Meetings

This page will contain the minutes of the BIA's last executive committee 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.

The last BIA executive's monthly meeting was held on Thursday January 6th, 2005. Here were the subjects discussed:
 

Present: Mike Wilson, President Estelle Mignault Gérald Gaudreau Marc Dufresne, Council Rep. Manon Pelletier Sylvie Otis Louis Corbeil, Secretary

Absent: Colette Fortin Sonia Bolduc

Subjects discussed :
 

1		Opening - Agenda. - Carried.
2		Reports of the meeting held on November 4th. - Prop. by: G. Gaudreau, Supp. by: E. Mignault; Carried.
3		Correspondence. - American Citizen wishing to move to Hearst; Info. - CKHT 94.5 FM, Serving Hearst; Info.
4		BIA Administration. - The Secretary has resigned from the Town of Hearst Non-Profit Housing Corporation and will begin a new job at the Ministry of Natural Resources on January 17th.  He will thus leave his office downtown and will no longer be able to adequately fulfill his functions as Secretary of the BIA.  Members look at different options to replace him.  The President informs other members that Thérèse Lachance of CommunicAction would be interested in the contract.  The Economic Development is also interested, although they are not part of the BIA. - After discussion, there is consensus that it would be a good time to re-examine the mandate, reason of being and management of the BIA.  There is also consensus to ask the Secretary, as a last task, to analyze the different options discussed (4) and to submit a report at the next meeting in February. - This report could then be submitted at the annual meeting of the BIA, even if it means holding the meeting a little earlier in the year (in March instead as of May 2005).
5		Report on ice sculptures. - Report of the meeting held on November 17th, 2004: The President presented the report.  He asked Sylvie Otis if she would be interested to sit on the committee and she accepted.  The BIA will offer prizes (in BIA money) to winners of the ice sculpture contest.
6		Coop student for marketing in January. - After discussion, this item was differed.
7		New members. - Mike will approach other people that might be interested.
8		Benches and garbage cans. - Gérald Gaudreau is willing to meet the Municipality concerning storage for benches and garbage cans for September as the actual storage is only temporary.
9		Survey on Christmas promotion. - Gérald is also willing to do such a survey within downtown businesses.
10		Free parking. - After a long discussion on this subject, the President proposed that the BIA abandon this method in December, in favor of a courtesy card at the time of a first parking meter violation.