Albert C. Kean Post 149 Executive Board Minutes​
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Meeting Date March 03, 2026 Time: 1730
Roll Call of Officers: (P = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, L = Late, F- Fill In, V = Vacant)
P - Commander Dave Marsland P Member at Large (2027) Willie Nelson
P - 1st Vice Commander VACANT P Member at Large (2027) Paul Nelson
V - 2nd Vice Commander Dave Booth E Member at Large (2028) Mason Keller
P - Finance Officer Carl Johnson Jr. E Member at Large (2028) Ernie Williams
P - Jr. Past Commander Dave Garrett P Member at Large (2026) Dave Riley
P Member at Large (2026) Dana Bolte
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Total Voting Members Present 8 (7 Minimum)
Guest(s)
Bob Theal- 3rd District Commander
Guest Statements:
Update on the status of the Department on probation from National; Currently the OP’s are in need of updating before further action. He is also looking for a chair for the Evergreen Boys State program for this year.
District Spring Conference will be in Port Orchard at Post 30 in conjunction with 4th District on April 25.
From the DEC Meeting, the Baseball program is applying for a grant for tickets for the OCW Veterans Appreciation Night. This is normally with the Tacoma Rainiers at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma.
Department Convention will be in Pasco at the Red Lion Inn July 16-19. More information on the Department Web Site.
Minutes of Previous Meeting: Meeting opened by Commander Marsland
Minutes to waive the reading of the previous meeting by Paul Nelson, seconded by Dave Riley, motion carried
Finance Report:
Finance Report was read, motion to accept was made by Paul Nelson, seconded by Dave Booth, motion carried.
Old/New Business:
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Has the Credit/Debit card reader been beneficial? Insufficient data available at this time and will continue to monitor.
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Status of PSE Claim? Nothing to date. National Emergency Fund was denied at department level
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All repairs are complete, the washer and Dryer payment has been adjudicated, waiting on $1,000 check. Washer is 20 years old; dryer is 15 years old. Reason for low reimbursement is due to age. Dave Booth has taken this to task for replacement. Also need to look at paying for the removal of the old ones.
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Rick Baker received an email from the vent cleaning people and it is time for the required annual cleaning. Last year was approx. $875. 9 Mar is available, Will look at this again in April, as this is an annual fire inspection requirement
Good of the Legion:
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Pushing membership and renewals as well as hall rentals, participation at the post.
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Status of transferring the bookkeeping over to Quick books. Waiting for member to become available, Bob and Dee Dee Theal have additional information on this and the Commander will be in contact
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Status of replacing the kitchen fire suppression system in the kitchen. Wednesday to be started, working with company for a re-bid Updated bid ($2,600) in hand. Or go with the Hydro/replacement of bottle.
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Status of the drop safe. Cost $500-$600 to get combination. More to follow
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Status of disposal of old beer cooler. Interested party still has not come to look at it.
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Installation of Officer’s listing back on the wall. Replacement has been ordered, awaiting delivery.
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Decoration of the walls will be the responsibility of each of the legs of the legion.
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March 8 will be the Welcome Back Steak Night
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CDR Marsland is looking at bids for the retiling of the kitchen floor
Adjournment:
Motion to adjourn made by Paul Nelson, seconded by Dave Garrett, meeting adjourned at 1827.
ON FILE ON FILE
L. “Willie” Nelson H. Dave Marsland
Adjutant Commander
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Meeting Date February 03, 2026 Time: 1725
Roll Call of Officers: (P = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, L = Late, F- Fill In, V = Vacant)
P - Commander Dave Marsland P Member at Large (2027) Willie Nelson
P - 1st Vice Commander VACANT P Member at Large (2027) Paul Nelson
V - 2nd Vice Commander Dave Booth E Member at Large (2028) Mason Keller
P - Finance Officer Carl Johnson Jr. P Member at Large (2028) Ernie Williams
P - Jr. Past Commander Dave Garrett P Member at Large (2026) Dave Riley
P Member at Large (2026) Dana Bolte
Total Voting Members Present 9 (7 Minimum)
Guest(s)
Chrissy Huckabee- Lounger Manager
Guest Statements
Going to use of a Wireless Credit/Debit Card scanner for members and customers
Minutes of Previous Meeting: Meeting opened by Commander Marsland
Minutes to waive the reading of the previous meeting by Paul Nelson, seconded by Ernie Williams, motion carried
Finance Report:
Finance Report was read, motion to accept was made by Paul Nelson, seconded by Dave Garrett, motion carried.
Old/New Business:
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Conference call on the use of a debit/credit card reader. There were a lot of questions that need to be answered before determination if going to or not. Lounge Manager called the POC for the Credit reader, the cost of this is $20/month at a 4% charge for card transactions. This will be included in the total sales to the member. Tips for bar tenders will be taken out by the bookkeeper and given to the bartender. Motion by Paul Nelson to go with this system was seconded by Ernie Williams, Motion Carried
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Front door glass has been replaced and the tinting installed
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Status of PSE Claim. No status to date, Commander Marsland has also applied through the National Emergency Fund for assistance. Waiting for response
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Repairs have been completed. Waiting the replacement of some bezel springs
On lights in the dining room and the installation of last ceiling tile. The washer and Dryer are still not working, calls in for repairs have not been returned.
Good of the Legion:
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Pushing membership and renewals as well as hall rentals, participation at the post.
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Status of transferring the bookkeeping over to Quick books. Waiting for member to become available
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Status of replacing the kitchen fire suppression system in the kitchen. Wednesday to be started, working with company for a re-bid
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Status of the drop safe. Cost $500-$600 to get combination. More to follow
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Status of disposal of old beer cooler. Interested party still has not come to look at it.
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Installation of Officer’s listing back on the wall. More to follow on this.
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Decoration of the walls will be the responsibility of each of the legs of the legion.
Adjournment:
Motion to adjourn made by Dave Riley, seconded by Dave Booth, meeting adjourned at 1846 .
ON FILE ON FILE
L. “Willie” Nelson H. Dave Marsland
Adjutant Commander
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Meeting Date : January 06, 2025 Time: 1700
Roll Call of Officers (P= Present, E- Excused, A=Absent, L= Late, F= Fill In, V= Vacant)
P - Commander Dave Marsland P Member at Large (2027) Willie Nelson
P - 1st Vice Commander Dr. E. Lee Felder P Member at Large (2027) Paul Nelson
P - 2nd Vice Commander Dave Booth P Member at Large (2028) Mason Keller
P - Finance Officer Carl Johnson Jr. P Member at Large (2028) Ernie Williams
P - Jr. Past Commander Dave Garrett P Member at Large (2026) Dave Riley
P Member at Large (2026) Dana B0lte
Total Voting Members Present 11 (7 Minimum)
Guest(s):
Rick Baker,
Guest Statements:
See Good of the Order
Minutes of Previous Meeting:
Motion to accept reading of minutes by Paul Nelson, was seconded by Ernie Williams . Motion Carried
Finance Report:
Status of the GO Fund Me and Donations: Report was given as to the distribution of donations for the employees and for the payment of repairs to date.
Finance report was read, motion to accept by Paul Nelson, seconded by Ernie Williams, Motion carried
Old/New Business:
1) Status of repairs Rick Baker- Carpentry work in kitchen- $7622, Board-up (from Fire)- $755,
Randy’s H&C (Natural Gas restore and purge)- $273. Still waiting for Sunset Electric, and the
biggest will be Poseidon Restoration (cleaners/painters). There are still a few outstanding
claims to be finished up. Finish up painting in kitchen, All Trades has serviced all the reefer
units, waiting for Tap Beer Lines to be cleaned, Comcast has been contacted and re-instated.
2) Bid for broken front door in the foyer was received, $563.11. Motion by Paul Nelson to
expend the monies for replacement was seconded by Dave Riley. Discussion was that since
the door is still secure, a later date to be determined. Thank you to the Auxiliary as
they are paying for the replacement of the glass
3) Status of the change of lounge hours upon reopening. New Hours are 3-8PM T-TH, 3-10PM
Fri, and 3-11PM Sat. Times remaining open is after the discretion of the bartender
4) CDR Marsland- Submitting a claim to PSE for loss of income, wages and help offset
restoration costs. This has been sent to PSE and to date, there is no answer. In addition to this,
a request has been sent to Department for consideration from National from the National
Emergency Fund.
Good of the Order:
1) Bar will open Friday January 9 at 3PM, King of Clubs will happen, and dinner will be a pot
luck. Bar carpet is shampooed, walls painted and waiting the replacement of ceiling tiles
2) . CMDR Marsland- the Roxy Theater will be hosting a benefit concert for the Post for
restoration featuring Joel Gibson Jr and others in January. To date there is no further
information.
3) The Quicken financial system is what is currently being used for the bookkeepr. Quick Books
is the preferred operating system. This can be obtained at the cost of $1000/tear.
4) The safe for the office needs repair, as is the stackable safe that is next to the kitchen
door. Combination will not work on that safe. Rick Baker contacted a locksmith; cost to get it
opened is $500-$600. They can then set whatever combination is desired. This was later
discussed as a side bar.
5) The subject of annual pay raises was approached. Per state Law, minimum wage must be met.
Motion by Ernie Williams to raise wages of minimum wage employees to meet and be paid at
the amount determined by the E-board was seconded by Dave Garrett. Motion passed. Further
discussion that wage increase per CPI-W percentage, IAW the Post Standing Rules, Article 9,
Section 2, Due to current financial status, this CPI-W percentage increase will not happen at
this time.
6) Dana Bolte- Current status of the Annual Financial Audit; this will be completed within the
following 2 months.
7) CMDR Marsland- Due to still finishing the restoration of the post, the next General
Membership Meeting will be in February, as very probable the same for the Riders
8) Rick Baker- The old beer cooler is still sitting and needs to be disposed of. All members try to
get it sold or disposed of.
Adjournment:
There being no further business, motion to adjourn by Paul Nelson, seconded by Ernie Williams, meeting adjourned at 1912
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L. “Willie’ Nelson H. Dave Marsland
Adjutant Commander
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