1411 - KBA Minutes 11 November 2014

Kaikohe Business Association

Chairperson: Steve Sangster – Secretary: Mike Shaw – Treasurer: Joe Nol

PO Box 497 – KAIKOHE

Ph: 09 4011099 – steve@guardians.org.nz; mikes@kcs.school.nz; joenol@xtra.co.nz

Minutes of a meeting of the association held 5:40pm Tuesday 11 November 2014 at the Kaikohe RSA.

Present:

Brian Warren, Joe Nol, Elodie Vujcich, Steve Sangster, Alan Puru, Noel Birchall, John Vujcich, Kelly van Gaalen, Debbie Beadle, Paul Knight, Tony Taylor, Lynne Popham, Shaun Reilly, Ngawai Grey, Willie Maihi, Jim Luders, Lynne Popham

Apologies

Sally Macauley, Mike Shaw Steve/ Elodie Carried

Correspondence:

• 1. Under verandah lighting is responsibility of building owners

  2. Request to have cycle lane be diverted into Kaikohe refused. Steve suggests that we go back, get support of businesses and ask for reconsideration – agreed.

Minutes of Previous meeting

Moved: That the minutes of the previous meeting be accepted Steve/ Willie U

Financial Report: Slowness of subscriptions coming in. Grant $4443 for Christmas Parade, $3000 for eventual running cost if community patrol vehicle. Special projects spent $32869.

Moved: That the financial report be accepted Steve/ Joe U

Action Plan for 2015 – group to coordinate funding application to ASB and Lotteries – Alan to contact all for a meeting.

Christmas Parade 28 November report (Kelly): Various individuals in charge of different parts of the day. Parade route will be the main street, finish in Memorial Park, Pioneer Village open, train rides etc.

Christmas Draw: runs from 20 November to 20 December, total prizes approx. $2000.

Discussion around membership and getting businesses to actually pay their subs. Suggested to pay someone like Geof McDonald, per sub collected, to go round the businesses to collect subs.

5 Nations Mounted Games: up to every individual retailer to make something of this – extra visitors in town from 28 November to 7 December. Resolved: send letter to all businesses, immediately, to give pointers for how they can welcome these visitors.

Retailers vs MSD: get KBA to contact all other retailers assn’s to fight the govt? Resolved that: Letters to be written to our local MP’s and relevant Ministers using Brian’s draft response to the reply that came back from MSD.

Hub Festival 7^th March 2015: Willie Maihi organising at Kaikohe Airport, combine with Tiger Moths and Warbirds Assn. Looking for businesses to support with $100 each to bring a Spitfire to the north, cost $6000. Looking for proceeds of an annual event to go to Te Pa O Kaikohekohe. Members and associates – how can you help?

Spitfire rides available at $3750 per person (per ride), led to alternative suggestion to have a person pay for each leg of the trip as a ride.

Community Patrol security

To all businesses: PLEASE make sure you have all combustible material inside – a group of arsonists have very recently lit fires in 2 letterboxes and tried to light a fire in a house.

Kiri Campbell –‘Credit Exchange’ pyramid scheme – warrant out for her arrest – there is no way you can receive $50,000 and only have to pay back $5000. Beware, and warn others.

Scratches on shop windows – hard to know how to prevent this.

Other business: Careers day 2^nd week in December for young people – what is possible for a job in Kaikohe. Part of large ‘social sector’ trial in town.

NB: Please put in to the Council Requests for Service for ANY issue, even if longstanding, and including ANY street lamps that are not consistently illuminating.

The next meeting will be held Tuesday 9 December, 5:40pm; RSA, informal. Invite a business colleague or other interested Kaikohe citizen to come too.

7:15pm Close of meeting