ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
OF WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA
Board Meeting Minutes
Monday, November 6, 2017
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:Elzemeyer, Frame, Jackson, Russell, Salazar, Upchurch, Warner, Witte,Yaeger

BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:

Barrett, Leisure, Parker

STAFF PRESENT:Shaffer, Doty, Henry, Geres

GUESTS PRESENT:

Hollenberg, Derek – Irongate Creative
Huffine, Jeff – Irongate Creative
Richards, Jeff – Irongate Creative
Shuey, Mickey – Palladium-Item
Sowers, George – EDC Attorney
Taylor, Christine – Irongate Creative

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 4:00 p.m. on Monday, November 6, 2017 in the EDC
board room.
APROVAL OF MINUTES
Jackson stated the minutes from the October 2, 2017 board meeting were on pages 2-4 of the board
packet. Motion by Witte, second by Yaeger to approve the October 2, 2017 minutes as presented. Motion
carried.
TREASURER’S REPORTA. October 2017 Financial ReportElzemeyer reported on being under budget $11,344.12 MTD for October and under $107,780.94 YTD.
He reported on items over budget for the month and year and stated they would all catch up by theend of the year, with the exceptions of 1369 – Long-Term Disability and 2215 – Equipment Supplies,
which would need a transfers. Motion by Witte, second by Frame to approve the October 2017financials. Motion carried.
B. 2016 990
Elzemeyer reported on the 990 prepared by Jennifer North of Rodefeld, Kassens, and North. Motionby Warner, second by Salazar to approve the 2016 990 return as presented. Motion carried.
C. Transfers
Elzemeyer reported on the requested transfers:$5.26 From 1368 Unemployment Tax to 1369 Long-Term Disability$1,000.00 From 3320 Contractual/Professional Svcs to 4441 Office Furniture & Fixtures$25.51 From 2247 Reference Books to 2215 Equipment Supplies$500.00 From Office Equipment to 4441 Office Furniture & Fixtures$2,500.00 From Office Equipment-Computers to 4441 Office Furniture & Fixtures

Shaffer noted the transfers to Office Furniture & Fixtures will cover the purchase of window coverings
for the office that the executive committee approved at their last meeting. Motion by Russell, second
by Upchurch to approve the transfers as presented. Motion carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Finance – Elzemeyer reported the finance committee met on October 26th, reviewed the October GL,990, budget draft, and transfers.
B. Executive – Jackson reported the executive committee also met on October 26th and heard updates
on board appointments, closed out compliance on Primex Plastics, and heard updates on new andexpansion projects.
C. Industrial Park – Warner reported the industrial park committee met on October 26th, discussed thewetland delineation report and heard updates on Gaar-Jackson and WWRSD.
D. Nominating - Witte reported the nominating committee met last week and they have proposed thefollowing slate of officers for next year:
Tim Frame – Chair
Robert Warner – Vice Chair
Larry Parker – Treasurer
Sayward Salazar – Secretary
Motion by Elzemeyer, second by Upchurch to close the nominations. Motion by Russell, second byYaeger to accept the nominations as presented by the nominating committee. Motion carried.
EDC STAFF REPORT
Geres – Geres reported continuing to work on the budget, working on business attraction projects Tideand Swashbuckle, volunteering with the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce on the Taste ofWayne County and Business Expo and attending the Wayne County Foundation’s Women’s Conference.
Henry – Henry reported on National Manufacturing Day. Tours were held on October 6th and October 13th.
Tours for Wayne County high school students were held at CIT, Sugar Creek, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Ahaus
Tool, Osborn, and Primex and all companies contributed a $500 sponsorship for t-shirts and lunches forthe students. He reported working on the Skill-Up Indiana grant and his role to engage employers as theState and Department of Workforce Development would like to see that employers are driving the grant
process. Find a Job Friday initiative continues. He reported on community networking, attending 4 BRE
visits alone, 3 with Valerie, for a total of 76 to date, and continues to work with 3 companies on expansion
and 2 on compliance.
Doty – Doty reported working with Valerie Shaffer and Irongate Creative on marketing strategy,coordinating with Comstor on the launch of the mobile app for Hoosier Opportunity, attending a fall mixerof the Association of Realtors to host tours of the EDC and talk about what’s going on at the EDC andHoosier Opportunity, providing a summary of EDC activities and initiatives to the Wayne County Area
Chamber of Commerce for a publication they are developing, and working with Louise Ronald on aBrightside story about the upsurge in the local food movement.
Shaffer – Shaffer reported being very busy in October. She reported two new leads emerged: Project
Boulevard and Project Swashbuckle. She worked with Umbaugh on projections on real value ofincentives for TIF and also with the Mayor of Richmond and Richmond Redevelopment Commission. The
consultants requested follow-up on environmental reports, soil borings, CAD file survey, and wetlanddelineations. She reported hosting a site visit for Project Tide with Japanese executives. The Mayorattended to show his gratitude for their interest in our community and Dyron Dabney of Earlham’s
Japanese Studies program attended to report on Richmond’s relationship with Japan and the initiative
to use Earlham and Waseda University students as interns for local Japanese businesses. She reported
on hosting 2 IEDC project managers with Joe and meeting with a couple of existing businesses. She
continued to work with Joe on National Manufacturing Day and also continues to work with theindustrial park committee on industrial park expansion.
OTHER BUSINESS
A. IronGate Creative Marketing Presentation
Jeff Huffine of IronGate Creative presented on an awareness campaign targeted at millennials toattract them back home to Wayne County. The costs of the campaign is $17,232. Motion by Russell,
second by Witte to approve the contract as presented. Motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT
Jackson adjourned the meeting at 5:32 p.m.
NEXT BOARD MEETING – Monday, January 8, 2018
at EDC of Wayne County, Richmond, Indiana at 4:00 pm