ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
OF WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA
Board Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:STAFF PRESENT:GUESTS PRESENT:

Barrett, Clark, Cohen, Elzemeyer, Green, Hackman, Quigg, Upchurch, Witte
Guiley, Meredith, Warner
Shaffer, Doty, Geres
Lambson, Richard – Citizen of Wayne County
Lane, Jeff – Kicks96
Ronald, Louise – Palladium-Item
Sowers, George – Attorney for EDC
Thurlow, Kim – Ivy Tech Community CollegeCALL TO ORDER
Board Chair Cohen called the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Economic Development Corporation of Wayne
County, Indiana to order at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in the EDC of Wayne County board room.
APROVAL OF MINUTES
Cohen stated the minutes from the February 3rd & February 26th board meetings were on pages 2 - 4 of the board packet
and allowed time for the board to review them. Motion by Witte, second by Green to approve the February 3rd, 2014
minutes as presented. Motion carried. Motion by Green, second by Hackman to approve the February 26th, 2014 minutesas presented. Motion carried.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Elzemeyer reported the EDC was under budget for the month of January by $14,247.56 and under budget YTD by$35,007.95. He reported the utilities line item was over budget due higher winter bills both MTD and YTD and themaintenance and repair/equipment line item was over budget due to color copies. He reported the end of monthbalances for the following accounts: operating - $201,969.85, discretionary fund - $31,369.13, grant administration
income - $6,470.00, and escrow - $5,017.83. Cohen had questioned the $6.56 EDIT tax income in the discretionary fund.
Geres stated that was in error Motion by Green, second by Hackman to approve the February 2014 financial statement
as corrected. Motion carried.
EDC STAFF REPORT
Geres – Geres reported on the event planning she’s been doing including the Dr. Michael Hicks luncheon on March 20thand the annual meeting on April 7th and also on her attempt to update the contact lists for elected officials in Wayne
County, Indiana.
Doty – Doty reported on the plastics ad project she’s been working on with IronGate Creative. This is a new approach tomarket industry sectors with a dedicated web page on why it would beneficial to locate in Wayne County, Indiana. The
ad on the plastics news website will link to this new page. She reported on the video project she’s also been working onwith IronGate Creative. This will be a 30 second video consisting of infographics to promote the business case using
information provided by the strategic plan for locating a company in Wayne County to be embedded in a web page,used as a standalone piece, and also viewable from YouTube. Lastly, she reported on the ACT certified work readycommunity training she attended in Atlanta.
Shaffer –Shaffer reported on the congressional record from Luke Messer for Manufacturing Matters. She reported there
were 2 new attraction projects in February: 14-03 Project AI14 a large aluminum manufacturer and 14-04 a direct leadfrom the broker looking for an existing building for manufacturing. She reported 14-02 Project Carnivore came for asecond site visit, toured the site, and stayed overnight. We have made the short list and the next step will involve a
consultant to assist with negotiations. She reported conversations on a CNG station have been brought to the surfaceagain. She has come in contact with someone committed to making a CNG station a reality and the next step is todetermine the needs of local fleets. She reported on the luncheon we’re co-hosting with the Wayne County Area
Chamber of Commerce featuring guest speakers Dr. Michael Lynch and David Terrell to discuss quality of place inregards to economic development. She reported on attending 4 BR&E visits with DoxPop, Grafcor, Suncall America, andTerra Green. Finally, she reported on being asked to serve on IU East’s strategic planning committee.
COMMITTEE REPORTSA. Finance – Elzemeyer reported the committee held a short meeting on February 20th and reviewed the February
financials and approved and recommended to the full board for approval. There were no further questions.
B. Executive – Cohen reported the committee met on February 20th and reviewed EDIT compliance reports from
B&F Plastics, Hills Pet Nutrition and Vandor. The committee decided no further action was necessary with B&F
Plastics and Vandor, but did request additional information from Hills Pet Nutrition. The committee also heard
updates on 3 BR&E projects and a few attraction projects, heard updates on the CNG fueling station, discussed
the annual meeting and community partnership award, discussed the agenda for the February 26th meeting, anddiscussed holding a board retreat after the plan is endorsed by the board, commissioners, and county council.
OTHER BUSINESSA. 2014 Proposed Work Plan
Shaffer reported on the proposed 2014 EDC work plan. Some of the discussion included BrightSide and how it would
be marketed ; to publish data on the key performance indicators on a quarterly basis; to go back to 2011 with thedata; to look into the 3rd quarter of 2014 for a board retreat; to visit town councils and include the board members
who were appointed by them; and to have the Industrial Committee start in April to begin looking for opportunities
to expand our existing industrial parks or establish new parks.
Motion by Hackman, second by Quigg to approve the strategic plan as last revised on 3-11-14. Motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT
Cohen adjourned the meeting at 5:06 p.m.
NEXT BOARD MEETING – Annual Meeting
Monday, April 7, 2014, at 3:30 pm at Forest Hills Country Club