Akeley Civic & Commerce Meeting
February 8th, 2010
Held at Wick’s Wood Products
Meeting called to order at 5:38 pm by Don
Wicks.
Present: Mike & Kathy Duclos, Don & Kathy
Wicks, Josh & Kari Kietzman, Nels Kramer,
Lee Johnson, Troy Hegg, Em Tufts, Waleya
from Pesha’s & Bob Guelker from the
Northwoods Press
Secretaries Report: Approved. Nels
made a motion to approve the minutes and
Kari seconded.
Treasurers Report: None available
Old Business: No old business
New Business:
1. Hay Days will be Friday & Saturday Sept.
17th & 18, 2010
2. 1st Annual Fish Fry will be March 19th @
Akeley VFW from 5pm to 7pm or until gone.
Flyers are going up.
3. Lee Johnson gave an update on the Paul
Bunyan Days Committee. Right now as it
stands the committee has not met. Burned out
committee members, lack of donated funds and
fresh help are some of the reasons. An
informational meeting will be held in the
next week or so.
4. Em & Waleya gave a presentation of their
new ideas for Akeley. Waleya has made up a
flyer of businesses in Akeley and their
phone #’s. Other possibilities are to have a
business card coupon or a coupon book with
the idea of putting these around the County
and having Gregg hand them out at the
Campgrounds this summer. One other point
made was to have all organizations,
businesses and concerned citizens work
together toward a common goal.
Results of the suggestions buckets that Em &
Waleya put out around town were read. The
main comments were to enforce the city
ordinance for junky yards, to fill the empty
building with new businesses and sperate
liquor store on sale & off sale. Have a
seperate building for off sale.
Also discussed was the tax fairness for
businesses with a commercial building vs.
the many businesses working out of their
home. Should these home businesses be taxed
as a business or a homestead. All but one
owner of the Commercial businesses in town
live out of town so they have no say or vote
at the City Council.
Adjourment: Josh made a motion to adjourn
and Kari seconed.
Next meeting will be March 8th, 2010 @
5:30pm at Wicks Wood Products. Anybody is
welcome to attend.
Kathy Duclos
Secretary
