Foundation & Committee Minutes LAKE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING, MAY 18, 2021 IN ATTENDANCE: BY ZOOM: Joann Fratianni Nandia Black Rick Lesser Nick Riewer Perry Smith Shyama Parikh John Quinn, Sr. Amy Lonergan Hon. Henry “Skip” Tonigan (Ret.) Douglas Dorando Jeffrey Berman Hon. Fred Foreman (Ret.) Melanie Rummel Kristie Fingerhut ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: Greg Weider, Executive Director, LCBA and LCBF. I. CALL TO ORDER: Meeting was called to order by President Nick Riewer at 4:06 p.m. II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of the Meeting of April 20, 2021 were presented for approval. Motion to approve made by Perry Smith and seconded by Amy Lonergan. Motion carried. III. TREASURER’S REPORT: A. STATUS AND BALANCES OF LCBF ACCOUNTS: Treasurer, Perry Smith reported that he has access to all the LCBF accounts at Lake Forest Bank. He does not have access to the RMB accounts, but Greg Weider
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does. We still owe the LCBA money and they also owe the Foundation money. B. WARRANT/ APPROVAL OF EXPENSES PAID: Treasurer, Perry Smith presented the expense Warrants for approval for April, 2021. Motion to approve the expenses was made by Skip Tonigan and seconded by Jeff Berman. Motion carried. IV. CONTINUING BUSINESS: A. PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION: Amy Lonergan reported that we received a notice for a status date for June 2, 2021 from the Illinois Department of Revenue. President Riewer will need to sign the Power of attorney for Nick Riewer and Doug Dorando to be represented by Amy at the status hearing. Motion was made by Rick Lesser and seconded by John Quinn, Sr. to allow Nick Riewer to sign the Power of Attorney for himself and Doug Dorando. Motion carried with Amy Lonergan abstaining.
Motion carried. Motion made by Melanie Rummel and seconded by John Quinn, Sr. to allow the Committee to review any Grant applications and present recommendations to the full Board for approval. Motion carried. The Board also discussed having a press release and notice in The Docket that the LCBF is accepting Grant applications. C. UNIT C PLUMBING REPAIRS: The Water is off in Unit C pending the order and arrival of a piece for the plumbing.
B. GRANT APPLICATION UPDATE: A Meeting will be scheduled of the Grant Application Sub-Committee. The revised Grant Application has been submitted to the Board for approval.
D. LCBF FUNDRAISING SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING: The Committee discussed the possibility of holding a hybrid event both live and virtual. We also discussed the need to have a budget and inquiring as to what other Bar Associations and Foundations are doing. We would like to send out a survey to our membership as to how they would feel about a live event versus a virtual event. We also discussed the need for the Board to consider what to do with our Condo in Cabo and what type of raffle we would hold for the Condo.
Motion to approve the application was made by Perry Smith and seconded by Douglas Dorando.
V. NEW BUSINESS: A. BUDGET: The Board will consider as part of its Budget general
donations, fundraising events as well as a potential Condo Raffle. B. RESOLUTION FOR WINTRUST ACCOUNT SIGNERS: A Motion was made by Jeff Berman and seconded by Rick Lesser, for a Resolution giving access to the LCBF Wintrust accounts to Gregory Weider, Executive Director, Douglas Dorando, Board President 2021-2022 and Perry Smith, Treasurer. Motion carried. C. ASSOCIATION BOARD APPROVAL OF FOUNDATION TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS The LCBA Board approved the terms of the following Officers and Trustees: Douglas Dorando, President Trustees: Carey Schiever, Vice President Jeffrey Berman Perry Smith , Treasurer Kristie Fingerhut Joann Fratianni, Secretary Steve McCollum Nick Riewer, Past President Eric Rinehart Melanie Rummel A swearing -in ceremony will be held on June 3, 2021. VI. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn made by Nandia Black and seconded by Amy Lonergan. Motion carried and the Meeting adjourned at 4:47 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Joann M. Fratianni Secretary
