Board of Directors
Meeting Minutes
DATE: 04/22/2026
Virtual Meeting
Shari Gross called the meeting to order at 5:32 pm.
Attending:
✅ President - Shari Gross
✅ Vice President -Kevin Schaaf
✅ Treasurer - Colleen Daisley
✅ Secretary - George Kilbert
Directors:
✅ Liz Bugbee
✅ Derek Golembeski
✅ Amanda Gates
✅ Sarah Parker
✅ Amanda Kleckner
Staff Personnel:
✅ Chief Executive Officer/General Manager - LeAnna Nieratko
Guests: 0 member-owner(s) in attendance.
Member Owner Comments: None.
Review of Last Month’s Minutes: Liz Bugbee
Motion was made by Colleen Daisley to accept the minutes as written,
Derek Golembeski seconded. Motion passed.
Treasurer's Report: Colleen Daisley
There were 39 new members and 0 requests for return of investment.
The committee met with LeAnna before the board meeting to review last month's financials. They reviewed margins and labor, cash balance, and line of credit.
Motion was made by Liz Bugbee to accept the Treasurer’s Report, Amanda Gates seconded. Motion passed.
CEO/GM Reporting: LeAnna Nieratko
CEO/GM Report:
Sales were down by 6% in March. The large growth last year came primarily out of food service and bakery, so has much of the decrease this year. Packaged grocery and wellness saw decreases as well. While we had a higher basket size, the decrease in traffic of 7% was a contributing factor overall. Additionally, EBT sales have dropped by almost 1% of total sales. We did have some wins including frozen up 12%, and bulk and refrigerated both up almost 7%.
• We volunteered to be in a pilot for NCG assistance with budgeting. This gives us access to some cool reporting tools, as well as uses NCG labor for the start-up data entry, something that would otherwise be time consuming.
• The next bulk sale is May 20th! Mark your calendars!
• April 21-24th the community room is being painted by Judy Zurinski, we received a grant for both the paint and the painters to start the process of beautifying our community room.
CEO/GM Policy Review:
B7 - Communication and Counsel to the Board - LeAnna provided interpretations and date points before reporting to the Board compliance in all aspects of the policy.
Motion was made by Kevin Schaaf to accept the CEO/GM report and policy review, Amanda Gates seconded. Motion passed.
Board Policy Evaluation: Shari Gross
C4 - Board Meetings - The board reported compliance with this policy.
C5 - Directors’ Code of Conduct - The board reported compliance with this policy.
Motion was made by Amanda Kleckner to accept the Board Policy evaluation & review, Derek Golembeski seconded. Motion passed.
New Business:
Cooperating Committee: Determining dates for a virtual meeting with Molly.
Non Profit Bag Program Committee: The committee met last month to review applications and nominated the following non-profits for the program. Sept: BikeErie, Oct: Master Gardeners, Nov: Amerimasla
Board Summer Retreat: Beginning to discuss dates, considering a Saturday morning in August. Exploring venues of LEAF, Presque Isle and Asbury Woods.
May Meeting Dates: The Board selected an alternative date for the next meeting of Tuesday, May 26th.
Closure: Next board meeting is Tuesday, May 26th at 5:30pm.
Motion was made by Shari Gross to adjourn the meeting, Colleen Daisley seconded. The meeting adjourned at 6:05 pm.