HomeMy WebLinkAboutVisitor Services and Information Advisory Committee Minutes July 17, 2007_201402041407592227Minutes of Visitor Services Advisory Committee Meeting
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Land Bank Conference Room
In attendance: Kate Hamilton, Director, David Sharpe, Office Administrator,
Kevin Dugan, Assistant Administrator, Charles Balas, Diane Reis-Flaherty, Toby
Greenberg, Michelle Langlois, Gene Mahon, David Place, Louise Swift and Selectman
Michael Kopko.
Kate called the meeting to order at 3:05pm.
Charles made a motion to waive the reading of the minutes of the previous
meeting and the motion was carried. He then gave a brief history of Nantucket Visitor
Services for the benefit of the new committee members.
Kate then brought up the bathroom situation and the fact that Pioneer Cleaning
had lost the contract. We are meeting on a weekly basis with the new company in order to
insure a smooth transition. Charles and Kate both mentioned that the DPW used to
maintain the bathrooms and that responsibility was shifted to NVS several years ago.
Charles stated that perhaps we should try to shift the burden back to the DPW. Kate also
mentioned that the bathrooms are starting to show signs of wear and work needs to be
done. Kate is also hoping that many island residents will attend the public meeting on the
possible acquisition by the Town of the former Island Spirits and that more bathrooms
could be added at that location.
David discussed the 4th of July visitor statistics and stated that the total number of
visitors was up versus last year. Kate mentioned that this was the first year that we
partnered with NRTA to have buses available for those attending the event. As of now
plans are in place to have the bus service available for next year as well. Charles asked
how much the fireworks cost NVS and Kate stated that it is in the range of $38,000 to
$40,000. He suggested that possibly we should sell something like t-shirts to partially
offset the cost of putting them on.
Kate stated that we are currently selling the Secret Garden calendar for the benefit
of the hospital and that we will be providing space for the sale of Boston Pops and
Nantucket Garden Club tickets. She also mentioned that NVS will act as a clearinghouse
of information for the Autism Walk on August 25th.
Charles then nominated Gene to take his position as the representative of NVS to
the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce. The vote was unanimous and Gene
agreed to take the position.
Selectman Kopko stated that he was happy to see the new members on the
committee and to observe the interaction that was taking place.
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday August 21st at 3:00pm in the Land
Bank conference room.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:55pm.