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Page I 2 Finance Mr. Janulewicz reported on the August Financials. The Finance committee met prior to the board meeting. Approved check register, account statements and revenue and expense reports. Notes: Sales for the Gift shop and Mercantile are down from prior year. Gallery sales is up, excellent numbers for the month. Expenses: Insurance high compared to budget due to timing of payments. Project construction is painting of Cleary and moving of Taylor. $2,000 for storage boxes for collection. Year to date Revenue over Expenses once we get the reimbursed funds from Foundation we should break even. With Covid we are actually doing well. The PPP loan forgiveness application should be sent in this week or next. Mr. Allen made a motion to approve the finance reports. Ms. Nolan Brown seconded. Reports were approved. Buildings and Grounds Committee Mr. Oshlo reported in Mr. Smith's absence. It has been very busy. • Heating for Taylor Store will be done by Jerry's Sheet Metal and some will be donated. • HVAC for Gatehouse will be done by Kayl Heating & Air, they are donating heating and cooling system. • Electrical work will be happening for the Taylor complex. • Bids will be going out for the Taylor Store roof. • Bathrooms in Farm Machinery are getting a remodel, making them ADA accessible, and insulating the plumbing to allow Farm Machinery to be open year-round. All this is in-house work. • Glade Mill is half completed with the paint project. Education Committee Ms. Karen Buettner reported in Mrs. Worthington's absence. • Committee met last Thursday. Department is restructuring, looking to hire an Outreach Coordinator. Have seven applications. Will have full team soon. • Virtual project was delivered to New Hampshire. • Education kits will be promoted as gift ideas for Christmas. • Stuhr Kids programs is a marketing option for K through 3rd grade. This will be a Facebook outreach. Scout videos went out last week. • Workshops coming up: Germ Busters (making soap) for October. Reindeer games (STEAM activities for November. Collections Committee Mr. Deitemeyer reported. Committee met yesterday afternoon. Collection department will be hiring interns to help with the deaccession project. No items to look at this month for deaccessioning. Will be looking at items that do not fit our mission, these will be coming to the board for review and approval. Bylaws, Policies & Procedures Ms. Nolan Brown reported. The bylaw changes were tabled in March. There was concern that Strategic Planning committee should not be eliminated. The Bylaws committee is making a recommendation regarding Strategic Planning. Planning should always be in the forefront. Recommend adding strategic planning to each agenda for committee meetings. Asking: what are we doing to move forward? Our recommendation is to put Strategic Planning in the context of the current committees and adding to every agenda.