg. of December) up to December 31st, in order to eliminate confusion for clients as to when they should pay for parking spaces or not. - Snow removal was not done properly during the Holiday Season, specially during the Midnight Madness weekend. There was no snow removal during this weekend and it is the most busy weekend of the year for the majority of businesses in Hearst. Also, there did not seem to have any snow removal on Sundays in December, in the Downtown area, when many businesses are open. - The Secretary will ask a report from the Director of the Chamber of Commerce on revenues and expenses for the Santa Claus Express activity.
6		Proposition - Updating of Web Page. - Prop.: G. Gaudreau, Supp.: M. Wilson; To accept the proposition from CommunicAction to update the hearstbia.com web page at a base cost of $155 per month, taxes included.
7		Priority - 2002 Activities. - Members revise work in progress: BIA Strategic Plan Implementation: remove from work in progress; Billboards outside town: ask quotes for installation in spring with new logo; New Members: recruit new members in the services section; Christmas Street Decorations: word a proposition to the municipality as the BIA budget does not permit to finance this completely; Street signs announcing the BIA sector: remove from work in progress; Patios on parking spaces: more info will be requested from the town of Rouyn; Parking Meter Caps/Tape: look for plastic caps; English Ad in Le Nord: answer to Journal Le Nord is pending; Parking Downtown: find a solution to parking space shortage. Other priorities identified are: Flowers in the Downtown area; Clarify responsibility sharing between the BIA and the municipality when it comes to maintenance and capital improvements to the downtown infrastructures.
8		Financial Report at December 31st, 2001 and list of cheques from September to December, 2001. - Executive members took note of these reports. Prop.: G. Gaudreau, Supp.: M. Wilson; That the list of cheques for the months of September to December, 2001 be accepted as presented; Carried.
9		Credit Line. - Prop.: G. Gaudreau, Supp.: M. Wilson; That an application be made to the Imperial Bank of Commerce for a credit line of $5,000; Carried.
10		Other Subjects. - Executive members ask that a certificate of appreciation be presented to the Caisse Populaire de Hearst for the 10th anniversary of their "Noël Populaire" program.