THROUGHI lal SALUDA,N.C.) 8  City of Saluda Dog Day Discussion Minutes Board of Commissioners  Board of Commissioners Special Called Meeting Coon  SHEGNI8T  Date Time Location 1- Call to Order  2/28/2023 05:30PM  Saludal Library Chambers Room  Mayor Morgan called the meeting to order on February 28th. 2023, at 5:31 PM  2-Roll Call  Attendance was taken, and those present were Mayor Tangie Morgan, Commissioner Walker, Commissioner Talbot, Commissioner Marion, Commissioner Oxtoby, City Manager Steven Orr, Assistant City Manager & Finance Officer  Julie Osteen, City Clerk Pamela Waters 3-C Coon Dog Day Discussion  The Commissioners had a discussion ont the Coon Dog Day Event. How to cut costs for the city  1. Cutt the cost oft the! band. By looking for other bands that don't charge as much. But must be a certain type of 2. The cost of the Police Dept. By hiring a parking service to help cut down on thep price of the police. The  music.  parking service is less money than the police.  The commissioners andi feedback they got people were happy with thes size of the parade and the visitors that came but may want tol look at a few more food vendors and other vendors. They were happy with the parking out at the Mintz's field that they volunteered tol let us use. The trollies shuttled people back and forth. All agreed the cost oft the trollies was money well spent to keep people from parking on the sidewalks and out of people's yards. Would like that  again ift thel Mintz would agree toi ita again this year.  Steps we needt tot take. 1. Is form a committee.  2. And give them some type of direction to grow or keepi itt the same as last year.  Board of Commissioners: Special Called Meeting Coon Dog Day Discussion- -2/28/2023  1    We need toi find ay way tot finance it. When we have issues with wastewater treatment, sewer lines, water lines,  sidewalks that's Al loto ofr money.  Nettie Sweet, several years ago Duke power raised the rates oft thel lights, so the Commissioners chose to havet the streetlights turned off Ithink they chose wisely att that point. Ithink your needt to look at the price of streetlights that aren't being turned on. People are out and about walking around. you could get out at night andy walk but now it's not thats safe. Need to look att the cost of Coon Dog Day. We are still without streetlights. Ifv we did without a Coon Dog Day we could turn back ont thes street lights. Iwould likey youi tot think about that wheni it comes tot taxpayers money. Commissioner Walker responded to Nettie saying the price oft thel lights on ar rough figure is 2,000.001 less than Coon  Dog Day. Costing around 14,000.00.  Commissioner Oxtoby responded to Nettie. If we dot tum on lights ity won't be all oft them it  David Thompson, have heard you talk about the cost and everything. Does anyone on this committee have any ideal indirectly ofhow much income comes int from people coming int for Coon Dog Day. Then the go andi tell friends Mayor Morgan, they come and stay for a week. And spend money at businesses and buy artwork and stay at inns, hotel, and houses. So revenue is coming in. It's notj just one day it's all week. Morei than two businesses are makinga Commissioner Talbot's people plan their summer vacation that week just to come here for Coon Dog! Day. Commissioner Walker the only way tol knowi is ifwe don't have ito one year and see what the difference was in sales taxt form thaty year to the next.) We didn't have two years but we can't use that because of covid. David Thompson, it wouldn't cost you money to callt the Tvs stations to advertise the event. Ifyouv want to do something! like three weeks before bring in at tv station and do at thing on this is Saluda. Commissioner Talbot, we chose not to advertise because we wanted to keepi its small fort the locals. We didn't wanti it David Thompson so yours saying inr need more income but you don't want to expand. Ifyous are tryingt to do at fair  and thent they come. profit.  so large and crowded.  analysis you got tot figure where its coming from and what you get.  Who to be ont the committee? 1. Wer need someone from the Police Dept. 2. One from thel Fire Dept. 3. Tangie Morgan is going to doi ita again. 4. Steven Orri is doing ita again. 5. Paul willr reach out to someone from the Coon Club. 6. Paul will reach out to Rob! Parsons. 7. Gina Burnett is doing again or one oft the Burnett's. 8. Ginay will try to get one morei from the school. 9. Someone from thel Planning Board. 10. Paul will get Someone from the TDA.  Board of Commissioners Special Called Meeting Coon Dog! Day Discussion-2282023  2    We are needing two things a committee and' Volunteers. Ity will be the committee's) jobi to help get volunteers. We will get a committee together andy you can' vote on them for the March 13th Meeting ift these people agree. Ift the Coon Club doesn't want to geti involved andy participate, we can change the name. What about Home Coming?  Work on parking to cut costs. Work ont thel Bands to cut costs.  Maybe fort the night only close offi from Greenville St to Cullipher St. they sell tickets fort the food. Maybe something tot think about.  Commissioner Oxtoby just to throw ito outt there thet food vendors makel lots of money. Andl like at thel BBQ in Tryon  The Direction for the Committee is. 1. Keep its small. 2. Work ont thel Music /cut cost.  3. Work on the police cost/ Outside parking services. 4. More Food vendors/ must post menu and pricing.  Commissioner walker made a motion to accept the Direction for the committee made by thel board.  Commissioner Marion seconded ali were in favor.  4-A Adjourn  With no further business to discuss, Commissioner Marion made a motion to Adjourn Commissioner Talbot  second all were in favor.  The meeting Adjoured at 6:21 pm on February 28h,2023.  Respectfully submitted by Pamela Waters, City Clerk. Adopted this 13th day of March 2023.  gan, ARR  hble Pamela' Waters, Clerk  City  Board of Commissioners Special Called Meeting Coon Dog Day Discussion-2 2/28/2023  3