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 May 13th, 2004. Here were the subjects discussed:
 

Present: Mike Wilson, President Lorraine Charlebois Gérald Gaudreau Marc Dufresne, Council Rep. Claudette Couture Colette Fortin Daniel Larochelle Émilie Brunelle Louis Corbeil, Secretary

Absent: Rosanne Gratton, Vice-president Manon Pelletier Estelle Mignault

Subjects discussed :
 

1		Opening - Agenda. - Accepted as presented.
2		Reports of the meeting held on April 1st, 2004. - Prop. by: G. Gaudreau, Supp. by: L. Charlebois; Carried. Reports of the meeting held on May 5th, 2004. - Prop. by: C. Fortin, Supp. by: G. Gaudreau; Carried.
3		Correspondence. - Town of Hearst:  Subject: Parking downtown; The President will speak with the person who made the request to the Municipality for 'mobile parking fees', in order to better understand the proposition.
4		Summer Festival 2004. - Émilie Brunelle, student and coordinator of the Festival, presented a list of proposed activities.  The following changes and additions were approved: That there be three inflatables, one of which the mini-golf, at the cost of $300 to $400 each.  That the Show and Shine be held on Saturday between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.  That the restaurant La Bonne Bouffe be asked to organize a community breakfast and a Beer Garden.
5		Sculptures' Contest. - Report of the Debriefing Meeting (verbal); Members of the sculptures contest's committee decided that another contest will be held next year.  The first meeting for this contest will be held in December 2004.
6		Mobile Parking Downtown. - Before deciding anything about this, the President will meet the owners of the restaurant who initiated this request.
7		Purchase of Ashtrays. - The welding class at Collège Boréal will present a sketch of an ashtray they are proposing to build, and which will be sold at $100 each.
8		Rental of Casino money. - This money is rented to 'stag' organizers at $20 a night.
9		Report on web site access. - Members took note of this report.
10		Repairs to Christmas Decorations. - Gérald proposes a Bis for this work.  He will contact other members once the date is set.
11		Other Members. - Marc Dufresne asked members opinion on a suggestion that Municipal Council has received, that all terrain vehicles be authorized to circulate in town.  Prop. by: Lorraine Charlebois, Supp. by: Colette Fortin; That the Board recommends that the circulation of all terrain vehicle be authorized in town, except on George Street between 8th and 9th.  CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.