ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
OF WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA
Board Meeting Minutes
Monday, October 13, 2014
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:STAFF PRESENT:GUESTS PRESENT:

Barrett, Cohen, Elzemeyer, Green, Guiley, Hackman, Meredith, Quigg, Upchurch,Warner, Witte
Clark
Shaffer, Doty, Geres
Burns, Denny – Wayne County Commissioner
Hambrick, Gene – Earlham College
Plasterer, Jeff – Wayne County Council
Ronald, Louise – Palladium-Item
Sowers, George – Attorney for EDC
Thurlow, Kim – Ivy Tech Corporate 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 4:02 p.m. on Monday, October 13, 2014, in the EDC board room.
APROVAL OF MINUTES
Cohen stated the minutes from the September 15th board meeting were on pages 2 - 4 of the board packet and allowed
time for the board to review them. Motion by Meredith, second by Green to approve the September 15th, 2014 minutes
as presented. Motion carried.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Geres had copied the August financials rather than the September financials for the board packet, so the September
financials will be brought before the board at the November board meeting.
EDC STAFF REPORT
Geres – Geres reported an anonymous Wayne County citizen donated $9,800 to clean-up the old Reid Hospital property.
She reported working with Shaffer and Foster to request bids from 3 different companies. Two companies submitted bids
– one at $43,250 and one at $9,800. Pro Lawn was chosen to complete the work. Geres reported the donor hinted toanother donation next year for a springtime cleanup. Shaffer added the EDC was only a conduit to this transaction andwas able to accept this donation and act as a conduit as a 501C3.
Doty – Doty reported on National Manufacturing Day. The EDC collaborated with the Wayne County Area Chamber ofCommerce, WorkOne, and area schools to promote the importance of manufacturing in the US and to generate interestin manufacturing as a career among high school and college students. The day included a screening of The American Made
Movie documentary by 125 Richmond and Northeastern High School students at the Richmond Art Museum in McGuire
Hall and a tour of TS Tech by Hagerstown career and vocational students who attend class in New Castle. The movie will
be made available to those schools who were unable to attend the showing on Manufacturing Day. Doty also tweetedfacts about manufacturing on Thursday and Friday. She also reported on attending OCRA’s Regional Conference which
covered the many programs available to communities to assist with community and economic development projects.
Shaffer – Shaffer reported on business development activity, that new attraction leads were sparse, but existing businessretention and expansion projects were on the rise. She reported on continuing to work with Johns Manville to representthem at meetings for the bond issuance. She reported on working with Dot Foods on the EDIT application that would bepresented later in the meeting. She reported on BRE 1303 – relocation of a company headquarters, BRE 1409 – trainingfor trainers at a local manufacturer, and BRE 1410 – a smaller logistics company located in Richmond looking to relocate
their back-office that is out-sourced out of state to Richmond. She reported on her recent travels, that she’s been out of
the office three of the last five weeks, attending the IEDA Site Selector’s Guild in Indianapolis, IN, the International
Manufacturing and Technology Show in Chicago, IL, a business roundtable in Scottsdale, AZ sponsored by Hoosier Energy,
and a sales trip to Dallas, TX organized by Hoosier Energy. In all the events mentioned above, she was able to gain exposure

with 16 different site selection consultants. Lastly, she reported on co-hosting a visit from Toshikazu (Tony) Suzuki, thedirector of IEDC’s Tokyo, Japan office, with Earlham College. She introduced Gene Hambrick, Director of Integrated
Programs in Business and Entrepreneurship at Earlham College, who was in attendance, and who attended the visit.
Richmond was picked for a visit due to the five Japanese companies located here and the relationship Earlham has withJapan.
Kim Thurlow was in attendance and reported on Manufacturing Matters. She reported today is the one-year anniversaryof the program, they are onto their 4th cohort, have received 225 total applicants, 50 people have been or are in training,
46 of those are from Wayne County, 90% of graduates have received certification, and 35% of graduates have been placedin employment with partners. She reported average wages have continued to rise for graduates of the program who havebeen placed in manufacturing, with the first cohort reporting an average wage of $12.42/hour, the second $13/hour, andthe third $14/hour. She reported on the funding stream - that they’ve received a $150,000 AACC grant, $18,200 from Duke
Energy, $47,500 from WorkOne and $63,000 from EDC of Wayne County, Wayne County Foundation, Wayne County Area
Chamber of Commerce, and the Economic Growth Group of which she is extremely grateful. She stated the collaborating
partners would meet soon to discuss the structure of the program and ways to enhance it. Shaffer added to the importanceof the program, that workforce is a top priority, and site selectors have commented recently that they are very impressedby our efforts to get ahead of the curve on tackling this issue and being proactive by developing this program.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Finance – Elzemeyer reported the committee met October 2nd, reviewed the September GL, and discussed the 2015
budget. He reported there were a few areas that needed worked through before the budget would be finalized. Those
items include the office lease, Valerie’s contract, the 2015 work plan, and a description for the new employee.
B. Executive – Cohen reported much of what was discussed at the executive committee was already reported on by
Geres, Doty, and Shaffer. He did add that Perpetual Recycling Solutions was looking for a bilingual French/Englishengineer. He also reported the mayor is open to suggestions for Hackman’s replacement and to report suggestions toShaffer.
OTHER BUSINESS
A. EDIT Application #14-169
Shaffer reported on EDIT application #14-169 for Dot Transportation, Inc. a subsidiary of Dot Foods, Inc. Thecompany is looking to hire 35 new truck drivers for their Cambridge City operation. The company is planning toinvest $4.4M into 35 new trucks and training costs. The company is looking to hire non-CDL applicants, send them toCDL training with a $500 weekly stipend, then train them in-house for another eight to ten weeks with a $500
weekly stipend. Average pay for a full-time Dot CDL driver is $50,000 for the first year after training and an averageof $70,000 annually after that. Shaffer made a correction to the application by noting this wasn’t their first EDIT
application. She reported the company received an EDIT grant when they initially located here. Motion by Green,
second by Hackman to recommend approval by the Wayne County Commissioners to be funded out of theConsolidated EDIT fund. Motion carried.
B. Nomination Committee
Shaffer explained the nominating process to the board. At the October board meeting, the board is to select threemembers of the board who are not current officers to serve on the nominating committee with the current chair.
The chair appoints the nominating committee chair. After the votes were tallied by Geres, she reported thenominating would consist of Brett Guiley, John Meredith, and Tracie Upchurch to serve with Jim Cohen. Cohen
requested Upchurch to serve as the chair of the nominating committee. Shaffer stated the board would need tomeet prior to the December board meeting, then propose the slate of officers for 2015 at the December board
meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
Cohen adjourned the meeting at 4:32 p.m.
NEXT BOARD MEETING – Monday, November 3, 2014 at EDC of Wayne County, Richmond, Indiana at 4:00 pm