O’Fallon Museum Board – Meeting Minutes November 2024
O’Fallon Museum Board
Minutes
November 19, 2024
Present Absent
Toni Reetz, Trustee Ken Griffith, Trustee
Linda Rost, Secretary Cheyanne Dame, Trustee
Melissa Rost, Curator
Curt Williams, Chairman
Convene:
The meeting was called to order by Curt at 4:08 pm at the O’Fallon Museum metal building.
Public Comment: Time limit 10 minutes per subject.
Minutes: Read by trustees.
Toni made a motion to approve minutes as read and Curt seconded. Minutes approved.
Accessions: (Motion to accept made by Toni and Linda seconded)
- Peggy Smith – Geisha Dolls with shelving unit – presented by Toni
- Pink Ladies’ Scrapbook
Discussion of Curator’s Report:
- Melissa put in her formal resignation as written notice for Dec. 23, 2024.
- Baldwin and Braun have not responded to the notice of resignation or Melissa’s texts.
- Julie Straub was going to recommend disciplinary action against Melissa for converting sick leave to personal leave, which Melissa had previously cleared with payroll.
- The commission has made decisions over the years that have stifled and micromanaged the museum, its policies, and its programming, and have not offered support. The intent of these decisions seemed to be to push Melissa out as curator.
- Traci Bruha might be interested in position as curator or director.
- Melissa will be able to do so many more things as a volunteer without the interference and inhibition of the commission. We hope they will provide more support for the next curator.
- Linda would still like to do STEM Camps and collaborate with the museum.
- Melissa also resigned from the MAM Board.
- Museum budget will continue through June 30, 2025.
- Grant for Community Investment Program – film and backboards is in – They are reviewing applications now.
- Halloween – about 120 kids attended and found Boo Bags.
- Night at the Museum – Fewer people but still had three performances.
- Nice to have block buildings heated.
- Community Service kids came and helped clean up – Linda Kennel.
- Donation of toys for kid’s corner
- Back of jail has water damage. Dry wall needs replaced.
- Josh is adding cameras to block building and fix jail cameras.
- Castors under Steer Montana.
- Christmas/Winter display – week of Thanksgiving
- Letter from Arlen Young – Grandpa was first doctor in BAker
- Donated $1000 – want to buy chair, table cart, and 40 padded folding chairs
- Dropped off family photos
- Maintenance items – will put a list of things that need done.
- Need trees down – Need to put them on budget for next year.
- Derrick might put gravel behind metal building – weeds are bad back there.
- Melissa is writing a Standard Operating Procedure Manual for the next curator.
- Collections Management Policy
- Museum Board
- Bylaws
- Historical Society/Gift Shop
- Curator Projects
New Business:
Next Meeting: December 18, 2024 at 4 pm
Adjournment: 4:42 pm
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s\Curt Williams, Chairman s\ Recording Secretary, Linda Rost, Trustee
