ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
OF WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA
Board Meeting Minutes
Monday, November 2, 2015
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:

Barrett, Clark, Elzemeyer, Green, Guiley, Jackson, Meredith, Quigg, Upchurch, Warner,Witte

BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:

Cohen

STAFF PRESENT:

Shaffer, Doty, Henry, Geres

GUESTS PRESENT:

Burns, Denny – Wayne County Commissioner
Frew, Bob – Grafcor, Inc.
Oakerson, Trevor – Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce
Oler, Ron – Richmond Common Council
Plasterer, Jeff – Wayne County Council
Sheeley, Rachael – Palladium-ItemSowers, George – EDC of Wayne County Attorney
Thurlow, Kim – Ivy Tech Corporate CollegeZick, Steve – Innomark Communications

CALL TO ORDER
Board Chair Elzemeyer called the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Economic Development Corporation of Wayne
County, Indiana to order at 4:02 p.m. on Monday, November 2nd, 2015, in the EDC Board Room.
APROVAL OF MINUTES
Elzemeyer stated the minutes from the October 5th, 2015 board meeting were in the board packet for review. Motion byGreen, second by Barrett to approve the October 5th, 2015 minutes as presented. Motion carried.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Jackson reported the treasurer’s report was on pages 5-10 of the board packet. He reported the EDC was under budget
by $14,183.19 MTD and under budget by $109,035.45 YTD. He reported the details of line items over budget were listed
on page 5 of the board packet and all would catch up by the end of the year. Motion by Witte, second by Upchurch toaccept the October 2015 financials as presented. Motion carried.
EDC STAFF REPORT
Geres – Geres reported on progress with the CRM project management system, 2016 budget preparations, end of year
preparations, and reported on the following board appointments expiring this year: Brett Guiley, appointed by Richmond Common Council, has served two three-year terms and cannot bereappointed until he has sat out at least one year, as of 10/30/15 we do not have a new appointee
 Johnnie Barret, appointed by Centerville Town Council, has served the remainder of Mark Smith’s term and canbe reappointed to serve his own three-year term, and we have received response from Centerville that Johnnie
will be appointed to serve a three year term
 John Meredith, appointed by Wayne County Council, has served one three-year term and has declined to serve
another three-year term, as of 10/30/15 we do not have a new appointee
 Paul Witte, appointed by the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, has served one three-year term, and wehave received response from the Chamber that they have elected to reappoint Paul for another three year term
Henry – Henry reported on the tour he facilitated with the Richmond Area Career Center for CIT, Paragon Caskets, andQualitronics. All companies were very impressed and plan to use students as interns in the mornings during the schoolweek. He will arrange another tour for more employers in the next few months. He also reported on meeting with OCRA
and participating counties on the workforce development grant and also meeting with ASG for the Skill Up Indiana Grant.

He reported on being at 75% of the Certified Work Ready Community goal, which Nettle Creek schools tested 92 students
in October, and of those, 74 earned a silver or higher, which puts us very close to accomplishing our goal for the emerging
workforce portion. He reported on meeting with all five Wayne County Superintendents as well as Reid Healthrepresentatives to discuss WorkKeys testing of all Wayne County students and that Reid Health is willing to help eliminate
any barriers in achieving this goal. Finally he reported on attending 2 BRE meetings, a site visit, and working with 6 othercompanies on expansions.
Doty – Doty reported on working on the 2016 marketing plan with Shaffer, continuing to work on the new website, andworking with Irongate to finalize the Wayne County video they have been producing. She also reported on working on theFacebook page for Brightside and encouraged everyone to find it, like it, and share it – that it is a place to spread goodnews and positivity about Wayne County. Lastly, she reported on meeting with Irongate staff to review Google Analytics
and plans to meet with them quarterly.
Shaffer – Shaffer reported October was a very busy month with new attraction activity, that there were 2 new projects
that inquired about property in Wayne County. One, Project Dove, involved the completion of an RFI with the consultant
planning a site visit for the following week. She reported on flying to Atlanta for Project Horizon to give a presentation tothe company. In total there are 7 ongoing attraction projects currently, and 5 companies are interested in the Midwest
Industrial Park for a need of 300 acres, but we only have 166 available. She reported on working with Joe on several BRE
projects. She also reported on working with Sugar Creek on the wastewater issue and has contracted with Strand
Associates to complete an engineering feasibility study. She reported the project activity summary on page 15 does include
the projects that will be mentioned later on the agenda, and to date we’ve had $27M invested, 232 new jobs created, 98
jobs retained, and average wages of $20.24/per hour excluding benefits. EDIT grants totaled $668,500 which calculates to$2,026 per job. She stated this is low for Indiana, as typically they are about $10,000 per job.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Executive – Elzemeyer reported the committee met prior to the board meeting and reviewed 2 EDIT grants, discussed
the Western Wayne regional sewer district, held a general discussion on compliance and made changes to the policy,
received project updates, and heard a Certified Work Ready Community status update.
B. Finance – Jackson reported the finance committee met immediately before the board meeting and reviewed theOctober general ledger and 990 which would mentioned later on the agenda.
OTHER BUSINESSA. EDIT Application #15-182
Shaffer reported on EDIT application #15-182 for Grafcor, Inc., a division of Innomark Communications based out ofFairfield, Ohio. The company was faced with the decision to close one of two plants, either the Richmond, Indiana or
the Edgewood, Kentucky operation. The company chose to stay located in Richmond, Indiana and consolidate theirEdgewood, Kentucky operation to Richmond, Indiana. The company plans to invest $1,450,000. The consolidation
will retain 17 jobs and create an additional 33 positions. The company has requested a $105,000 EDIT grant forassistance with the consolidation. Bob Frew, local plant manager and Steve Zick, from the corporate office werepresent and praised Valerie and Joe on their aggressiveness to keep them located in Wayne County and how they
showed interested in their growth in Wayne County. Motion by Green, second by Quigg to approve EDIT application#15-182 for $105,000 out of the consolidated EDIT fund. Motion carried.
B. EDIT Application #15-183
Henry reported on EDIT application #15-183 for Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc. The company is requesting a $10,000 EDIT
grant for assistance with a new training facility. They will use existing common area and office space for the newtraining center. There will be a hands on lab and a virtual lab. The plan is for operators to perform morepreventative maintenance as well as give employees a way to advance. The company plans to invest $556,000 andcreate 8 new positions. Only the capital investment was incentivized and not the newly created positions, as Hill’srecently experienced a reduction in workforce. Motion by Upchurch, second by Barrett to approve EDIT application#15-183 for $10,000 out of the consolidated EDIT fund. Motion carried.

C. 2014 990 ReturnTreasurer Jackson reported there was an added requirement on the filing of the 990, that the board must review
and approve the 990 before filing. Jackson stated Jennifer North of Rodefeld, Kassens, and North, who also
completed our audit for 2014, had prepared the 990 and it is ready to sign and mail. Motion by Green, second by
Quigg to approve the 2014 990 Return. Motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT
Elzemeyer adjourned the meeting at 4:30 p.m.
NEXT BOARD MEETING – 4:00 pm on Tuesday, December 1, 2015
EDC of Wayne County, 500 South A Street, Suite 2, Richmond, IN 47374