ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
OF WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA
Board Meeting Minutes
Monday, April 3, 2017
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:Elzemeyer, Frame, Jackson, Leisure, Parker, Upchurch, Warner, Yaeger

BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:

Barrett, Russell, Salazar, Witte

STAFF PRESENT:Shaffer, Doty, Henry, Geres

GUESTS PRESENT:

Plasterer, Jeff – Wayne County Council
Shuey, Mickey – Palladium-Item
Sowers, George – EDC Attorney

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 4:01 p.m. on Monday, April 3, 2017 in the EDC boardroom.
APROVAL OF MINUTES
Jackson stated the minutes from the March 6, 2017 board meetings were on pages 2-4 of the board
packet. Motion by Parker, second by Elzemeyer to approve the March 6th, 2017 minutes as presented.
Motion carried.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Elzemeyer reported on being under budget $13,204.73 MTD and $28,063.23 YTD. He reported on items
over budget for the month and year and stated they would catch up by the end of the year. He reported
on account balances: operating - $182,782.55, grant administration income - $5,931.60, and escrow $5,034.54. Motion by Leisure, second by Frame to approve the March 2017 financials. Motion carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Finance – Elzemeyer reported the finance committee met earlier in the afternoon and reviewed
financials.
B. Executive – Jackson reported the executive committee also met earlier in the afternoon to discuss
compliance on a sub-lease.
C. Industrial Park – Warner reported the industrial park committee met on March 23 and approved thesignage and lighting plans presented by New Holland, discussed the WWRSD meeting, and gas lines
at the Midwest Industrial Park.
EDC STAFF REPORT
Geres – Geres reported preparing for the move to the Depot, preparing for the annual meeting, working
on business attraction project Pipeline with Shaffer, submitting a building for Project Woods, reaching out
to employers to complete the local wage and benefit survey, assisting Henry at the two high school job
fairs and joining the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce’s Awards, Celebrations, and Events
Committee.

Henry – Henry reported on presenting the Hoosier Opportunity site to high school students at the two job
fairs put on by the Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce’s Business and Education Committee. Hereported 700 seniors attended between the two fairs and 58 employers attended. He reported on having
3 confirmed registrations for companies on the site and that DOT Foods would be the first company tocreate a spotlight video. He reported on attending a group discussion on educational alignment and how
to bring all the groups together to work better with schools and employers. Lastly he reported onattending 7 BRE visits, 3 with Shaffer and 4 solo, and working with 5 companies on expansion projects and9 on compliance.
Doty – Doty reported on working on the talent recruitment website for their marketing plan. She stated
OnVine Media will handle the proposals for media, send out RFP, and vet their replies. She met with
Irongate Creative and Valerie on the ad in the Indiana guide and also on the domain name and othermarketing. She reported the food processing business case page was up and live on the website. Lastly
she reported working on the 2016 annual report.
Shaffer – Shaffer reported on being very busy for the month of March and holding 3 site visits: Project Macon, a chemical distributor who is in their last stages of due diligence, will create 7
positions, and likely become a regional training center Project Pipeline, showed 2 existing buildings and would follow-up with tours on additionalbuildings
 Project Stormtrooper, considering a build-to-suit option in the Midwest Industrial Park, we are 1of 3 sites under consideration and the top site in Indiana. She’ll be working with the developer on
the final construction costs
She reported on feedback from Project Woods, that we were the only Indiana site with rail potential – arequirement for their project. She reported on spending a ½ day with Omen’s President and executiveteam. They went over the incentives so that they fully realize everything available to them and to help
them take the next steps. She reported on hosting Japan executives with Mayor Snow. They were able tofollow-up on discussions from the Japan trip. She reported on meeting with team members from the Cityof Richmond to reroute the ditch in lot 2 that Project Stormtrooper is considering. She spoke about thewastewater meeting involving WWRSD, Cambridge City, Dublin, and Mt. Auburn town councils, andWayne County Commissioners. This is a working session to get out all of the information and get answers
on the many unanswered questions – including why the WWRSD board chose the expansion option over
the Connersville option. She also reported on attending four legislative sessions this year, two at IU East,
one with Jeff’s EIRPC group, and 1 at the Indiana Chamber. She reported hearing from Mark Brunton Jr.
that the brick work was done and the walls are being framed out. She said the Wayne Bank lease is in andapproved by Sowers. She would turn it in once the lease with BHG First Realty Group was finalized.
OTHER BUSINESS
Shaffer presented everyone with a copy of the Indiana Livability guide – a free magazine produced throughpartnership with ECIRP. It has a 1-year shelf life with a 3 year commitment to produce guides in 2018 and2019. Shaffer stated these would be distributed to the Tourism Bureau, local hotels, college campuses,
and hopefully restaurants.
ADJOURNMENT
Jackson adjourned the meeting at 4:33 p.m.
NEXT BOARD MEETING – Annual Meeting - Monday, May 1, 2017
at Forest Hills Country Club, Richmond, Indiana at 4:00 pm