May 11, 2010

Main Speaker: Richard Wurtz: Corporate Lawyer

• Gave practical advice related to establishing a business in difficult economic times
• While mayor of Burton, worked to protect businesses against bad check writers
• Incorporate your business 6mos-1year into business 50% of new businesses do not survive the first year
• “Put it in writing” – e.g., leases
• Arbitration clause in all of your contracts. Place a statement in the clause that attorney fees will be paid.

Crystal VanKuren of Get a Haircut Men’s Shop

• Specializing in men’s and kid’s haircuts
• Opened 3 months ago
• Appointments & Walk-ins
• 9-7 M-F; 9-3 Sat

Business Items

• Revised ByLaws: identify issues by the next meeting, June 8
• Budget for 2010-2011: Jack Steele motions, Ed York, 2nd. unanimous

Various Items

• Pick up trash day went well: approx 40 bags of junk collected
• Saturday 10am-2pm: hazardous waste collecting at Goodrich High School
• May 17, MTA will be at the board meeting to present “Your Ride”
• May 19: Genesee District Library meeting
• Friends of the Library: pledge for paint
• Ed York: “truth in taxation” hearing Taxes are not going up. Values are going down Main focus is roads. Working with the state regarding the Dutch Road bridge construction; Hegel Road maintenance; Living within the budget and the budget from this past year still remains “in the black”; the Village has an ordinance against bad check writers (a $500 fine).

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