Approved Minutes Board of Trustees meeting
May 13, 2026 4 p.m.
City Hall Conference Room 122
203 S. Troy Street Royal Oak, Michigan 48067
Chair Sharlan Douglas called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m. Trustees present: Jennifer Banovetz-Bastian, Julie Lyons Bricker, David Guest, Dane Lepola, Eric Lofquist, Darian Neubecker. By phone (non-voting): John Peetz. Trustees present constituted a quorum. Trustees absent: Howard Collens, Alexander Fike. Staff absent: Jill Martin.
Adds to agenda: Vote to nominate an alternate secretary, approve beneficiaries for AB&E
Motion to approve the consent agenda by Neubecker seconded Lofquist. Approved unanimously.
Motion to approve April minutes by Guest, seconded by Lyons Bricker. Approved unanimously.
Motion to approve payments by Lofquist, seconded by Neubecker. Approved unanimously.
Motion to approve Arts, Beats & Eats on 5th beneficiaries by Neubecker, seconded by Lofquist. Approved unanimously.
Motion to seek insurance coverage from Philadelphia by Lepola, seconded by Neubecker, approved unanimously.
Review of 2026-2027 fiscal budget
Motion to add check signatory powers to Sharlan Douglas by Neubecker, seconded by Lofquist, approved unanimously.
Grants committee community event support
June 2 – Douglas & Neubecker
June 19 – Banovetz-Bastian & Lyons Bricker
June 20 – Douglas & Peetz
July 8 Douglas & Lepola
Motion to adjourn made by Lepola seconded by Neubecker. Unanimously approved.
Adjourned at 5:41pm
