Village Hall |
255 East Wilson Ave. |
Lombard, IL 60148 |
villageoflombard.org |
Village President William J. Mueller, Chairperson, |
Trustee Jack O'Brien Alternate Chairperson |
Jill Payne, Edward Murphy, Steve Wilk, Sr., Marguerite Micken |
Ex-Officio Members: Yvonne Invergo-Lombard Chamber of Commerce, |
Skip Strittmatter-DuPage Convention & Visitors' Bureau, Jim Romano-Yorktown |
Merchants' Association, Mary Eckhoff-Embassy Suites, Thomas Giesel-Extended Stay |
Deluxe,Terry Young-Hampton Inn, Jennier Evanoff-Studio Plus,Steve Cadaret-Hyatt |
Place, Lori Young-Fairfield Inn |
Nicole Norwood-Homestead Studio Suites, Frank Balisteri/Rashid Batti-Comfort |
Suites, Dave Compitello-Marriott Residence Inn |
Eileen Libb-Towne Place Suites, Brent Menzel-The Westin Hotel |
The meeting was called to order by Chairman and Village President Bill Mueller at 3:04 |
p.m. |
Chair President William J. Mueller, Edward Murphy, Steve Wilk, Sr. and |
Marguerite Micken |
Also present: Ed Murphy, Steve Wilk, Sr., Marguerite Micken, Yvonne Invergo, |
Executive Director of the Lombard Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry; Skip |
Stritmatter, Executive Director of the DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau; Dave |
Hulseberg, Village Manager and Joelyn Kott, Communications & Marketing |
Coordinator/staff liaison. |
President Mueller asked staff to check on the status of Monica Brown as a member. |
A motion was made by Steve Wilk, Sr. to approve the minutes of the April 17, 2008 |
meeting as submitted. Motion was seconded by Ed Murphy. Passed unanimously. |
Grant Application For 2008 Business Expo |
Request from the Lombard Chamber of Commerce for $5,000 from Hotel/Motel funds |
for advertising costs associated with the 2008 Business Expo. |
A grant in the amount of $5,000 was submitted by the Lombard Chamber of Commerce |
for costs associated with running the 2008 Expo. Marguerite Micken indicated that the |
Expo will be held at the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center on October 23 from 10 a.m.-3 |
p.m. and that the Chamber has received a good response already. Several restaurants, |
Harris Bank and others are participating. Advertising will occur in various newspapers |
including the DuPage Business Ledger. |
The grant application and budget were reviewed by the committee. President Mueller |
inquired as to why they were asking for more money as the grant last year was for |
$4,000. Marguerite indicated that it would be for additional advertising. |
Ed Murphy questioned why the extra advertising dollars could not be taken from the |
$9,339 profit shown from last year? Marguerite indicated that the profit from last year |
became a part of the Chamber budget and is earmarked for other items. Ed also |
indicated that from a financial standpoint, revenue is coming in less that prior years and |
he did not think the Village was in a position to allocate additional dollars for this event. |
Additional discussion regarding advertising was held and President Mueller pointed out |
that the Village helps out Lombard Town Center and the Chamber of Commerce with |
grants and other in kind services. He stressed that the Chamber is an important part of |
the community. |
A motion was made by Steve Wilk, Sr., seconded by Ed Murphy to award a grant in the |
amount of $4,000 to the Chamber for expenses related to the 2008 Expo. Motion |
carried unanimously. A recommendation will be presented to the Board of Trustees at |
its October 2, 2008 meeting. |
It was moved by Wilk, Sr., seconded by Murphy, that this matter be approved. |
The motion carried by a voice vote |
President Mueller indicated that Beth Gelman contacted him and staff about a grant for |
the Lombard Town Centre's "Spooktacular Saturday" in downtown. He indicated that |
the Village did not support this event in the past and there was no information and not |
enough time to get it on the agenda for the meeting. |
DuPage Arts Coalition grant application-the committee would be looking at this for the |
next meeting on a sculpture arts day in Lilacia Park for next spring. |
President Mueller shared with the committee the lilac sale questionnaire results as well |
as a letter from the Maple Street Chapel group thanking the Village for the previous |
grant award. |
Skip Stritmatter also updated the Village on the economic impact of the hotel industry. |
Hotels for 2008 are up, restaurants are down and hotels are forecasted to be flat in |
2009. She also indicated that sales tax was down and that a lot of communities are |
struggling to fill the gap created by the downfall. She also reported on a the "Fireball |
Rally" that would be held in Westmont, 60 cars, 165 people. |
The meeting was adjourned at 3:29 p.m. with a motion by Steve Wilk, Sr., seconded by |
Ed Murphy. Motion carried unanimously. |
Respectfully Submitted, |
Joelyn Kott |
Communications & Marketing Coordinator |
Staff Liaison |