Friday, December 13
Location: Bright Lion’s Club
Time: 9:00 am
January 2025 Meeting
Date/Time: January 10, 2025
Location: Bright Lion’s Club
Attendees:
- Bebe Kinnett-Absolute Web Marketing
- Nicole Wuestefeld-Andres-Wuestefeld Funeral Home
- Kendall Eberhart-Bright Fire & EMS
- Art Little-Bright Lions
- Nichole Hankins-Buzzin Buddies
- Lonny Barnett/Tim Braun-Edward Jones
- Amy Fryman-812-290-1472-Friendship State Bank
- Kim Stock-Friendship State Bank
- Leah Stirn-Friendship State Bank
- Gina Davidson-Friendship State Bank
- Doris Gibbons-Gibbons Insurance Agency
- June Tucker-Historic Renck’s Store
- Lisa Cox-JDC Remodeling
- Tonya Wolfe-Luminate Home Loans
- Rachel Lutz-Lutz Auction Services
- Joni Helton-MaryKay Cosmetics
- Rick Hughes-Millennium Business Systems
- Jesse Presley/Bruce Lippard/ Art Little/Gary Puckett-North Dearborn Pantry
- Mark Munchel-Optimum Chiropractic LLC
- Larry Shideler-Union Center Blvd Merchant Association (UCBMA)
- Jeannette Huelseman-WorkOne Southeast
Nicole Wuestefeld called the meeting to order.
Pledge of Allegiance – Everyone
Welcome & Merry Christmas!
Thank you for another wonderful year as the Bright Area Business Association!
We’ve had a lot to be thankful for this year. A successful golf outing and Bright Parade. And a lot of work with Stellar Pathways for a potential huge grant to Dearborn County in which some of the funds will be used here in Bright. This was our first year of Bright Nights Concerts which brought neighbors out to listen to good music from local musicians and food from three of our member’s food trucks. Each year we keep growing and doing amazing things, in part to all the work that each of you put into BABA and making it successful so thank you for all you do!
Thank you to our sponsors:
2024 Sponsorships
- Friendship State Bank – Gold Sponsor
- First Financial Bank – Silver Sponsor
- Cincinnatus –Bronze Sponsor
- Synergy Labor Solutions – Bronze Sponsor
2024 Board of Trustees
President Nicole Wuestefeld
Secretary Jeannette Huelseman
Treasurer Nick Bader
Membership Mark Munchel
Golf Chair Lonny Barnett
Member at Large Bebe Kinnett
Member at Large Sara Uhlenbrock-Heath
Old Business
- November 12, at 7:00 p.m. Dearborn County Redevelopment Commission is considering establishment of a new tax increment finance district in Bright to aid with infrastructure needs and community development. A community meeting will be held at Bright Elementary School on Tuesday
- Golf Fundraiser
- May 19, 2025 at Hidden Valley Golf Club
- Establish committee to assist Gage Pace and Amy Fryman with pre-event planning
- Volunteers: Jeannette Huelseman, June Tucker & Carlene Lockhart (Carlene can only assist until spring events start)
- Possible TIF in Bright
- November 12, at 7:00 p.m. Dearborn County Redevelopment Commission is considering establishment of a new tax increment finance district in Bright to aid with infrastructure needs and community development. A community meeting will be held at Bright Elementary School on Tuesday
- The meeting will include the establishment of a proposed new tax increment finance (TIF) district to fund economic development.
- Additionally, the Redevelopment Commission is holding a required public hearing on the proposed Bright TIF district at their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 12 at 9:10 a.m. in the Henry Dearborn Room at the Dearborn County Government Center, 165 Mary Street, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025.
- Harrison After Hours – Holiday Mixer at Triple Cats–Joint event with BABA was well attended by BABA members.
New Business
Membership Report – Mark Munchel
- Reminder that next month, those that have paid their yearly dues will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift card to one of our members’ businesses
Treasurer Report – Nick Bader
Corporate Transparency Act Filing (CTA)-Beneficial Ownership Information Report (BOIR)
A discussion ensued about how to proceed with the Texas suit in place. One business’s accountant said he would file the report for $200; another businesses attorney said to complete the form to make sure you are covered. A brief overview of the issue is bulleted below. A PDF from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) can be found at this link: BOIR
- The CTA was enacted by Congress on January 1, 2021, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act. The CTA included significant reforms to anti-money laundering laws and is intended to help prevent and combat money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption, and tax fraud.
- As part of this act, small businesses in the United States were told they need to file beneficial ownership information reports (BOIR) with the Department of the Treasury by January 1, 2025.
- Now a federal district court, states that the CTA is likely unconstitutional, and issued an order Tuesday prohibiting the enforcement of the CTA and the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting rule in the CTA’s accompanying regulations.
- “Under the injunction, FinCEN is barred from enforcing BOI filing requirements while the case is pending,” the statement said.
2025 Meetings
- Each quarter we try to have a meeting at Bright Lion’s Club to touch on regular BABA updates and events
- We also like to have a member spotlight, either at the member’s place of business, or at a place of their choosing…could be at Bright Lion’s, coffee shop, restaurant, etc
- We also like to have a not so formal meeting over lunch at one of our member’s businesses
- By focusing on our member’s businesses, we learn more about one another and are given the opportunity to see their workspace or really delve into what they do on a daily basis. Our goal is to know each other and what we do so we can recommend our co-members to people looking for that service.
- Our meetings are typically held the 2nd Friday of each month
January 10 9:00 Bright Lion’s Club
February 14 – Member Spotlight Open Spot
March 14 12:00 Lunch at Open Spot
April 11 – Member Spotlight Open Spot
May 9 9:00 BLC – Final meeting before golf outing
May 19 Golf Outing at Hidden Valley Golf Club
June 13 12:00 Lunch Open Spot
July 11 9:00 BLC – Final meeting before parade
July 26 Bright Parade
August 8 12:00 Lunch Open Spot
Sept – TBD 7:00 Terry Hahn, At the Barn Winery
|Oct. 10 12:00 Lunch Open Spot
Nov. 14 – Member Spotlight Open Spot
Dec. 12 9:00 BLC – Christmas breakfast
Elections
- One vote per company; Must do all members at one time even if not being elected, can do as one group, including member at large and past president
- I have been President for the last 3 years and it’s time to bring in someone new…
- I move to elect Tonya Wolfe of Luminate Mortgage as President
- All in favor say “Aye
- Question raised about Nicole being Vice President
- Nicole will take the role of Past President
- Nicole
- I move to elect Jeannette Huelseman of WorkOne for Vice President
- All in favor say “Aye
- Nick Bader is stepping down as the Treasurer
- I move to elect Kim Stock of Friendship State Bank & Insurance as Treasurer
- All in favor say “Aye”
- Lonny Barnett is stepping down as the Golf Chair
- I move to elect Gage Pace of 1Dearborn as Golf Chair
- All in favor say “Aye”
- Member at Large: Bebe Kinnett
Donations to Non-Profits
- BABA exists primarily to bring together small businesses to network and support one another, but also to give back to our community. One way we do that is raise money through sponsorships and our annual golf outing. We are working on other opportunities to raise money and will continue to do so in the future.
- So, first a huge thank you to our sponsors…if any of them are here today, I’d like for them to stand up
- Friendship State Bank – Gold Sponsor
- First Financial Bank – Silver Sponsor
- Cincinnatus –Bronze Sponsor
- Synergy Labor Solutions – Bronze Sponsor
- We would like to present checks to three outstanding non-profits in our area.
- Let each of them tell us about their organization
- The first one is Bright Lion’s Club-
- The largest service organization in the world where all proceeds to to communities.
- The Lion’s are the first organizations at disasters even over the Red Cross.
- Medicare considers toiletries as convenience items-The Lion’s Club considers them necessities.
- All services are free to recipients.
- BABA donates: $500
- The second group is North Dearborn Pantry
- The pantry provides food and clothing for adults and children
- Holiday food distribution, “Giving Tree” program at Christmas
- Summer kid’s snack packs, and Back to School
- BABA donates: $2,000
- The third group is Bright Fire & EMS
- The Fire and EMS system works well for the people in the community that borders Hamilton County Ohio on the east, Franklin County Indiana in the northeast, the city of Greendale, Indiana on our southern border, Miller/York township on our west and the town of St. Leon, Indiana in the north.
- They operate out of 3 stations that protect a primarily rural area. In a 45 square mile area they protect:
- over 6000 homes,
- almost 2000 outbuildings, and
- over 70 business structures
- The service area includes:
- 2 elementary schools,
- 1 intermediate school,
- 6 day care facilities,
- 9 buildings that house elderly residents, and
- 2 community parks.
- The department is private and all our firefighters operate on a volunteer status.
- Station 1 keeps two paid EMT personnel on staff 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- They respond with an engine and tanker from each station on all fire emergencies in addition to other service equipment.
- The EMS unit responds on all fire calls and task units and engines responds on all motor vehicle accidents for support.
- CO Alarms are responded to in a non-emergency mode.
- The Bright Volunteer Fire Company has over 50 dedicated members 15 of whom are EMT’s with 4 being advanced EMT’s.
- BABA donates: $6,500
