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Home My WebLink About~Master - ASSET Board Meeting November 13, 2025www.storycountyasset.org ASSET Board Minutes November 13, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. United Way of Story County @ 315 Clark Ave, Ames, IA 50010 In Attendance: Sandra King, Sarah Mansell, Ron Smith, Becky Harker, Jenny Schill, Nick Joos, Jess Peebler, Emma Cassabaum, Pa Goldbeck, Moriah Morgan, Shamaree Brown, Biswa Das, Aidan Shervheim, Kathy Guillen, Amy Shaw Virtual: Linda Hagedorn, Nolan Klemesrud, Liz, Zuercher, Beth Waage, Juliana Nnoko, Karen Kiel Rosser Public: Deb Schildroth CALL TO ORDER – Linda Hagedorn, Chair at 5:00pm PUBLIC FORUM (1-2 minutes) None APPROVAL OF: Motion to approve the September 11th ASSET Meeting Minutes, Cassabaum, seconded by Joos. Motion passed unanimously. TREASURERS REPORT Smith reported the current balance is, $1128.24. Funders have been invoiced from United Way for their annual amount. Schill submitted the invoices for printing the budget book , but Smith will wait for the Funders to send their payments in to reimburse Schill. REPORTS: Administrative Team Mansell reported for United Way. They are keeping a close watch on the hunger issue in the community. Food pantries biggest need is volunteers. United Way is starting to recruit VITA volunteers for the next tax season. United Way has kicked off their childcare study. Mansell announced their 2025 celebration of the end of their Campaign will be Dec 12th, all are invited. King reported for the County. She reported that the Case Manager is onboard and hope s to onboard clients soon. He has identified landlords willing to offer short term leases. He will also be helping launch the Empowerment program through the County. Goldbeck reported for the City. City Council allocated $5,000 for community roundtable discussions. They allocated $15,000 to hire a consultant around strategic planning with ASSET and work toward vision, mission and outcomes for ASSET as a whole. Also allocated up to $15,000 for non-profit training. Council also took $10,000 and unallocated from ASSET and moved it to HOST. This agreement with ARCH will go to Council on Tuesday. Goldbeck also reported that MGMC Foundation has added a place on their website to accept community donations for this initiative. The City also contributed $10,000 to the childcare www.storycountyasset.org study. Shaw reported for ISU Student Government. She reported that they have a new Non -profit representative for Student Government, Nolan Klemesrud. Volunteers None OLD BUSINESS Homelessness Action Plan - None NEW BUSINESS: Hearing Schedule Schedule was included in the packet for January 7th and 8th. Budget Books & Process Overview Budget books were passed out at the meeting. For those online you will need to schedule a time with your Funder staff to get your book. Schill will email out the tip sheet that Goldbeck went over during the meeting. King mentioned that if you feel like you need more explanation or instruction to reach out to Funder staff, they can go over things more in depth. Liaison Reports Schill reported that there are 10 outstanding liaison reports, but she has heard from most that they will have them in by end of the day tomorrow. Once all reports are in, Schill will save them into one PDF and send it out to the volunteers. ASSET 26/27 Calendar Schill will make the corrections that were made and bring it back to the December meeting. ADDITIONAL ITEMS Hagedorn recommended that new volunteers reach out to seasoned volunteers for advice through the funding process. Motion to adjourn at 5:31 pm by Harker, seconded by Smith. Motion carried.