SRG Special Meeting Minutes- May 4, 2026

May 13

Soulard Restoration Group | Board Meeting Minutes
Monday May 4, 2026 at 7PM
Soulard Station | 1911 South 12th Street

Minutes prepared by Abbey Bethel, Director

Present: April Flores, John Cline, Amanda Ramcharan, Neil Putz; Wade Weistreich, Abbey Bethel, John Durnell, Linda Hoffman

Absent: Andrew Paniello

Welcomed Guests: Bonita Leiber, Chair of Station/Properties Committee

Call to Order/Opening Remarks

President April Flores called the meeting to order at 7:08pm. Special Board Meeting scheduled to address two topics: 1) reviewing bids to re-stucco Soulard Station with intention to move forward with awarding, and 2) reviewing Straw Poll results with intention for Board to approve April’s appointments for vacant director positions.

Soulard Station - Stucco Bid Discussion

April and Bonita received four bids for repairing exterior stucco of Soulard Station. Bids were shared with the board along with condensed view of the merits of each proposal and associated costs.

Brickmen Masonry & Roofing provided quote March 2026 for stucco repair of entire West wall. Quote also included option to prime and paint all three walls of Station.
Central Contracting Inc provided quote March 2026 for stucco repair of entire West wall. Painting was not included as option in quote.
Schilli Plastering Co provided quote June 2025 for stucco repair of upper portion of West wall. Painting was not included as option in quote. Had not reached out to Schilli to confirm quoted amount was still valid.
Saint Louis Wall & Ceiling provided quote October 2025 for stucco repair of entire West wall. Painting was not included as option in quote. April confirmed quote from October was still valid.

After thorough review of each quote and discussions regarding stucco repair, painting, and cleaning of lintel versus addition of drip edge, the Board agreed to move forward with stucco repair and request separate bid for painting, cleaning of lintel, and potentially fence painting.

Amanda motioned to move forward with Central Contracting Inc quote for repair of stucco on West wall of Soulard Station for quoted amount of $8,500. Neil seconded motion. No further discussion was had. Vote passed unanimously.

Bonita left meeting after discussion and vote completed to move forward with Central Contracting Inc.

Straw Poll Review & Presidential Appointment

April shared results of Straw Poll vote for our three candidates: Jimmy Roberts, Jay Gibbs, and John Hamilton.

April then shared update regarding Treasurer-Elect Carlos Diaz. Per an email Carlos sent on April 29th, he is moving out of Soulard and would be resigning from the board as he would no longer be a voting member of the SRG (requirement to hold board position).

April shared with the Board that during the Nominating Committee process there was another candidate that was interested in being treasurer, Abbey Bethel. April reached out to Abbey prior to the Special Meeting, and Abbey confirmed she was willing to resign from the board as director and be appointed by April as Treasurer to backfill Carlos. Abbey sent her resignation email to the Board on May 4 to follow the process outlined in the By-Laws.

Since this now would create a third vacant director position (two odd year positions with 1 year left to serve and one even year position with 2 years left to serve), April proposed that the candidate from the Straw Poll with the most votes be appointed to the even year position with 2 years left to serve and the other two candidates be appointed to the odd year positions with 1 year left to serve.

As a result, April made the following appointments:

Abbey Bethel to be appointed as Treasurer-elect starting her term July 1, 2026.
Jimmy Roberts (candidate with most votes from Straw Poll) to be appointed as even year director with 2 years to serve, effective immediately.
Jay Gibbs to be appointed as odd year director with 1 year to serve, effective immediately.
John Hamilton to be appointed as odd year director with 1 year to serve, effective immediately.

Wade motioned to approve April’s appointments as outlined. John Cline seconded the motion. No further discussion was had. 6 board members voted in favor of the motion. 0 board members voted against the motion. Abbey abstained from the vote. Motion passed to approve April’s appointments to the board.

Board entered closed executive session at 7:45pm. Abbey Bethel left the meeting as the Treasurer-Elect.

Board exited closed executive session at 7:59pm.

The meeting adjourned at 8:00pm.