Minutes: Evansville Economic Development : May 23, 2006

CITY OF EVANSVILLE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Minutes

Special Meeting

Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Second Floor, Evansville City Hall

6:00 p.m.




1. Roll call. Chair Wyse called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. Present: Dean Arnold, Gene Bass, Roger Berg, John Decker, Cheryl Dickert, Ald. Fred Juergens, Ald. Tony Wyse. Also present: Wendy Soucie, Mayor Sandy Decker. Absent: James Otterstein.

2. Approval of agenda. Berg moved, seconded by Juergens, to approve the agenda as distributed. Appproved by voice vote.

3. Approval of minutes. Juergens moved, seconded by Decker, to defer approval of the May 16, 2006 minutes to the regular June 20, 2006 meeting. Approved by voice vote.

4. Citizen appearances, other than on items listed below. None.

5. Motion to approve Rural Development grant submittal for Trade Market Analysis. Ms. Soucie reported on the status of the Rural Development grant application and distributed a draft of the grant narrative. The deadline for submission to the state USDA office is Friday, May, 26. The Wisconsin office will forward two applications from selected Wisconsin applicants to Washington on July 1, 2006. Following lengthy discussion, Juergens moved, seconded by Bass, to approve the filing of the Rural Development grant application, with revision of the narrative to amend the pledged amount on p. 7 from "nearly $10,000" to "nearly $5,000" and to amend the identification of the proposed grant administrator on p. 12 from "City Administrator Bill Connors" to "EDC Committee Chair Ald. Tony Wyse, with the assistance of City Administrator Bill Connors." Approved by voice vote.

6. Dates for submission of Building Improvement Grant applications. Juergens moved, seconded by Berg, to set the opening and closing dates for applications for the Building Impovement Grant program for 2006 as July 1, 2006 and August 31, 2006, respectively, and to direct the City Administrator and City Clerk/Treasurer to cause notice of such dates to be published. Approved by voice vote.

7. Starting time for June meeting. Bass moved, seconded by Arnold, to set the starting time for the regular June 20, 2006 meeting at 5:30 p.m. to facilitate participation by Mr. Wagner of Ehlers & Associates in the discussion of TID #6. Approved by voice vote. By consensus, the committee requested Mayor Decker to invite D&D Development to attend the June meeting as well.

8. Adjournment. Berg moved, seconded by Juergens, to adjourn to the regular June 20, 2006 meeting commencing at 5:30 p.m. Approved by voice vote at 7:25 p.m.


Respectfully submitted,


John Decker, Secretary


Note: Committee minutes are not official until approved at a subsequent meeting.