Phoenix Earth Food Co-op (PEFC)
Minutes, Board Meeting 5/26/21

Location: Teleconferencing CISCO WEBEX

Present: Hermann von Grafenstein, Anita Levin, Sean Fitzgerald (General Manager), Adrienne Armstrong, Maureen Ciesinski, Sándor Halász, Alyx Kendzierski, Thomas Fine, Shelley Boraby, Leah Foley (Staff)

Absent: Claudia Cooper

MSC - Moved Seconded and Carried

Resolutions are numbered R1–2

The meeting began at 6:33 pm

  1. Approval of minutes
    Minutes 4/28/21were approved as correctedfor spelling, grammar and numbering. MSC -R1
  2. General Manager Report - reviewed and discussed as circulated.
  3. Finance Report
    Tom & Leah presented a financial review for April 2021. Sales have decreased 2% over same period Year to date in 2020. Likely resulting from the beginning of the pandemic last year. No longer have COVID buying frenzy. Need to continue to see how sales are doing as we enter the slow period.
  4. Outreach - Adrienne reported on 6/19/21 program coming up. Art on the Mall in July 2021. Coop signs are in.
  5. Relocation Committee -Royce is asking for $85,000 to purchase. Tom will ask for right of First refusal before the landlord lists. Price and deadline not firm. Discussed Bassett location on Heatherdowns as well as possibility of expanding at current site by obtaining the empty lot next door available thru the Landbank.
    1. Tom will approach Royce. We need appraisal and structural evaluation.
    2. Next steps consensus to buy some time and Anita and Hal obtain a commercial realtor.
  6. Adjournment: Motion to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 8:05PM. MSC - R2

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Respectfully submitted, Anita Levin Secretary