Board members present: Anita, Barb, Beth. Tom, Brian, Amy, Dan, Todd (Zoom). Nonmember present: Carmen
Welcome by Anita. Dan made a motion to approve agenda. Second by Amy. Motion carried.
No request for donations received.
Financial Report:
July-September 2025. Break even quarter. Current assets: $67,256.68.
Total liabilities and Equity: $67,256.68
Amy made a motion to approve financial report. Second by Beth. Motion carried.
Dues
4 members are 2 quarters past due. Email was sent out October 22, 2025.
Send email reminders for dues to all current members.
Effort being made to limit emails. Consolidating emails for members.
Tom requested a list of members and phone numbers. Current Board and members will call and invite to a meeting. List will be given out at noon meeting.
Vaccine Clinic: Thursday, October 30, 2025. As of last week, sign up was low.
Discussed having a family game day during Knickerbocker. Currently, Optimist do games during the festival. Discussed a pet show in late April/early May. Possibly during garage sale weekend. Ribbons for winners. Amy will coordinate.
Eric, director of the Parks Dept., is moving on to a new job. Reorganization for position. City will hire after the first of the year.
Amy will contact Drake to make sure the baseball nets are down for the season.
Projects that have been discussed with parks department: digger, handicap swing, pickle ball fence and basketball court surface improvements.
Memorial bench honoring Ken. Rotary will need to submit application. City has option to remove it after 5 years. $1,344 cost for bench that matches other benches at Rotary Park. Site TBD. Same plaque as other benches. Prefer Dr. Ken Stetson. Park Board will need to approve then to City Council.
Amy made a motion to present to the Rotarians $1,800 for bench, installation and plaque. Seconded by Brian. Motion carried. Seeking Club approval during Noon Rotary meeting.
Discussion on sunshades for dugouts at Rotary and Wallace Park. Need to be consistent with other parks. Lakeside Lutheran students can help build. City will auger holes. Suggested by Parks Dept. to purchase sunshades. Rotary is concerned about maintenance. 20 shades needed for Wallace Park. Do 12 for JV first. Farmers & Merchants Bank willing to sponsor sunshades at Wallace Park. Todd will do research on sunshades including what sunshades are successfully used in other parks and report back. Anita will send Todd info that came from Parks Dept. Brian made a motion to wait for new director to discuss sunshades for dugouts. Second by Tom. Motion carried. Will bring up again in January and will discuss sunshades and possible construction of dug outs.
Table request for funds for Christmas Neighbors Dinner.
Club 55 has requested funds from Rotary of $500 to sponsor a Community Dinner. Club 55 will provide volunteers. Motion made by Amy to table until November Board meeting. Second by Tom. Motion carried.
Rotary would like to plan a thank you event for all the sponsors that have given to Rotary. Brian suggested heavy appetizers. Possible locations include Crawfish Junction or library (catered). Committee needed. Brian, Beth and Barb volunteered. Possible time could be first weekend in May (Rotary Weekend)
Discussion on joint grant opportunity with Fort Atkinson and Jefferson Rotary Clubs for Rock River Community Clinic. The clinic is moving dental services to Johnson Creek and adding behavioral health. Grant money would not be needed until 2026. Dan pointed out that there is $10,000 total available for community projects in our current 2025-2026 budget. Anita will check to see when the $5,000 would be needed for the joint grant, whether it would fall in the 2026-2027 Rotary budget year. Will need club approval. Karen has agreed to go through required District Grant Training. Amy made a motion for $5,000 for Rock River Community Clinic expansion. Second by Tom. Motion carried.
Club 55 is asking for $1,200 to purchase AED for EMS Community Center. Asking Club 55 to try and get other sponsors. Will bring back request at a later date.
Food packing project tabled. Very expensive and labor intensive. Pursue for the future.
Noon meeting location:
Depending on increase in rent.
Needs to be wheelchair accessible.
RLAC does not have air conditioning.
Need storage space.
Will decide as a club.
Night meeting attendees would like to find a place to hold meetings that would allow for speakers. Not prepared to make a decision. Will need to meet with Club 55, Legion and Ryan from Ryan’s Auto.
For future planning, need to add an international line item for budget purposes.
November 11, the District Governor will be attending noon meeting. Available at 11:15am for meet and greet with the Rotary Board.
November 19, meeting with Legion commander.
Skip December Board meeting but meet in mid January instead of the end of January. More discussion needed.
Next meeting is November 25 at 7:00am at Farmers & Merchants Bank.
