ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
OF WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA
Board Meeting Minutes
Monday, April 1, 2013
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:Cohen, Elzemeyer, Green, Meredith, Robinson, Warner, Witte

BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:Ahaus, Clark, Guiley, Hackman, Smith

STAFF PRESENT:Shaffer, Doty, Geres, Hutchison

GUESTS PRESENT:Burns, Denny – Wayne County Commissioner
Oler, Ron – Richmond City Council
Plasterer, Jeff – Wayne County Council
Ronald, Louise – Palladium-Item
Sowers, George – Attorney for EDC

CALL TO ORDER
Board Chair Robinson called the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Economic Development Corporation ofWayne County, Indiana to order at 4:02 p.m. on Monday, April 1, 2013, in McDaniel Hall room 1147 at Ivy TechCommunity College in Richmond, Indiana.
EDC STAFF REPORT
Geres – Geres reported the annual meeting would be held on Monday, May 6, 2013 at Forest Hills Country Club
with the reception starting at 3:30 pm and the annual meeting call to order at 4:00 pm. She also reported on theleases for the printer, company vehicle, and postage machine. The printer was paid off in March and the EDC nowowns the equipment. The Toyota is set to expire in July. The postage machine lease is set to expire in September
and the EDC would not be leasing a new postage machine.
Doty – Doty reported both on her staff report and the Marketing and Communications committee meeting. She
showed the board and guests the EDC’s LinkedIn page and encouraged others to follow it. She reported on theIMPA annual partner meeting she attended. There she heard an overview of IMPA’s projects, activities, andprograms partners can take advantage of. The meeting was wrapped up with Paige Webster of Foote Consultinggiving an overview of current trends in the site selection business. She also reported the committee is looking intocreating a social media policy and once that is established, she’ll create a Twitter account for the EDC.
Shaffer – Shaffer reported there were 2 new attraction projects and 3 BR&E visits in March. Two out of the three
BR&E visits went well; the other company had experience layoffs. She reported the IAMC conference she
attended was a great networking opportunity with site selectors and had met 3 consultants interested in biddingon the RFP for the development of the strategic plan. She reported the CNG project continues to move forward.
There are 3 investors she’s been working with and has conducted 2 site visits to look at viable properties. The next
step will be to make follow-up calls to companies and gain a loose commitment on how many vehicles will use thestation to ensure we have enough demand to warrant such a station. She also reported the skills gap initiative
through Ivy Tech continues to move forward. Along with Ivy Tech, WorkOne and the Chamber of Commerce, shehelped develop a 20 question survey that would be sent out to 100 Wayne County employers. The results should
be back in May and from there they will plan a follow-up meeting and start discussions on what skills gaps are
there and what training programs will work best for our region. Finally she reported on the strategic planning
process stating she’s completed an RFP, has forwarded it to the board and elected officials for input, and is
working out the details of the budget for a consultant.

COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Industrial Park – Cohen reported Steve and Denny updated the committee on discussions with theWWRSD - that they are in a position to handle the initial capacity needs of Sugar Creek. He said they also
discussed the strategic plan and heard an update on the CNG project.
B. Finance – Robinson reported the committee reviewed the general ledger, held a discussion aboutcontributing to the EGG Restore Richmond campaign, and talked about the current phone services. Thecommittee had decided the EGG campaign was a good, positive thing, but it did not meet therequirements for a grant. They decided to recommend it to the marketing committee to help with themarketing efforts of the campaign.
C. Executive – Robinson reported the committee reviewed the Office Pride service agreement andrecommended to present it to the full board for approval. They also listened to updates and discussed theEDIT qualifications, the annual meeting, the city of Richmond’s EDIT contribution, and the strategic plan.
APROVAL OF MINUTES
Robinson stated the minutes from the March 4th, 2013 board meeting were on pages 2 - 5 of the board packet andallowed time for the board to review them. Motion by Green, second by Witte to approve the minutes from theMarch 4th, 2013 monthly Board of Directors meeting. Motion carried.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Elzemeyer reported the EDC continues to be under budget. He reported the EDC was under budget $14,544.38
MTD and $42,050.09 YTD. He reported many of the items over budget were ones paid on a quarterly basis andwould catch themselves up over the course of the year. He noted the financials still show the $6,100 for soil
borings that would come out once the project is complete. He said there was nothing out of the ordinary orunexpected to report on. Elzemeyer ran through the account summary as of March 31, 2013: Operating $98,986.11, Silver Eagle - $76,965.15, Discretionary - $65,320.41, Grant Administration - $6,466.23, and Escrow $5,012.98. Motion by Green, second by Witte to approve the March 2013 financial statement as presented.
Motion carried.
OTHER BUSINESS
A. Office Pride Service Agreement
Shaffer reported that Geres had reported on the change in service from Office Pride last month and now that
we have the agreement, she would need approval from the board to sign it. Changes included coming once aweek and dropping the fee from $175 to $108 per month. Motion by Cohen, second by Elzemeyer to approvethe contract as presented. Motion carried.
B. EDIT Grant Qualifications
Shaffer reported on the final changes to the EDIT grant qualifications. The guidelines now read that acompany must meet 3 of the 4 following requirements: organization is creating or retaining a minimum of 5
full-time equivalent jobs, minimum starting wage for each created or retained job is 50% above the state
minimum wage excluding benefits, organization must invest a minimum of $250,000, and training grant
requests fund programs that provide employees with certifications and/or transferrable skill sets asdetermined by the EDC Board of Directors. Motion by Elzemeyer, second by Green to approve the EDIT grant
qualifications as presented. Motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT
Robinson adjourned the meeting at 4:30 p.m.
NEXT BOARD MEETING – Annual Meeting, Monday, May 6, 2013, at Forest Hills Country Club,Richmond, Indiana 47374. Reception at 3:30 p.m. and meeting at 4:00 p.m.