May 21, 2026, at 115 E Main St, Marcellus Michigan
Called to Order: 6:00 pm Adjourned: 7:05 pm
Members Present: Todd Snider- President, Cindy Wilson, Jaclyn Lyles, Billy Burandt
Members Absent: Chelsea Proffitt- Treasurer (voting live online), Billiejo Snider-Secretary (voting live online), Tommy Puleo, Gavin Trewhitt, Ann Southworth, Amber Meyer
Guests Present: Mark Mierzejewski, Lois Burandt
Financial Goal: $32,000 Money Raised: $21,031.21 66% Raised
New Sponsors since last meeting:
Premier: Family First Funeral and Cremation Services $1,000
Gold: Superior Receipt Book Company & Printing Services $500
Silver: TTT $250, Crop Services International Incorporated $250
Auxiliary to VFW Post 4054 $200.
Old Business Discussed:
Website Updates: added link to the Village Website and the Village added us to their site, Superior Receipt Logo/website link to be added since they are our printing agency, FB and Instagram Logo to be added to the homepage, adding a sheet that Todd can manually add beers, vendors and parade entries and they will show on the schedule.
DDA Funds: With our order of T-shirt’s, Mugs and Tumblers all of the DDA Funds have now been spent.
Reminder: to committee members to help out at Patch & Remington as they can as this is our home base now.
First Fridays: June 5, July 17, August 7, September 4 and October 2 (Okterberfest) we will have a beer tent and merchandise for sale.
Fundraising: May fundraising events did not occur; Tupperware Bingo- due to illness. My Mini Dance- not enough community participation to cover the costs to host.
Updates:
PR/Marketing: Yards signs- All committee members have one. The Village is getting permits to set up the 5’x2’ Banners for 216 and M40. We have permission from Vicki Hackenberg to post a sign out at the old Whippy Dip as her family owns that property. We need to really push the website and Todd will be doing a video on FB at least every other week to help keep people informed. The Village will be adding a section on the water bills to help direct people to the website as well. Todd has sent Jaclyn some images to design our official Bluegill Frolic Poster that we can start getting out in the Public Eye soon.
MVP: Thank you for the BGF themed photo prop. Next meeting at Regina’s June 4th at 6:00 p.m.
DDA: This month’s meeting was canceled and will be rescheduled for June 11 at 6pm. Public is welcome to attend.
Village Council: Todd Snider was sick and unable to attend the meeting in person but did listen to the recording of the meeting. We are on the agenda for the 5/26 meeting to discuss and approve the grounds layout for The Frolic, First Fridays and the 250th Celebration of America and get the ok to serve alcohol at these events.
Rides: Vertical Edge with $9,140 left to raise by August 7. Dunk Tank is reserved and a $50 deposit was made on May 4 with $265.12 balance remaining. We still need to find a bounce House.
Financials: Checking $3,341.16 Savings: $1500
Financial Discussions and Approvals/Denials:
Baked Goods for First Fridays: Cookies (Lois Burandt), Baked Goods (Ursala Giles) and Sourdough Bread (Lindsey Morehouse) was discussed with a percentage coming to The Frolic and the remainder going to our bakers to cover their costs as well as some profit. Those percentages to be discussed with each person. Lois Brandt would like to get back to us with her thoughts for the cookies. (No Cost to us so no vote was needed)
Beer/Wine for First Friday: Liquor License Applications have been sent into the state and awaiting approval.
MegaBev has been selected for purchases as follows:
Dometic Beers- $21/Case Craft Beers- $18/12pk
NA Beer- $17/12pk Wines- Sweet, Semi Dry, Dry in both Red and
White at $11/Bottle
Domestic Beer will be sold for $3, Craft Beer will be sold for $4 and Non-Alcoholic Beer will be sold for $2. All wines will be sold for $6 per 5.5 oz pour.
Motion: Todd Snider Second: Billy Burant
Roll Call Vote: All Members in Favor
**Our IPA Choice and Cider Choice for The Frolic will be sampled at our June Meeting and be voted on to add to the selections.**
Volunteers at the Frolic: Possible incentives for obtaining community involvement of Food or Monetary value were discussed and to approach the younger generations. A scheduled meeting should be made prior to the start of the Bluegill Frolic for all volunteers to attend so that we can verify the number of volunteers that will be in attendance. A Committee Member to be present at least every third shift for the Gate Entrance, Dunk Tank and Beer tent to collect money and do a cash drop unless needed to be done at an earlier time.
Public Comments:
Look into a way to track attendance
Lighted up Beer/Wine Sign would be neat
Look into another way to collect money- Square and Quickbooks were discussed
Next Meeting Scheduled: Thursday June 18 at 6pm at Patch & Remington
Billiejo Snider- Secretary 5/28/26
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