ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
OF WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA
Board Meeting Minutes
Monday, October 2, 2017
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:

Elzemeyer, Frame, Jackson, Leisure, Russell, Salazar, Upchurch, Witte,Yaeger

BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:

Barrett, Parker, Warner

STAFF PRESENT:Shaffer, Doty, Henry, Geres

GUESTS PRESENT:

Burns, Denny – Wayne County Commissioner
Oler, Ron – Richmond Common Council
Plasterer, Jeff – Wayne County Council

CALL TO ORDER
Board Chair Jackson called the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Economic Development
Corporation of Wayne County, Indiana to order at 4:04 p.m. on Monday, October 2, 2017 in the EDC boardroom.
APROVAL OF MINUTES
Jackson stated the minutes from the September 11, 2017 board meeting were on pages 2-4 of the board
packet. Sayward stated the minutes did not show her attending the last meeting, but she did. Geres stated
she would make the correction. Motion by Upchurch, second by Elzemeyer to approve the September 11,
2017 minutes as presented, but with the correction stated above. Motion carried.
TREASURER’S REPORTElzemeyer reported on being under budget $20,793.87 MTD for September and under $96,436.82 YTD.
He reported on items over budget for the month and year and stated they would all catch up by the endof the year, with the exceptions of 1369 – Long-Term Disability and 2215 – Equipment Supplies, which
would need a transfers. He stated the account balances: operating - $253,793.18, grand administration
income - $5,933.51 and escrow - $5,036.10. Motion by Witte, second by Upchurch to approve theSeptember 2017 financials. Motion carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Finance – Elzemeyer reported the finance committee met on September 28, 2017 and reviewed theSeptember GL and discussed our current banking relationships and decided no action be taken.
B. Executive – Jackson reported the executive committee also met on September 28, 2017 and received
EDIT Application #17-190, reviewed the marketing proposals, and discussed the WWRSD. He noted
Warner was absent due to being at the mediation with the WWRSD and other parties.
C. Industrial Park – Shaffer reported in Warner’s absence on the industrial park committee. She reported
we heard a presentation from Elijah Welch on the sewer rate increases, heard an update on theWWRSD news, and discussed industrial park expansion.
EDC STAFF REPORT
Geres – Geres reported working on the budget, submitting buildings and lots for Projects Highland, Spaceand Exit and completing and RFI for Project Space. She reported on continuing to update the KPI’s, working

on the nominating ballot for today’s vote, and volunteering with the Wayne County Area Chamber ofCommerce on their Community Improvement Awards luncheon and the Taste of Wayne County andBusiness Expo.
Henry – Henry reported on the Find A Job Friday on September 22nd and 29th. He visited with 4 of the 5high schools during the event. He found that most were happy to just be in the schools, but he wants tobring everyone together to discuss ways to better engage the students. He reported on having a lot ofinteraction with the high school counselors for the National Manufacturing Day tours where 147 Wayne
County students will visit factories on October 6th and 14th. He reported on a regional gathering for theSkill Up Indiana grant to gather information and hear the needs of employers, which is mostly more
vocational training. He reported on community networking, and holding 3 solo BRE visits, 2 with Shaffer,
for a total of 5. He reported 2 companies are in various stages of expansion and he is working with 2
companies on compliance.
Doty – Doty reported on the advertising opportunity through the East Central Indiana Regional
Partnership’s East Central Livability magazine, working on a holiday-timed alumni newsletter geared
towards grandparents for Hoosier Opportunity (HO) to encourage their grandchildren to move backhome, tested the HO mobile app with staff, held a partnership marketing meeting for HO to review 2017and look at the 2018 timeline, and sent an eblast to local companies advertising that HO is free to themfor jobs that are $10 or more per hour.
Shaffer – Shaffer started off by complementing Renee’s leadership with the HO group. She reported
business development has ramped up with 3 new leads and a scheduled site visit from a lead that
presented itself last month. She reported Project Stormtrooper is still highly active and recently called toreport they are still interested and are looking to ramp up in 2018. She reported on attending theWomen in ED conference where she attended with 70 other women in ED and 12 site selectionconsultants. She reported on workforce development initiatives such as National Manufacturing Day,
the Blue Buffalo hiring event, and job fair in early January for them.
OTHER BUSINESSA. Nominating Committee
Geres reported the by-laws state a nominating committee shall be established at, or prior to, theOctober board meeting each year for the purpose of proposing a slate of officers. The nominating
committee shall consist of four members, with the chairman of the board being an automatic member,and three additional members, none of whom are then current board officers, shall also serve. Geres
instructed the board to circle three names on the voting ballot and return them to her. After the initial
tally, the board had picked Paul Witte, Tracie Upchurch, and had a tie for the third between Josh Russell,
Sayward Salazar, and Susan Yaeger. The board re-voted for the tied spot and Sayward had the mostvotes.
B & C. Livability Advertising Contract & IronGate Creative Proposal
Doty presented the Livability advertising contract and IronGate Creative proposal for the design of thead. The advertising contract is for a full page ad at $5,180 and the contract with IronGate is for $2,650
which includes ad concept and copy writing; layout, production, and project management of the fullpage ad; and original location photography of a group of young adults. The magazine is distributed
around east-central Indiana. The Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce and Wayne County
Tourism Bureau are both contributing $2,000 each towards the ad. Motion by Witte, second by Frame toapprove the contracts as presented. Motion carried.

D. EDIT Application #17-190
Shaffer presented EDIT application #17-190 for Dot Foods Transportation for $77,142 out of theconsolidate EDIT fund. This is their 2nd EDIT application for training CDL drivers. The first was in 2014 forthe training of drivers and purchase of new semi-trucks. The company offered paid training and a weekly
stipend while the driver was in training. That grant was closed out. This new grant is for the training of36 drivers to become CDL certified. Shaffer noted the EDIT form was new and would be used for projects
also completing the state’s application for incentives. Motion by Leisure, second by Witte to approve
EDIT application #17-190 out of EDIT consolidated. Motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT
Jackson adjourned the meeting at 4:57 p.m.
NEXT BOARD MEETING – Monday, November 6, 2017
at EDC of Wayne County, Richmond, Indiana at 4:00 pm