Minutes of the July 16, 2024 meeting of the Bonner County Republican Central Committee .

Bonner County Republican Central Committee
Regular Monthly Meeting July 16th, 2024 1831 hrs.
Ponderay Events Center

4. Roll Call: 27 Precinct Committee Persons present; 5 Officers, Vice-Chair MacDonald held a proxy for Lana Santelli.

Agenda approved: A motion was made and seconded to add the LD2 report to the agenda. Motion carried in a voice vote. Amended agenda approved by unanimous consent.

7. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes of June 18th, 2024: Tom Bokowy made a motion to amend the minutes to reflect the discussion of harassment of executive committee members, motion seconded. Vote taken, motion failed.

8. Elected Official Reports: Reports from Mark Sauter, Dennis Engelhardt and Asia Williams.

9. PC Reports/Announcements: Tom Bokowy, Anne Chamberlain, Thomas Cleveland and Grace Bauer made reports.

10. Report of the Chair: The chair discussed ethical and non-ethical In Vitro Fertilization.

11. Fourth of July Parade Report: Excellent outcome.

12. Bonner County Fair: August 13th through 17th, “Country Roots and Cowboy Boots”, Anne Chamberlain made a motion to provide Fair funding for up to $500, motion seconded, motion carried on a voice vote.

13. Community Report on Community Committee: Motion made to form a Non-standing Committee for 1 year, with up to 8 registered Bonner County Republican members, the majority being Precinct persons. S. Rezac seconded.

Mat MacDonald made a motion to amend, requiring no fewer than 10 members, with ½ of the membership be BCRCC committee persons. Dan Vaniman seconded, motion carried.

Cornel Rasor made a motion to change the language to from “½ of the membership” to “a majority of the membership must be BCRCC members”. Dan Vaniman seconded the motion, motion carried.

Main motion as amended passed by voice vote. The Chair will form this non-standing committee in conformance with the instructions contained in the bylaws.

14. Committee Reports: Bylaws Committee. Dan Vaniman has received suggested changes for the committee’s consideration. The committee will be meeting in the future to consider the proposals.

Elections Committee: Mat MacDonald: No report.

Executive Committee: Chair Herndon reported that the executive committee met by Zoom and decided to provide more timely social media postings going forward related to Ranked Choice Voting and other issues. Members of the executive committee will be posting on social media or using the BCRCC email list. The decision of the executive committee to do these postings was approved by a majority vote of the members.

Fundraising Committee: Discussed Lincoln Days/Barbecues. Fundraising committee also talked about having food before the September monthly BCRCC meeting.

Rules and Resolutions Committee: Cornel Rasor spoke about the Idaho GOP Platform Affirmation resolution by Steve Rezac. Debate and questions ensued. More time needed to review opinions on the platform.

Doug Patterson made a motion to strike the third “Resolve” from the resolution, Mike Nielson seconded, motion carried.

R. Rudd made a motion to strike the second “Resolve” from the Platform, motion seconded. A tally vote was taken. Ayes: 12, Nays: 18, motion failed.

Andy Kee made a motion to change the days for review from 30 days to 60 days. Tom Bokowy seconded, motion carried.

Steve Rezac made a motion to table review of Platform Affirmation resolution until the August meeting, Mike Nielsen seconded, motion carried.

Cornel Rasor introduced the Ranked Choice Voting rejection resolution and requested a roll-call vote.

After debate, Mike Nielsen called the question. Motion seconded. Motion carried in a standing vote.

A roll call vote was then taken on the opposition to ranked choice voting ballot initiative resolution. Motion carried to approve the resolution 29-3-1 with 2 absent.

Ayes: Aurit, Kirschner, Horton, Chamberlain, Montani, Sauter, Paterson, Korn, Peckham, MacDonald, Bauer, Purdy, Fife, Cleveland, Linton, Nielsen, Morgan, Rasor, Dodd, Chair Herndon, Thomas, Santelli, Rudd, Rezac, Nash, Fahrig, Herndon, H., Lynn, Vaniman.

Nays: Britton, Townsend, Bokowy.

Abstain: Kee

Absent: Borisov, Connolly

Search Committee: No Report.

15. Republican Party Officers:

a. Cornel Rasor report.

b. Treasurer’s Report provided by Kathy Nash, attached as email with minutes.

No further reports provided.

16. Republican Clubs: No Report.

17. Unfinished Business: None

18. New Business: None

19. Adjourn: Motion made by Mike Nielsen, seconded by Mike Fife, meeting adjourned.