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Pdge COMMITTEE REPORTS Finance Committee April Financials: Mr. Maser reported. Finance committee met prior to board meeting and approved the check register and reviewed the financials. No anomalies reported. Admissions are at an all-time high for the museum. Education income is on an upward trajectory. Expenditures are up from the past year due to inflation. There is a Joint Finance Committee coming up, to discuss the budget for the new fiscal year. Contryman will not be doing the audit this upcoming year. The Museum and Foundation will be looking for another company to complete the annual audit. Discussion was had about the audit for this year. Reports will be filed. Buildings and Grounds Committee Mr. Deitemeyer gave the report. Buildings and Grounds Committee held a meeting on April 7th There have been some estimates for the drywall and exterior painting, but no bids have been given. Colors for the Taylor House have been decided, which will be similar to the original colors from 1903. Maintenance has been finishing the new trim for Taylor house. The Glaciarium has been painted. The Lesher house is being scraped and painted. The cants have been replaced in the log cabins. The board had discussion on building painting in Railroad Town. Education Committee Dr. Dexter reported. The Education Committee held a meeting on May 19th. The last HATS class of the season was on Tuesday, May 17th. The committee approved the price changes for HATS classes. Mr. Hochstetler announced that Ms. Carly Cremers will be resigning from her position as Director of Education. She also announced that Mrs. Emily Byerly has accepted the position of Director of Education. Mrs. Byerly has been involved at Stuhr Museum since she was 12 years old as a Living History Apprentice. Collections Committee Mr. Deitemeyer gave the report. The Collections Committee held a meeting on May loth. The Committee reviewed 878 items for deaccession; 178 for transfer, 137 to destroy, 410 for auction and 153 to keep. Refer to the Deaccession Proposal form in board packet. The Collections Committee made the motion to approve the deaccession list as presented, Mr. Allen seconded the motion. Motion carried. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS Mr. Hochstetler referred the board to his written report. Mr. Hochstetler announced that the museum has decide to dismiss Ms. Kari Stofer as Curator. As of today, Mr. Robb Nelson accepted the position of Curator. FOUNDATION REPORT Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Smith briefly reviewed the Foundation's submitted report over the phone. Mrs. Smith invited the board to the donor engagement event on Saturday, June 4th, at 6:30pm. She also invited the board to sign up to volunteer for the Farm to Table event.