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WE WILL CALL THIS TO THIS MEETING TO ORDER.[CALL TO ORDER]
WE'LL START OUT WITH A ROLL CALL.SHERRY CAMPBELL HERE AND MICHAEL CRAWFORD HERE.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO INTO A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
[MOMENT OF SILENCE]
ALL RIGHT. AND IF EVERYONE WOULD STAND FOR A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WITH THAT, WE'LL GO INTO PUBLIC APPEARANCE.
[PUBLIC APPEARANCE]
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS UNABLE TO RESPOND OR TO DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT UP DURING THIS SECTION THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC INQUIRY OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO ANY INQUIRY.
IS ANYONE HERE FOR A PUBLIC APPEARANCE? ALL RIGHT. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL GO ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA OR CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEMS LISTED ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS UNLESS A BOARD MEMBER SO REQUESTS IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED IN ITS NORMAL SEQUENCE ON THE AGENDA.
ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THERE WAS AN ITEM THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO THE REGULAR AGENDA AND IT WAS A MOTION THAT WAS APPROVED AT THE LAST MEETING IN THE EDC MEETING.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
HI. ALL RIGHT. MOTION IS APPROVED.
ALL RIGHT. OTHER THAN THAT, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE NEXT ITEM ON HERE IS THE EDC FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND SALES TAX DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING EDC FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND SALES TAX.
WE CAN MAKE CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS CONSENT AGENDA ITEM? SO MOVE, MR. CHAIRMAN.
WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
[REGULAR AGENDA]
ALL RIGHT. SO FOR THE EDC DIRECTOR POSITION.WE DON'T HAVE A LINE ITEM LISTED HERE FOR IT AS WE MOVED IT DOWN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
PARDON ME, BUT THERE'S NO THERE'S NO LINE ITEM.
THERE'S NO AGENDA ITEM FOR THE EDC DIRECTOR THAT THE INFORMATION THAT I WAS GIVEN IS TO KEEP THIS OFF OF THE EDC AGENDA UNTIL YOU HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT WITH COUNCIL.
I KNOW IN THE LAST MEETING THERE WAS A MOTION GRANTED.
SO I THOUGHT AS A FORMALITY WE NEEDED TO MAKE A MOTION ON THAT TO, TO, TO TABLE IT.
LET ME LET ME JUST CLEAR A COUPLE THINGS UP.
SO THE MINUTES ARE THE MINUTES.
AND I'M A LITTLE BIT UNCLEAR OF WHAT WAS ASKED ABOUT THE MINUTES.
BUT THE THE EDC DIRECTOR WAS VOTED ON AT THE LAST MEETING AND THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES.
SO THE MINUTES ARE THE MINUTES.
AND SO IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THE EDC DIRECTOR POSITION, I WOULD RECOMMEND DISCUSSING THAT UNDER THE BUDGET ITEM AND TALKING ABOUT IT FROM THE PAYROLL ASPECT.
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NOTICE. SO, SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THE EDC DIRECTOR POSITION, WE DISCUSSED THAT UNDER THE FIRST ITEM EDC PROPOSED BUDGET AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOWEVER YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT PIECE FROM THE BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.SO WITH THAT, SHALL WE DO WE NEED TO GO BACK AND APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES IN THAT CASE.
YES. IF THERE'S NO DISCREPANCY IN THE MINUTES OF WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THE LAST MEETING THEN AND AND THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE HERE RECOGNIZED, THERE'S NO DISCREPANCIES IN THE ACTUAL MINUTES, THEN, YES, THE MINUTES NEED TO BE APPROVED.
ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, WE CAN MAKE ONE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ENTIRE CONSENT AGENDA.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL RIGHT. AND WITH THAT, THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
ALL RIGHT. AND ONTO THE REGULAR AGENDA ITEM.
EDC PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2324 BUDGET DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE EDC FISCAL YEAR 23 THROUGH 24 PROPOSED BUDGET ALLOCATIONS.
SO YOU HAVE YOU HAVE THREE ITEMS. EXCUSE ME, THREE ATTACHMENTS HERE.
THE FIRST ATTACHMENT IS THE EDC BUDGET WORKSHEET, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT SAYS WITH PAYROLL.
THE SECOND ONE IS A SIMILAR TO THE ONE YOU WERE GIVEN AT THE LAST MEETING.
THIS IS WITHOUT PAYROLL WITH THE EDC DIRECTOR AS A COMPONENT AS IT WOULD BE NORMALLY, AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING. AND THEN THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR A CLARIFICATION ON THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFER.
SO THOSE THREE ITEMS ARE IN YOUR, IN YOUR ATTACHMENTS.
THE IF YOU OPEN UP ITEM ATTACHMENT NUMBER ONE, I'M ASHAWNA.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT ATTACHMENT NUMBER ONE AND YOU'LL SEE RIGHT AT THE TOP UNDER DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURES, YOU'LL SEE THREE ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS THAT ARE NOT IN IN THE REGULAR BUDGET WORKSHEET.
THESE COMPONENTS ARE THE EDC COORDINATOR, THE EDC DIRECTOR AND THE EDC PRESIDENT.
SINCE THERE'S THERE'S THIS SUBJECT MAY COME BACK AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING REGARDING THE STRUCTURE OF THE EDC AND HOW THIS EDC ARRIVES AT A VISION MOVING FORWARD.
THIS WAS WHAT THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF THE EDC PAID THE BILL AND AND THE EDC DIRECTOR OR EXCUSE ME, AN EDC PRESIDENT WORKED UNDER THE THE DIRECTION OF THE EDC.
AND THEN THERE'S A DIRECTOR POSITION IN HERE AND THEN OF COURSE, THE EDC COORDINATOR COMPONENT.
YOU WON'T SEE THESE NUMBERS IF YOU CAN OPEN UP THE EXHIBIT NUMBER TWO, PLEASE.
SHAUNA, EXHIBIT NUMBER TWO IS GOING TO SHOW THAT SHOW THE.
AND. LET ME GET IT UP ON MYSELF SO I CAN SEE IT.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE CALCULATIONS START AT OFFICE SUPPLIES.
OKAY. BUT IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM.
YOU'LL SEE THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFER.
GOES FROM. PROJECTED YEAR END 107 TO 279.
THIS IS THE FORMAT IN WHICH IT WAS VOTED ON AT THE LAST MEETING.
BUT AS I STATED, THERE'S SOME UNDERSTANDING THAT THE.
SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT THIS EVENING IS TO DECIDE AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ADEQUATE BUDGET.
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THIS ISN'T GOING TO SET NECESSARILY.A STRUCTURE SET IN STONE, BUT IT WILL SET A BUDGETARY ALLOWANCES FOR.
FOR THIS TO MOVE FORWARD IN EITHER DIRECTION.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO IS TO.
MAKE SOMEBODY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OR TO CONSIDER CONSIDER APPROVING THE EDC BUDGET WITH PAYROLL.
THIS DOES NOT AFFECT THE ACTUAL WORKINGS OF YOUR EDC AND ONLY AFFECTS THE BUDGET.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS GOING TO BE THE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO ADOPT A BUDGET TONIGHT TO STAY ON BUDGET SCHEDULE.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S TWO SEPARATE BUDGETS LISTED.
AND MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT A BUDGET WORKSHEET, NUMBER ONE, WITH PAYROLL AND THEN HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT ONE. SINCE THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN BEEN GIVEN ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE BOTH BUDGETS.
THIS WAY YOU'LL HAVE THE ADEQUATE FUNDING NO MATTER WHAT COMES OUT OF THE DISCUSSIONS COMING UP AT THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT CHANGED SINCE THE LAST MEETING? BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST HAVING ONE POSITION.
THAT'S A THAT YOU MIGHT ADDRESS THE CHAIR ON THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS A THAT WAS A.
ACROSS A REQUEST THAT THE CHAIR MADE TO ME.
OUTSIDE AND AFTER LAST MEETING.
SO THE CHAIR MAY WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT.
ALL RIGHT. SO THE LAST MEETING, THERE WASN'T AN ACTUAL LINE ITEM TO VOTE ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THE POSITION AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THIS WAS A LINE ITEM AND IT WAS DISCUSSED, WE WERE TASKED WITH COMING HERE TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COUNCIL. WITH THAT, THERE WAS A LINE ITEM PASSED TO PUT THE POSITION UNDER THE CITY MANAGER AND THAT WASN'T THAT WASN'T THE ACT.
AFTER RECEIVING AN EMAIL FROM MR. BORG HIMSELF. ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS THAT WE NEEDED TO TABLE THIS UNTIL FURTHER DISCUSSION WAS AS, AND I QUOTE MR. BORG STATING, MY ONLY CONCERN IS I HAVE ADDED WORKLOAD TO ME AND MY STAFF EXCUSE ME, TO ME AND MY STAFF.
WE ARE MAXED OUT WITH ALL PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT.
MR. BORG SENT AN EMAIL BASICALLY STATING THAT THE CITY OF PRINCETON, THE THE GROWTH, THE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GROWING CITY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE APPREHENSION OF ADDING THIS AND LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, WE CAN AFFORD IT.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS WITHOUT MEASURING THREE TIMES.
I LIKE TO MEASURE THREE TIMES AND THEN CUT ONCE.
AND WITH THE COUNCIL STILL NOT, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH SURE IN WHICH DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO.
I THINK IT'S A BETTER DECISION TO JUST HOLD THIS.
THIS POSITION ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE.
THE FUNDS ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
SO THERE ARE TWO THINGS ON THE TABLE HERE, RIGHT? ONE IS THE OTHER ISSUE IS THE LEGAL.
RIGHT, MR. BORG. THERE'S THE LEGAL.
HAVE THOSE BEEN SATISFIED OR IS SOMETHING THAT'S STILL IN MOTION? THE THE LEGAL ASPECTS THAT I WAS REFERRING TO ARE MAKING SURE THAT ANYBODY THAT IS HIRED IS AFFORDED THE SAME THE SAME BENEFITS, THE SAME.
INSURANCES AND AND LONGEVITY AND ALL THE PARTS THAT GO WITH PAYROLL THAT ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR STAFF IS THAT HAS BEEN RESOLVED THAT IF IF A.
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IF A EMPLOYEE WORKS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.DIRECTLY WITHOUT WITHOUT DAILY SUPERVISION.
THEN THEY WOULD THEY WOULD ONLY ANSWER TO THE BOARD.
BUT THEN I WOULDN'T BE AT THE MEETINGS THAT I WOULD THAT I WOULD RELINQUISH THAT TO A A A PRESIDENT.
WELL, I HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE DIRECTOR.
OKAY? AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
DIRECTORS COME WITH A THEY COME WITH A PAYROLL, A SALARY ATTACHED TO THEM.
OUR CITY HAS A SEVERAL DIRECTORS.
THEY OPERATE IN A CERTAIN SALARY RANGE.
HIRE SOMEBODY THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF THAT SALARY RANGE WITH THE SAME.
TITLE AS SOMEONE ELSE IN OUR CITY.
IT'S NOT EQUAL IF YOU FOLLOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
I CAN'T I CAN'T MOVE OUT OF THAT CATEGORY.
YOU KNOW, NOT EQUAL EMPLOYMENT.
AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT A PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, IS THAT THE SALARY THAT WAS PROPOSED FOR A DIRECTOR IS NOT ADEQUATE FOR SOMEONE.
NOW, I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW REALLY AN IRONCLAD JOB DESCRIPTION THAT INCLUDES.
AND SO IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO WORK FOR THE EDC, THAT'S FINE, BUT THEY HAVE TO TAKE ON OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES. IF.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE DAY TO DAY MANAGEMENT.
SO THAT BECOMES A PRESIDENT JOB.
OKAY. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO HIRE A DIRECTOR, THEN THAT DIRECTOR WORKS UNDERNEATH THE PRESIDENT.
WE KIND OF HAD THIS DISCUSSION AT THE LAST MEETING, IF YOU REMEMBER.
WE WE TALKED ABOUT A DIRECTOR WORKING UNDERNEATH THE PRESIDENT.
AND THEN THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES WOULD NO LONGER BE UNDER MY SUPERVISION.
AND SO WHAT TRANSPIRED AFTER THE LAST MEETING WAS THAT.
MR. JOHNSON AND I WENT BACK AND FORTH ON A COUPLE OF EMAILS, AND I BELIEVE THAT HE WANTS TO REVISIT THIS ITEM FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF HIRING SOMEONE THAT WORKS DIRECTLY FOR THE EDC RATHER THAN UNDER MY SUPERVISION.
IN LIGHT OF THE TIME FRAME AND THE REQUIREMENTS IT TAKES FOR ME TO GET THIS BUDGET APPROVED AND PASSED SO THAT WE CAN KEEP ON TRACK TO GET IT ADOPTED IN OCTOBER, THEN IN SEPTEMBER, THEN THEN IT'S NECESSARY TO ADOPT A BUDGET THIS EVENING. THE BUDGET THAT I'M RECOMMENDING ALLOWS FOR MOVEMENT GOING FORWARD IF THE BOARD CHANGES ITS MIND.
THE POSITION THAT I'M PROPOSING OR WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY, IT IT'S NOT A MATTER OF THIS PERSON OR REPORTING TO THE CITY MANAGER. IT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT THE EDC, IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS A CITY, THEY HAVE TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
WE ALL HAVE TO BE ON ONE ACCORD.
THE TASK HERE IS TO GROW THE CITY AND TO DO THAT WE NEED TO BRING IN CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS WITH CERTAIN QUALITIES, WITH CERTAIN FOCUSES, AND WE NEED TO BUILD AN EDC DEPARTMENT OR EDC STAFF.
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IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THAT EVERYBODY IS GROWING AROUND US IN TERMS OF BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, IT'S JUST BEST, BEST PRACTICES.WHAT I'M TRYING TO WHAT I'M PROPOSING HERE TONIGHT IS TO GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ALL THE INFORMATION TO YOU GUYS SO THAT WAY WHEN WE MAKE A DECISION, IT'S THE BEST DECISION.
WE'RE NOT MAKING THIS A RUSHED DECISION TO DO THIS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT AND I GIVE AN EXAMPLE, ANNA, FOR ONE CITY, THEY PREVIOUSLY HAD AN EDC DIRECTOR UNDER THE CITY MANAGEMENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT. WE HAD OUR PREVIOUS LEGAL COUNSEL IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO MOVE THAT EDC DIRECTOR INTO ITS OWN DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST PRACTICE FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPING THE GROWTH IN THE CITY.
OKAY. I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.
I AND MS. JUST BE BE CAREFUL. THIS IS A BUDGET DISCUSSION.
ON. WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T WE DON'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS THIS EVENING OTHER THAN WHAT WHAT YOU CAN PAY FOR.
IT WON'T BE THIS PERSON WILL NOT BE NAMED A DIRECTOR.
BUDGET, NUMBER ONE WITH PAYROLL.
IF YOU ANTICIPATE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD THAT MR. JOHNSON IS PROPOSING, THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL SPEND.
I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW.
A FULLY LOADED JOB DESCRIPTION YET.
AND. SO SO MY NUMBERS REFLECT WHAT I BELIEVE IT WOULD TAKE TO PUT IN PLACE.
WHAT? MR. JOHNSON. MR. BOYD. I DID NOT. I DIDN'T SEND YOU THE JOB DESCRIPTION.
YOU SENT ME A JOB DESCRIPTION THAT DID NOT INCLUDE THE PIECES THAT ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED FOR FOR ME TO EXIT THE THE THE THE WORKINGS OF THE EDC.
IF THERE IS A IF THERE IS A IF THERE IS A DIRECTOR, SOMEBODY HAS TO SUPERVISE A DIRECTOR.
WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THIS, THAT THE EDC DIRECTOR THAT IS BEING CONTEMPLATED. BY YOU, MR. JOHNSON. AND AND I THINK THE BOARD IS KIND OF A LITTLE LOST HERE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A FORMAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
BUT WHAT I BELIEVE IS BEING DISCUSSED IS THAT THE DIRECTOR SALARY IS NOT ENOUGH.
IS THAT OR IS THAT NOT CORRECT? SO THE THE 270 $279,764 TOTAL.
THAT'S WITH THE THE EDC DIRECTOR IS 141 880.
IS THAT IS THAT AN INCREASE FROM THE 83,000? LIKE THE 83,000? IT WAS NEVER AT 83,000.
IT WAS IT WAS AROUND A 95 TO $100,000 NUMBER.
SO AND THEN THERE'S A MAXIMUM WITHIN THAT CATEGORY.
SO THAT'S A LOADED, FULLY LOADED NUMBER THAT A EDC DIRECTOR OR A DIRECTOR IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON WOULD BE EXPECTED TO MAKE BASED ON THE.
SALARIES OF THE OTHER DIRECTORS? YES. WELL, I CAN I CAN MAKE A MOTION HERE BECAUSE I CAN SAY WITH FULL TRANSPARENCY THAT THE COUNCIL IS NOT GOING TO BE ON BOARD WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH SO MANY INACCURACIES, SO MANY OTHER VARIABLES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED.
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AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE STILL GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THE SMALL DETAILS OF THINGS WE CAN'T JUST RUSH INTO INTO DOING SOMETHING THIS IMPORTANT.WE'RE TALKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF TAXPAYER MONEY.
SO THIS IS WHY I'VE MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT BUDGET NUMBER ONE WITH PAYROLL, BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO GO AHEAD AND STRUCTURE YOUR DEPARTMENT.
YOU CAN ALWAYS BACK OFF THE NUMBER, BUT BUT IT'LL BE HARDER TO PUT MORE MONEY IN LATER THAN IT IS TO PUT IT IN NOW AND GET BACK LATER ON. SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS GO WITH BUDGET ONE WITH PAYROLL.
THAT WAY. SEAN, CAN YOU PUT UP BUDGET ONE, PLEASE? SO EXCUSE ME.
JUST PULL UP THE GENERAL FUND.
TRANSFER PAPER BREAKDOWN, PLEASE.
I HAVE A QUESTION. WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION LAST MEETING.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE POSITION AND NOW WE'RE GETTING APPROVED THE BUDGET.
THERE'S JUST EXTRA MONEY PUT IN THERE.
EXACTLY. THE THE MR. BORG AND I WERE TAXED.
WE WEREN'T TAXED TO CREATE THE POSITION AS OF YET.
IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WE WERE VOTING ON MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M STRESSING THIS ENOUGH.
THIS ISN'T JUST CREATING, PUTTING IN AN EMPLOYEE AND JUST GIVING THEM MARCHING ORDERS.
THIS HAS TO BE A WELL THOUGHT OUT PROCESS.
SO AT THE TIME, WE DIDN'T HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL.
WHY DON'T WE JUST REMOVE IT AND THEN GO BACK AND ADD IT LATER LIKE WE DO LINE ITEMS? THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOTIONS I WAS GOING TO MAKE.
MR. BORG HAS THE JOB DESCRIPTION POSTED AND GETS APPLICANTS AND CAN MANAGE IT.
SO IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING JUST DOESN'T ADD UP TO ME.
AND MAYBE IT'S JUST ME BECAUSE.
BECAUSE IF I WAS, IF I WAS THE EMPLOYEE, I'D WANT TO BE A CITY OR THE PERSON WE'RE GOING TO HIRE.
AND THEN WE STILL CAN GET THE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE WE STILL CAN GET THE CITY BENEFITS.
THEY I MEAN, ALL THAT ALL THAT WOULD BE INTACT.
AND THEN LOOK AT MR. BOARD MR. BOARD SITS AND HE MAINTAINS THE CITY AND THE BOARDS ROTATE, YOU KNOW, EVERY TWO YEARS, EVERY ELECTION YEAR.
IT'S THE SAME THING IF YOU COME IN AND HAVE SOMEBODY.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAD WITH THIS IS CONTINUITY.
EVERY TIME SOMEONE MOVES IN, LOOK AT THE THE THE ISSUE WE HAD WHERE WE ASKED FOR WHAT WAS THE THE MARKETER THAT CAME IN TO PRESENT TO US AND WE WERE ALREADY PAYING THEM.
WE DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS NOBODY IN HERE THAT THAT LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT THAT WAS GOING ON.
BUT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUITY IS AN ISSUE WITHIN THE EDC.
I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT TO THE EMAIL THAT MR. JOHNSON REFERENCED WHERE I SAID THAT WE'RE TAXED OUT.
I WANT TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT TO THIS.
SO WE, WE HAD A MEETING AT THE LAST MEETING AND, AND, AND I TRIED MY BEST TO, TO GO DOWN THE MIDDLE AND PRESENT TO TWO STRUCTURES, ONE WITH AN EDC DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT AND A DIRECTOR WORKING UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER.
THE. THE JOB DESCRIPTION THAT I DID RECEIVE WAS LACKING RESPONSIBILITY OF A LOT OF THE WORK THAT I DO.
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I MAKE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.I MANAGE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
I, I MEET WITH THE FOLKS, I NEGOTIATE THE DEALS I WORK WITH LEGAL AND I BRING THOSE TO THE TABLE FULLY BAKED SO THAT THE EDC CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.
AND THEN THERE'S A COMPLIANCE PIECE THAT FOLLOWS THAT.
IF THEIR END OF THE DEAL SAYS, LOOK, YOU YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE TEN EMPLOYEES BY X AMOUNT OF DATE OR YOU HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT BY SUCH A DATE, THESE ARE COMPLIANCE ISSUES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACT, THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS FLOWING.
AND THERE'S THERE'S EQUAL RESPONSIBILITY ON BOTH PARTIES SO THAT THE PARTY THAT WE'VE GIVEN THE THE INCENTIVE TO IS RESPONSIBLE.
MY COMMENT ABOUT BEING MAXED OUT.
IS THIS THE IF THE IF I'M NOT GOING TO SAY DIRECTOR OR PRESIDENT, WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY IS THE EMPLOYEE, WHOEVER THIS IS. IF THEIR JOB IS TO GO OUT AND AND.
INCENTIVIZE FOLKS TO COME INTO THE CITY AND BRING A BUSINESS AND.
WHAT WE DON'T NEED IS WE DON'T NEED SOMEBODY THAT IS GOING TO GO OUT AND SAY, HEY, MR. BORG. I HAVE A HOME DEPOT HERE.
YOU DRAW UP A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. THAT'S I'M.
I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT PROJECTION IS IRRELEVANT TO WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW? WE THE REASON THE BOARD IS PROBABLY PERPLEXED, AS MIKE STATED, IS THAT THAT CONVERSATION OR THAT VOTE FOR THE BUDGET MONEY WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HAD.
HENCE THE REASON I WASN'T HERE, BECAUSE IT WAS TABLED AND WE WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO DISCUSS THAT.
SO I'M ASKING THAT WE'RE GIVING A LITTLE MORE TIME TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS OF THIS BEFORE WE VOTE ON PASSING. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BE IRRESPONSIBLE FOR HOW WE'RE HANDLING TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND WE'RE JUST VOTING YES TO SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT OUT. WE'RE STILL TALKING DETAILS OF WHAT THE POSITION WOULD BE OR WHAT THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE FOR THE DIRECTOR SLASH PRESIDENT OR THE TITLE THAT WE NEED TO COME UP WITH. WELL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOLLARS AND CENTS.
AND SO, LIKE I SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, ADOPTING A BUDGET THAT GIVES YOU THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO WHAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT WANT TO DO, WHAT THE BOARD MAY OR MAY NOT WANT TO DO IS MY RECOMMENDATION.
ADOPT THE BUDGET THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IN BUDGET WORKSHEET NUMBER TWO.
AND THEN DECIDE TO CHANGE IT AND ADD IT LATER.
I'M JUST PRESENTING TWO BUDGETS THAT ONE WOULD WORK WITH ONE WAY YOU WANTED TO GO AND THE OTHER WOULD WORK WITH IF NOTHING CHANGED. SO, TERRENCE, YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THERE'S.
BUDGET, WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO IT.
WITH. A FULLY INVESTED PERSON THAT WOULD BASICALLY TAKE MY PLACE.
I'M 100% IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, AND I APPRECIATE THE DETAILS THAT YOU'VE INCLUDED IN HERE, MR. BORG. MIKE, I WOULD ENTERTAIN THE MOTION THAT YOU PRESENTED EARLIER TO TABLE THE ORIGINAL BUDGET TO REMOVE THE BUDGET, ONE, TO REMOVE THE THE EMPLOYEE BUDGET, NO EMPLOYEES IN EITHER COUNTRY.
CORRECT. WE DO NEED TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE COORDINATOR.
WE'RE ALREADY PAYING FOR THE WELL FOR THE THE EDC, THE 130.
WHAT IS THE NUMBER HERE? SO SO THIS IS THIS BUDGET ONE AND BUDGET TWO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT'S ON THE SCREEN NOW.
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I DON'T THINK THE 105 INCLUDES THE COORDINATOR, THOUGH.IF WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET, NUMBER TWO INCLUDES THE COORDINATOR BUDGET.
NUMBER ONE MOVES THE COORDINATOR UP INTO PAYROLL.
RIGHT. SO IF WE'RE MOVING, YOU NEED TO GO WITH BUDGET.
WE'VE GOT TO PUT IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ADOPT THE PAYROLL FOR A PRESIDENT AND A DIRECTOR AND THE COORDINATOR AND STILL WANT TO TO EMPLOY MASHONA, THEN BUDGET NUMBER TWO REFLECTS REFLECTS THAT WITH THE CAVEAT THAT A STANDARD DIRECTOR SALARY IS INCLUDED IN THAT IN THAT BUDGET.
RIGHT? YEAH. 279 DOES NOT INCLUDE A PRESIDENT.
CORRECT. THE 279 GENERAL FUND ENTRY DOES NOT INCLUDE A PRESIDENT SALARY.
IT'S JUST IT'S JUST THE WAY YOU GUYS VOTED AT THE LAST MEETING.
SO WHAT'S IN. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
THE THE THE DIRECTOR AND SHAWNA AND YEAH.
DIRECTOR AND SHAWNA. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
I WANT. WE NEED TO REMOVE THE DIRECTOR.
UNTIL WE CAN WORK OUT THE DETAILS.
WE'RE VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT IS INCOMPLETE IN TERMS OF BUDGETING FOR SOMETHING THAT IS INCOMPLETE.
I THINK FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE, THOUGH, WOULDN'T THE BUDGET COVER EVERYTHING AND JUST EARMARK IT WHETHER, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE DECIDE TO HAVE A PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OR A DIRECTOR? WOULDN'T THE THE 399 EARMARK, AT LEAST THE MAXIMUM EXPOSURE WE HAVE? SO. HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, MR. BORG, WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS YEAR FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF THIS BUDGET THAT THE PRESIDENT ROLE DOESN'T HAPPEN? WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT? THOSE FUNDS, THEY DON'T GET SPENT.
SO IT ROLLS BACK, IT ROLLS BACK AROUND, JUST GOES, JUST DOESN'T GET SPENT.
IT'S IN THE IT'S IN THE GENERAL OPERATING CATEGORY, SO IT JUST DOESN'T GET SPENT.
THAT'S WHY MY RECOMMENDATION WAS PUT THE BUDGET UP WHERE YOU NEED IT AND THEN AND THEN PULL IT.
THEN DON'T SPEND IT IF YOU DON'T REARRANGE THINGS.
THAT'S WHY I CREATED THIS BUDGET THIS WAY.
IF IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, THEN YOU KNOW, YOU DECIDE AND ADD IT IN LATER.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF BOOKKEEPING.
ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE BUDGET.
NUMBER ONE, WHERE WE HAVE THE COORDINATOR CURRENTLY IN PAYROLL.
SHOULD THAT STILL BE DOWN IN GENERAL FUNDS? BECAUSE THAT'S AN EXISTING POSITION UNDER THE CITY? IT SHOULD IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO WITH BUDGET NUMBER TWO, BUT WELL, IN BUDGET NUMBER ONE, WHERE WE'RE EARMARKING THE FULL 400,000, BASICALLY IT'S A SEPARATE LINE ITEM.
RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING YOU GUYS FOR THAT.
NOW, CAN WE LOOK AT BUDGET NUMBER ONE JUST ONE MORE TIME? I'M SORRY TO HAVE YOU KEEP FLIPPING THROUGH THE SCREENS RIGHT THERE.
GETTING DIZZY, GOING BACK AND FORTH.
OKAY. SO WE NEED TO ADD THAT 59,451 TO THE GENERAL FUND.
WHY IS THAT? WHY IS THAT? 5059? I THOUGHT THE SPLIT.
ON THE OTHER BREAKDOWN PAGE YOU JUST SHOWED, IT'S A DIFFERENT AMOUNT.
THAT'S BECAUSE IF YOU GO WITH THE.
THEN. MASHONA WILL WORK 66% FOR THE EDC AND 33%. AND SHE WON'T WORK FOR THE CITY ANYMORE.
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UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS YOU WOULD TAKE THE YOU WOULD TAKE THE BUDGET NUMBER.AND YOU WOULD TAKE AWAY WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING HERE IS TAKE AWAY ONLY THE DIRECTOR LEAVING MISS SHAUNA WHERE SHE IS. THE COORDINATOR.
SO. SO YOU WOULD TAKE THE 143. YOU WOULD TAKE THE 143 TO 15, WHICH SHOWS 100% EDC DIRECTOR AND YOU WOULD REMOVE THAT FROM THE 279 AND YOU WOULD AND YOU WOULD YOU WOULD COME UP WITH YOUR NUMBER THAT YOU WANTED TO ADOPT FOR.
BUT THEN IT DOESN'T EARMARK IT ALLOCATE ANY MONEY FOR A DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM MR. JOHNSON. HE DOESN'T WANT TO DO THAT.
NO, WE WOULD TAKE THE 279 BACK OUT.
THE DIRECTOR PUT A DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT UP THERE BY ITSELF AS A PAYROLL ITEM.
I MEAN THIS IS THE SAME BOARD AS THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE POND AND WE ALLOCATED $1 MILLION AS A OOPSIE FUND FOR A MISCALCULATION ON THE POND.
AND WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY GROWING OUT THIS CITY.
WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH COMING UP WITH A CONCEPT FOR FUNDS FOR.
AT LEAST THERE'S THOSE LINE ITEMS AT THE TOP OF THE BUDGET.
AND TAKE THIS 279 BACK OUT THE DIRECTOR NUMBER, BUT LEAVE THE COORDINATOR IN THOSE NUMBERS FOR THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE THAT'S AN EXISTING POSITION IS THAT I'M IN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD THAT WAY WE'VE GOT OUR MAXIMUM NUMBER UNTIL WE MOVE THE COORDINATOR UP UNDER THE POSSIBLE FUTURE PRESIDENT SLASH DIRECTORS.
IT'S JUST A MATTER JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, THIS IS JUST A MATTER OF BOOKKEEPING.
THIS IS A THIS IS A WORKSHEET.
SO IF IF YOU END UP HIRING A PRESIDENT AND A DIRECTOR, THEN.
THE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT, YOU'LL YOU'LL ABSORB THE DIFFERENCE.
YOU'LL ABSORB THE DIFFERENCE ON THE COORDINATOR.
SO WE'RE ONLY MOVING OVER MONEY EACH MONTH THAT WE ACTUALLY EXPEND ON THE COORDINATOR.
CURRENTLY, WHETHER IT'S 32, IT WOULD BE 32 AT THIS POINT.
AND EACH MONTH YOU'RE JUST ALLOCATING WHAT WE'RE ALLOCATING THE ANNUAL SALARY, RIGHT? YEAH, AT 33%, ONE THIRD OF THE ANNUAL SALARY RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE AT SUCH TIME SWITCH TO PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST A BOOKKEEPING.
AND IF THE MONEY DOESN'T GET SPENT, THE MONEY DOESN'T GET SPENT.
IT'S JUST A WAY FOR US TO SHOW YOU THE ACTUAL COSTS OF DOING BUSINESS ONE WAY OR THE ACTUAL COST OF DOING BUSINESS ANOTHER WAY. AND I THINK THE FIRST BUDGET WOULD WITH PAYROLL WOULD COVER IT.
SO I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT BUDGET.
IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION? I'M SORRY. I DID MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE BUDGET ONE WITH PAYROLL AS IS.
NO CHANGES. I'M MAKING THAT MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
IS THERE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, WE CAN ENTERTAIN ANOTHER MOTION IF THERE'S NO SECOND TO SHARE HIS ORIGINAL MOTION.
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I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA THAT WE PUT FORTH INITIALLY WITH JUST THE COORDINATOR IN THERE.BUT AND I UNDERSTAND MR. BERG'S POSITION WITH ALLOCATING IT, BUT WE CAN GO BACK AND DO IT RIGHT.
THAT'S MY MOTION. IT'S A LONG ONE.
ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 2023041 PUBLIC HEARING EDC FISCAL YEAR 23 THROUGH TWO FOR BUDGET.
ALL RIGHT. OH, YEAH. I'M SORRY.
THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING OF THE EDC FISCAL YEAR LINE ITEM? AND WITH THAT TIME IS 647.
WE HAVE CLOSED THE FLOOR ON THAT.
SO WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT LINE.
ITEM 2023-042 EDC BUDGET APPROVAL DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT THE EDC FISCAL YEAR 2324 BUDGET AND DIRECT STAFF TO PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR INCLUSION OF THE CITY BUDGET.
I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE EDC FISCAL YEAR 2324 BUDGET WORKSHEET NUMBER TWO THAT WE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM AND TO DIRECT STAFF TO PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY BUDGET.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
MIKE AYE. JAMES TERRANCE SAYS I.
AND WITH THAT, THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
NEXT LINE. ITEM 2023-043 EDC MARKETING DISPLAY OPTIONS UPDATE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING EDC MARKETING DISPLAY OPTIONS FOR FUTURE ADVERTISING INITIATIVES PRESENTED BY NORM PULLING OF PRINCETON PRINTING.
GOOD EVENING, DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS.
AT THE LAST MEETING OR LAST TWO MEETINGS, WE HAD KIND OF HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS REGARDING SOME DIFFERENT ADVERTISING INITIATIVES. LAST YEAR YOU DID DO THE GLOBAL MARKETING AND I THINK THAT WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL THIS YEAR, THIS FISCAL COMING YEAR. I WAS THINKING MAYBE WE COULD TRY SOME ADVERTISING IN THE AIRPORT, WHICH WOULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
SO I WAS TASKED WITH FINDING A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT COULD CREATE AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR YOU. AND TODAY WE HAVE MR. NORM PULLEN WITH PRINCETON PRINTING.
HI. WELCOME. HOW ARE YOU DOING, MR. NORM? HI. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
PARDON ME. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT AND SWEET.
DESHAUNA AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT WHAT I CAN DO FOR ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS ADVERTISING OR DISPLAYING WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON.
BASICALLY, WHAT I'VE DONE UNDER UNDER THE LIGHT DIRECTION THAT WE'VE GONE WITH WAS A BASIC AD THAT SAYS OR A COUPLE I APOLOGIZE, A COUPLE THAT THAT JUST SAY, HEY, HERE WE ARE.
WE ARE PRINCETON, LET'S DO SOMETHING.
WE HAVE PROSPERITY, WE HAVE INNOVATION, WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS IS WHAT BUILDS WHAT WE DO AS PRINCETON AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO WITH THOSE BASIC INSTRUCTIONS, I DEVELOPED THOSE TWO SIMPLE ADS AND WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE OR DEVELOP THOSE IN OTHER WAYS WHERE THE CITY AND EDC CAN USE THOSE IN ADVERTISING.
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ALONG WITH THAT, OF COURSE, THERE IS THE BASIC INVOICING OR STRUCTURAL ISSUE OF HOW HOW IT'S BILLED, WHAT I CAN DO AS FAR AS HOW MUCH TIME I SPEND DEVELOPING THIS, AND WE CAN TAKE THAT AND WITH MORE STRUCTURE TO SAY WE NEED AN AD FOR THIS AREA, WE NEED AN AD FOR THIS AREA, WE WANT A DIGITAL AD TO PROMOTE OUR ON OUR FACEBOOK OR ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIAS.SO PLEASE GIVE ME INSTRUCTION AND I WILL WORK MY HEART OUT FOR YOU.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TODAY.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE. FORGIVE ME.
JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE PRINTING AND I WANT TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU COME AT IT FROM IT.
SO IS WHAT YOU DO JUST PRINT RELATED AS FAR AS BUILDING OUT OR DO YOU HAVE MARKETING BACKGROUND THAT LOOKS AT OR SOMEONE IN MARKETING THAT LOOKS? YES. MY MARKETING BACKGROUND COMES FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE AND SOME DIFFERENT AREAS OF ON THE JOB TRAINING WHERE I'VE WORKED AND DEVELOPED PRODUCTS FOR FRITO-LAY AND CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS BECAUSE I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS THAT WHERE I COME FROM.
BUT FROM WHAT THIS MEETING IS ALL ABOUT, I WAS JUST POSED TO JUST SAY, NORM, GIVE US AN AD FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH NOT A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, NOT A GOOD STRUCTURED, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE NEED AN AD, WE WANT TO PRODUCE, WE WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF PRINCETON.
WE WANT TO BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO US.
RIGHT? SO AND SPEAKING FREELY, I'LL DO WHAT YOU NEED.
I'VE GOT THE I'VE GOT THE BACKGROUND, I'VE GOT THE EDUCATION BEHIND ME.
AND I CAN PROPOSE THAT TO YOU.
OH, TYPE NEGATIVE WALLACE MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME.
BUT RELATIVELY SPEAKING, IF IF I CAN DEVELOP SOMETHING FOR YOU, I CAN DO THAT.
THE BASIS OF PRINCETON PRINTING IS JUST AS IN A NAME I PRINT.
MY MY USUAL PLACE IN THE WORLD IS CREATIVE AND DIRECTIVE.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, SIR. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE WAS A MARKETING BACKGROUND OR IF IT WAS PRINTING.
OH, WE OKAY? PLENTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, SIR.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO DEAL WITH LOCAL FOLKS.
THAT'S RIGHT. I GOT A FEEL FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK PART OF THE CHALLENGE THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE IS TO, IN PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS GOING TO BE TO GIVE YOU A VISION OF WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? OKAY, HOW HOW DO WE DEFINE THAT? HOW DO WE MARKET THAT STRATEGY AND HOW DOES THAT FIT INTO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VISION FOR THE FUTURE FOR PRINCETON? CORRECT. PRINCETON.
AND Y'ALL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE, BOARD MEMBERS.
OKAY. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PRINCETON GOT TO DO IS BE KNOWN.
NOBODY KNOWS WHO WE ARE AT THIS POINT.
AND SO WE HAVE TO PUT A MARKETING PLAN AND A STRATEGIC PLAN TOGETHER THAT SHOWCASE OUR PRESENCE AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO AS A COMMUNITY. AM I? I AGREE WITH THAT.
I SEE THAT AND NOTED FROM THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS.
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT DIRECTOR, RIGHT?
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AWESOME. YOU'RE RIGHT.WE'RE LOOKING FOR A DIRECTOR, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR A VISION.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR VISIONARY LEADERSHIP.
TO HELP US DEVELOP AN ECONOMIC PORTFOLIO OF THE CITY OF PRINCETON.
OKAY. THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO BUSINESS DEVELOPERS, TO RETAILERS AND TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT TO INVEST IN OUR CITY.
CAN I HELP YOU DO THAT? I THINK YOU CAN.
ABOUT WHAT THAT HOW WE DEFINE THAT.
EXACTLY WHERE TO ADVERTISE WHAT THE ADVERTISEMENT IS.
YES. DO WE NEED BILLBOARDS? DO WE NEED BASIC STANDALONE ADS IN THE AIRPORT? DO WE NEED NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT? DO WE NEED THESE, THOSE, THIS AND THAT AND THOSE THINGS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION AND HELP DEVELOP THAT.
THE THE AD THAT WE HAVE HERE, THIS IS THE PROPOSED AD FOR THE AIRPORT.
RIGHT. IS THIS WHAT WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE AIRPORT? THAT IS JUST A BASIC ADVERTISEMENT OF WHAT I FORESEE AS PRINCETON DOING ITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND AS FAR AS COLLABORATING, I 100% AGREE WITH JAMES HERE IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
AND IN ORDER TO MAKE A SUCCESSFUL ADVERTISEMENT, IT HAS TO BE A TWO WAY STREET, RIGHT? YOU JUST CAN'T PULL THIS OUT OF THIN AIR AND PUT IT OUT THERE.
HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION OR LOOKED AT ANY COMPARISON LIKE THAT, SEAN, TO POSSIBLY DO A GOOD JOB COLLABORATING? OH, YEAH. DESHAUNA HAS GIVEN ME SOME SOME RESOURCES TO LOOK FORWARD TO, TO LOOK AT AND I HAVE RESEARCHED SOME OF THAT ALSO WHERE I'M ORIGINALLY FROM IN NORTH TEXAS, SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE.
OKAY. HOW IT'S DEVELOPED AND WHAT I DID FOR THE COMMUNITY THERE.
MY MY FATHER, ALSO A CITY ENGINEER WITH THE CITY KIND OF HE STRUCTURED ME AND SAID, HEY, THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND DRAW SOME STUFF.
AND I'D LOVE TO BE A PART OF IT.
I WANT ONE QUICK THOUGHT OR QUESTION ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MARKETING FAR BETTER THAN I DO.
I THINK YOU HAVE ALL THE WORDS HERE THAT ARE SPOT ON FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF I'M THINKING OF THE AIRPORT PIECE OF THIS.
IF I'M WALKING DOWN THROUGH THERE, AM I GOING TO READ ALL THIS OR DO WE NEED TO HAVE PICTURES THAT KIND OF SAY A LOT TO PEOPLE WITHOUT HAVING TO? EXACTLY. AND THAT'S PART OF WHERE THE DISCUSSION GOES ON TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO ADVERTISE, WHAT WE'RE WHERE WE'RE PUSHING THIS PARTICULAR THING.
WE NEED THREE WORDS ON A BILLBOARD.
WE CAN HAVE SEVEN WORDS ON A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM.
I REALLY HOPE YOU LIKE IT, MR. MIKE. IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO USE THIS OR ANYTHING THERE, THERE'S A FEW LITTLE CHANGES THAT WOULD BE NEED TO BE MADE.
ANY CHANGES AND ALL CHANGES ARE POSSIBLE BECAUSE THIS STARTS FROM A BLANK PAGE.
I WILL BUILD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH YOU.
SOUNDS GOOD. THAT SOUNDED REALLY GOOD.
I THINK I'M GOING TO CLOSE ON THAT.
AND THERE WAS FROM WHAT I GATHER, THERE WAS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON THIS ONE TONIGHT.
RIGHT. YOU CAN OR YOU CAN DISCUSS IT FURTHER AND BRING IT BACK.
IT'S UP TO YOU. UP TO THE BOARD.
ALL RIGHT. AND DO WE KNOW SHAWNA? HAVE WE SECURED THAT AIRPORT? ADVERTISEMENT. OR IS IT STILL KIND OF UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW? IT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR UNTIL YOU GIVE ME THE DIRECTION.
I THINK YOU WANTED TO SEE AN AD FIRST.
IS THIS THE AD WE'RE LOOKING AT OR THIS IS NOT THE AIRPORT AD, RIGHT.
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THAT'S A BASIC TOTALLY UP JUST TO SAY, HEY, I CAN DO THIS FOR YOU.OKAY. I FEEL LIKE WE I FEEL LIKE WE GET LIKE ONE GOOD SHOT AT IT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO POSSIBLY TABLE IT FOR NOW UNTIL WE CAN AT LEAST LOOK AT SOME COMPARABLES OF WHAT THE AD SPACE LOOKS LIKE OR KIND OF DESIGN AROUND THAT, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD, THE LETTERING AND AND WHAT MIKE'S ATTESTED TO THERE IN TERMS OF THE PICTURE AND WHAT WE WANTED TO SELL, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG INVESTMENT FOR THE AIRPORT.
IT'S NOT A CHEAP ADVERTISEMENT SPACE TO DO SO.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A MOTION ON THAT.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
DO I? NO PERMISSION TO SPEAK FREELY? THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, EVERYONE.
I'M NEW TO THIS IN SUCH THIS WAY.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
NORM PULLEN, PRINCETON PRINTING.
ALL RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT, NORM.
WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
2023-044. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESENTATION PRESENTATION DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AVAILABLE SPONSORSHIP OPTIONS WITH THE PRINCETON RED CROSS AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
PRESENTED BY NIKKI CRUM WITH PRINCETON CROSSING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THAT TURNED SIDEWAYS.
WALKER REACHED OUT WANTING AN UPDATE ON JUST SOME AVAILABLE SPONSORSHIPS AND THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO JUST KIND OF GO OVER REAL QUICK EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE THE LAST TIME WE CAME UP HERE.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHOW YOU.
THE LAST TIME WE SHOWED UP, WE ONLY HAD FIVE AND YOU GUYS WERE TWO OF THEM, EDC AND CDC.
SO WE'VE GROWN QUITE SUBSTANTIALLY WITH OUR TOP TIER PARTNERS AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THE COMMUNITY IS GETTING REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND IT'S SHOWING.
SO WE JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW YOU THOSE IN NUMBERS.
SO THAT TOP CHART THERE IS OUR MEMBERSHIP.
WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW ABOUT 183 84 MEMBERS WITH A 97% RETENTION RATE.
WE'VE DONE THAT BY 30 AND ALMOST 40% JUST IN FOLLOWERS.
BUT THEN YOU CAN SEE ALSO ON THE ENGAGEMENTS, FACEBOOK, WE'RE UP ALMOST 50%.
INSTAGRAM, WE'RE UP OVER 100%.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO GET OUT THERE.
WE'RE STARTING TO ENGAGE IN THAT COMMUNITY AND WE'RE STARTING TO GET NOTICED VISIBLY.
AND THEN OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT IS JUST THE ATTENDANCE COUNT OF OUR TWO MONTHLY EVENTS.
WE HAVE THOSE EVERY MONTH WITHOUT FAIL.
OUR LUNCHEONS, ALL EXCEPT FOR ONE MONTH THIS YEAR, HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY SOLD OUT.
SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING, WE ARE WORKING WITH COLLIN COLLEGE, COLLIN CORPORATE COLLEGE WITH FARMERSVILLE CHAMBER, AS WELL AS BOTH OF THE CITIES TO KIND OF PUT TOGETHER AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT COMING UP SHORTLY.
AND THEN JUST LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY INPUT THROUGH THE REGIONAL CHAMBER COALITION.
AND THEN JUST LIKE I SAID, BEING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
SCRAMBLER CAFE I KNOW EVERYONE'S NEW FAVORITE THERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE EATEN THERE MYSELF.
SO WE HAD THAT VISIBILITY AS WELL AS LOCAL VISIBILITY IN THE PRINCETON HERALD.
AND THEN OUR BIGGEST PROJECT TO DATE.
WE FINALLY LAUNCHED OUR FOUNDATION.
IT IS A NONPROFIT, 500 AND 1C3, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE 501.
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C SIX THAT THE CHAMBER IS.IF SOMEONE DONATES OVER $250, THAT IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE.
WHEREAS WITH THE CHAMBER IT WAS NOT.
SO WE'VE MOVED THAT EVENT UNDER THAT UMBRELLA TO HELP WITH OUR STUDENTS.
AND IN GETTING THOSE BACK OUT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROGRAM.
WE DO FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR 1500 STUDENTS.
TERRANCE, YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO STOP BY AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE OLD CITY HALL.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A MINUTE.
WE'VE GOT AN EVENT PLANNED WITH GOODWILL.
THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IN DELL, RECONNECT TO DO TAKE BACKS OF OLD TECHNOLOGY WHERE THEY REFURBISH THAT AND GIVE THAT TO EITHER UNDERSERVED OR VETERAN COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT TECHNOLOGY.
THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DO A BLOOD DRIVE.
AND THEN I ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO PUT IT ON THE THE GRAPHIC THERE.
BUT PRINCETON PEOPLE FEEDING PRINCETON WILL BE THERE AS WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM JOIN IN THAT.
SO TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE BUSINESS CENTER, THE PRIVATE OFFICES, CO-WORKING SPACE AFTER HOURS, RENTALS, CONFERENCE RENTALS, THOSE ARE WHAT'S GOING TO HOLD IT THROUGH DAY TO DAY TO ALLOW US TO DO SOME OF THOSE EVENING WEEKEND CLASSES AS WELL.
THIS IS JUST A LITTLE FLIER ABOUT THOSE SERVICE OFFERINGS, WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
THIS IS NOT CHAMBER MEMBER SPECIFIC.
ANYBODY WHO'S IN ANY ANYWHERE AROUND HERE.
MAYBE THEY WORK FROM HOME AND THEY NEED TO GET AWAY FROM THE HUSBAND OR THE KIDS OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE TAKING COLLEGE CLASSES AND THEY'RE JUST LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO CONNECT WITH OTHER LIKE MINDED PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS DESIGNED FOR.
THEY DO HAVE LEASED PRIVATE OFFICES.
ONE OF THEM IS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
SHE HAS BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH.
IF YOU GET A CHANCE, COME BY OUR LUNCHEON NEXT WEEK.
SHE WILL BE ACTUALLY OUR SPEAKER TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE.
AND THEN WE ALSO BROUGHT IN KIMBERLY.
HER HUSBAND WORKS UP HERE AND SO SHE DECIDED TO RELOCATE HER BUSINESS.
AND SO THOSE ARE TWO BUSINESSES THAT CAME FROM OUTSIDE OF PRINCETON THANKS TO THE BUSINESS CENTER.
IT'S GOING TO BE SIX COURSES, TWO HOURS, TWO CLASSES PER SESSION.
THEY ARE CERTIFIED OR CERTIFICATE COURSES.
YOU CAN CHOOSE ANYBODY CAN CHOOSE TO DO JUST A SPECIFIC TOPIC IF THEY WANT.
AND THIS IS JUST GOING TO FEED BACK INTO THAT.
LIKE I SAID, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
SO ON THE OPEN HOUSE, WE ARE HAVING AN OPEN HOUSE NEXT FRIDAY.
IF YOU ALL WOULD LOVE TO STOP BY, IT'S COME AND GO 10 TO 7.
WE'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU GUYS A TOUR, SEE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
THERE'S SOME FREE GIVEAWAYS IN THERE.
UM, SO BEFORE I MOVE ON, SO THAT'S KIND OF ALL THE STUFF THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
THEN ALL MY NEXT SLIDES ARE JUST GOING TO GO REAL QUICK OVER OUR EVENTS.
THESE ARE THE SAME EVENTS THAT YOU'RE USED TO.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU WANT TO DO A GRANT TO PROVIDE THOSE LEADERSHIP COURSES FOR SOMEBODY WHO MAYBE CAN'T AFFORD THAT, YOU KNOW, THREE, $400 PACKAGE IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TOTALLY OPEN MINDED.
THE REST OF THESE ARE JUST WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE WHO'S A MEMBER.
THESE GO ALL TO PISD STUDENTS.
THIS LIST OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES IS WHAT WAS LEFT AS OF MONDAY.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT HAS CHANGED AND HAS CHANGED ALMOST BY THE MINUTE.
I BELIEVE THIS MORNING WE WERE JUST ABOUT 75, 7900 SHY OF OUR $15,000 GOAL, AND THAT'S ABOUT $10 PER STUDENT FOR A FULL BACKPACK FULL OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES. SO IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT TO BE INTERESTED IN GIVING, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME DEADLINES THERE.
WE'RE COMING UP ON REALLY QUICK THE EVENTS ACTUALLY ON JULY 22ND.
SO WE'VE ONLY GOT A COUPLE OF WEEKS TILL IT COMES UP.
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AND THEN OUR OUR RELOCATION GUIDE, YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.YOU GUYS ADVERTISED IN IT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND IT'S COMING UP AGAIN.
SO WE'RE DOING AD RESERVATIONS BY AUGUST 15TH, ARTWORK BY SEPTEMBER 15TH.
I DID PUT SOME SUGGESTIONS DOWN THERE LAST YEAR.
THERE SEEMED TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION THAT MAYBE THIS GUIDE WAS FOR OUTSIDERS COMING IN.
AND WE WANT TO JUST REALLY REITERATE THAT THIS IS A LOCAL PRINT.
THIS GOES TO IT'S GOING TO GO TO ABOUT 16,000 THIS YEAR, WENT TO ABOUT 13,000 LAST YEAR.
AND SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO PROMOTE YOUR EDC INCENTIVES, YOUR FACADE GRANTS, YOUR YOUR RESTAURANT GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO.
WE'RE ARRANGING ABOUT 2% AND THAT'S WITH INTERACTION.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S ALL WHO READ IT.
THAT'S JUST ALL WHO TOOK THE TIME TO SCAN A CODE AND FILL OUT A SHORT SURVEY.
SO THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD FEEDBACKS WE HOPE TO GROW THAT.
WE DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO DO MORE OF THE DIGITAL PROMOTION THIS YEAR.
WE DID HAVE SOME TROUBLE WITH OUR PRINTER, KIND OF THREW US IN THE LURCH AT THE LAST MINUTE.
BUT THESE ARE JUST THE AVAILABLE AD OPTIONS.
THERE ARE STILL A COUPLE OF PREMIUM SPOTS LEFT OR WE CAN DO A DOUBLE TRUNK.
THEN COMING UP IN OCTOBER, AGAIN, WE HAVE OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT.
YOU GUYS DO GET A FREE FOURSOME.
SO I WOULD SAY KEEP THINKING ABOUT THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO PLAY, COME OUT.
IT'S A GREAT OPTION FOR BUSINESS TO BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS SO YOU CAN MEET AND WORK WITH AND GET TO KNOW SOME OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS COMMUNITY. THERE'S AN OPTION TO DO A TABLE AT A TENT OR A TABLE AT A TEE, AND THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO TALK TO EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM AS THEY COME BY YOUR HOLE.
SO JUST THOSE ARE SOME OPTIONS THERE.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO KIND OF MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH SOME OF OUR MEMBERSHIP.
WE ARE BRINGING BACK THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.
WE WERE A LITTLE UNPREPARED FOR THE AMOUNT OF PERMITTING COSTS LAST YEAR.
WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED OUR PERMIT REQUEST FOR THIS YEAR AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO SOME PARTNERSHIP THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE PERMIT FEES ARE ABOUT $4,000 AS OF RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE FOUNDATION COVER THAT.
BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS MIGHT WANT TO SPONSOR, WE'D LOVE TO REPLACE OUR LOGO WITH YOURS AND ALLOW US TO REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS BACK INTO THE FOUNDATION AND THE EDUCATION ASPECTS THAT WE'RE DOING THERE.
BUT SPEAKING OF THE PERMIT FEES, THIS IS JUST WHAT WE CAME UP WITH LAST YEAR.
IT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE AMOUNT THAT IT IS THIS YEAR JUST BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE IS DIFFERENT.
SO SOME OF THE COSTS FOR LIKE PARKS AND RECS AND THE PARK RESERVATION IS GOING TO COME OFF OF THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NO LONGER GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THE VETERANS MEMORIAL, AT LEAST FOR THIS YEAR.
BUT THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND THEN JUST OUR TEARS, OUR MEMBERSHIP TEARS THERE, JUST IN CASE YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
BUT THAT IS ALL I HAD AND I AM OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
SO I KNOW WE DO HAVE THERE WERE A LOT OF EVENTS COMING UP THERE, ESPECIALLY THE CHRISTMAS ONE.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT COMING BACK.
IS THERE A TIMELINE IN TERMS OF WHEN THOSE PERMITTING FEES ARE DUE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CHRISTMAS PARADE IS ON ON SCHEDULE? WE JUST SUBMITTED OUR APPLICATION SO I DON'T HAVE A FEE SCHEDULE BACK, BUT I WOULD EXPECT IT'S PROBABLY A 30 TO 60 DAY KIND OF SITUATION WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY THOSE FEES ABOUT 30 TO 60 DAYS IN ADVANCE.
OKAY. ASSUMING WE AREN'T ABLE TO WORK OUT SOMETHING WHERE THE CITY WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO COMBINE IT WITH A TREE LIGHTING, BUT THOSE CLOCKS ARE STILL IN DISCUSSION, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON THAT.
WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO COME TO FRUITION, THAT'S OUR HOPE.
THAT'S OUR GOAL. BUT WE'RE PLANNING OBVIOUSLY FOR AN ALTERNATIVE JUST IN CASE.
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JUST PROMOTE THE, YOU KNOW, FAMILY EVENTS THAT WE HAVE GOING, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ENOUGH IN TERMS OF WHAT TO DO OUTSIDE OF THAT.SO THAT WOULD BE A HUGE THING TO PROMOTE THERE.
WERE THERE ANY OTHER ONES? I SEE THE CHRISTMAS PARADE IS ONE, THE RELOCATION GUIDE, THE GOLF SPONSORSHIP.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU DID SET A BUDGET.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU KIND OF INFLATE THAT BACK INTO OUR BUSINESSES.
ANYTHING THAT WE DON'T SPEND, WE IT GOES BACK INTO OUR BUSINESSES.
WE DON'T WE DON'T SIT ON THAT MONEY.
WE DON'T HOLD THAT MONEY. IT JUST REALLOCATES INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
SO WHATEVER BURDEN IS TAKEN OFF OF US ALLOWS US TO GO AND DO AND CREATE SOMETHING ELSE.
SO WE'RE HAPPY WITH WHATEVER YOU GUYS SEE FIT IN PARTICIPATING IN.
OKAY. THANK YOU. WE STILL HAVE 12,000 IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR TO THE CHAMBER.
AND I KNOW THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH IS COMING UP REAL SOON.
I WOULD SUGGEST WE MAKE A MOTION TO PUT SOME MONEY TOWARDS THAT TONIGHT.
ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY NO IS JUST AS FAR AS NEED GOES.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT USUALLY IS NEVER A CONCERN.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT, KNOWING THAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO RETURN MONEY.
OKAY. SO I SEE WHERE YOU WERE GOING THERE.
OKAY, I KNOW WHEN I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO LOCK DOWN AS THE CHRISTMAS PARADE FOR SURE.
AND I DON'T THINK WASN'T THERE AN ISSUE WITH THE CASINO NIGHT BECAUSE THE ALCOHOL.
SO WE HAD TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT ONE.
YEAH SO I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, MIKE.
WE SHOULD JUST STEER CLEAR OF THAT ONE.
THE RELOCATION GUIDE DOES OUR MEMBERSHIP, DOES IT AUTOMATICALLY GIVE GIVE US A SPACE IN THE RELOCATION GUIDE? SO WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO IS WITH OUR EXECUTIVE PARTNERS, THEY GET A FEATURED AD, IF I CAN FIND IT.
SHOULD HAVE EARMARKED IT. THERE WE GO.
SHOULD KNOWN. IT'S IN THE FRONT.
SO THIS IS KIND OF AN EXAMPLE THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, AND I CAN PASS THIS AROUND.
DO YOU MIND IF I. WE DO DO A SMALL, BASICALLY A QUARTER PAGE FEATURE FOR ALL OF OUR EXECUTIVE MEMBERS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE IS A DIRECTORY IN THE BACK THAT YOU WOULD BE LISTED IN AS WELL.
AND THAT IS MORE JUST A GENERIC OVERVIEW AS YOU OF AN ENTITY.
AND THEY WERE BOTH SPONSORED BY OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SALES.
SO I'M WONDERING IF WE MAY NEED TO ASK FOR NEW HAVE THE LEAGUE OF REPRESENTATIVE COME IN SO WE CAN JUST ASK SOME FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? JUST TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL SET.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE GET A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION ON THAT AS WELL AS THE CASINO NIGHT.
[01:20:02]
THE GOLF TOURNAMENT IS IN LATE OCTOBER.I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T HAVE THE DATE, ACTUALLY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE TIME.
STARTS ABOUT I THINK IT STARTS AT TEN.
I THINK THE OFFER I APOLOGIZE.
THE START THE SHOTGUN START I BELIEVE.
IT STARTS AT 11 AND THEN IT PLAYS A FULL ROUND OF GOLF AND WE PROVIDE LUNCH AND DINNER.
AND SO WE USUALLY AT THE END, WE'LL DO DINNER AWARDS.
THERE'S LIKE A SMALL RAFFLE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AGAIN, IT IS ALL BUSINESS AND BUSINESS FOR THE MOST PART.
IT'S JUST BUSINESS AS THEY COME USES THE TEAM BUILDING.
WE DO IT ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE GOLF TOURNAMENTS THAT I'VE BEEN TO AND YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY I CAN MAKE THIS ONE AS WELL, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS BEING YOU SAID WE GET FOUR TICKETS EACH OR IS THIS FOUR TICKETS? AS SO YOU GET A TEAM, A FOURSOME TEAM, SO FOUR TICKETS AND SO YOU CAN PURCHASE ADDITIONAL TEAMS OR ADDITIONAL PLAYERS.
I'M SORRY, JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO USE THOSE MARKETING MATERIALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IS THAT THE GOLF TOURNAMENT RIGHT THERE ON ON GOLF? MCDONOUGH GOLF COURSE ON HIGHWAY FIVE.
I CAN'T WAIT TILL PRINCETON GETS THEIR OWN GOLF COURSE.
YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO SPONSOR THE FOR SURE THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.
AND WE'RE GOOD ON THE RELOCATION GUIDE.
WE'RE THERE. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TAKE OUT A BIGGER PAGE ON THE RELOCATION GUIDE.
I THINK WE WE CAN JUST GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IF THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH.
AND THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH WILL THERE BE WILL WE BE ABLE TO MARKET THE EDC THERE IF THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH AS WELL IN TERMS OF JUST COMING OUT AND HELPING OUT? ABSOLUTELY.
YOU CAN COME WE JUST WE SAY IT'S A FREE EVENT AND WE MEAN A FREE EVENT.
SO WE DON'T ALLOW ANYBODY TO SELL ANYTHING, WHICH I KNOW IS NOT A CONCERN FOR YOU GUYS.
BUT WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND VENDORS THAT WILL COME OUT AND USE IT.
THEY'LL EITHER GIVE OUT, YOU KNOW, PENCILS OR THEY'LL HAVE A LITTLE GAMES OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE'VE GOT CHURCHES AND AND NONPROFITS AND BUSINESSES THAT COME OUT OF THE WOODWORKS.
THEY LOVE THIS. IT'S A HUGE EVENT.
SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM TO SPREAD OUT AND WHATNOT.
SO I WITNESSED THE SUCCESS OF THE ONE AT SMITH.
IT SURPRISED YOU GUYS HOW SUCCESSFUL IT WAS, RIGHT? AND THERE WAS ONE POINT IT'S ONLY A TWO HOUR EVENT, SO EVERYBODY KIND OF BOMBARDS ALL AT ONCE.
BUT THERE WAS A MOMENT THERE IN TIME WHERE IT FELT LIKE YOU COULDN'T MOVE WITHOUT BUMPING SHOULDERS.
SO IT WAS A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.
ALL RIGHT. AND WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT ON THE SPONSORSHIP FOR THE BACK TO SCHOOL? THAT'S JUST KIND OF AN OPEN ENDED HERE.
I'LL GO BACK. THAT IS AN OPEN ENDED OUR TOTAL GOAL.
LIKE I SAID, WE ARE REACHING THAT.
SOME LIKE TO HONESTLY, THE EASIEST WAY TO DO IS TO ALLOCATE A TOTAL AMOUNT AND WE GO OUT AND BUY THE SUPPLIES BECAUSE BY THE TIME SOMEONE PURCHASES SUPPLIES, USUALLY IT'S 2 OR 3 HAVE THE SAME AND WE'VE GOT TOO MUCH OF ONE AND NOT ENOUGH OF ANOTHER.
SO THEN THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE THAT CUT OFF OF JULY 14TH.
SO ON JULY 14TH, WHATEVER WE DON'T HAVE IN HAND, WE'LL TAKE THE FUNDS THAT WERE DONATED AND GO AND PURCHASE WHATEVER'S LEFT SO THAT THEY HAVE TIME TO SORT THE BACKPACKS AND GET THEM TOGETHER, BECAUSE EACH GRADE IS A DIFFERENT LIST.
AND SO IT'S VERY TIME CONSUMING.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS BEHIND THAT.
YEAH. SO PRINCETON, EDC SPONSORS THE FUTURE WORKFORCE OF PRINCETON.
AND YOU YOU'RE ABOUT 7000 SHORT RIGHT NOW ON YOUR BUDGET FOR THE BASH THAT WAS AS OF THIS MORNING.
I'M GETTING WORD THAT THAT GAP MAY BE CLOSER TO 2000.
OH OKAY. IT CHANGES, LIKE I SAID, BY THE MINUTE.
[01:25:08]
ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THE PENDING QUESTIONS REGARDING THE GOLF AND THE CASINO, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A $6,000 SPONSORSHIP FOR TO THE CHRISTMAS PARADE AND TWO TOWARDS THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH AND THEN THAT WILL LEAVE SIX FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.YEP. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ALLOCATE 2000 TO THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH AND 4000 TO THE CHRISTMAS PARADE FROM OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ALLOCATED LINE ITEM.
WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND, MR. PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL.
HI. ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
I WENT BY THE BUSINESS CENTER AND SEEING HOW INCREDIBLE IT LOOKS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING ARE, YOU KNOW, KEEPING US GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
MEETING DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE SEPTEMBER 2023 EDC MEETING DATE.
I JUST FEEL IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO PLAN IN ADVANCE.
KNOW WE STILL HAVE AUGUST MEETING, BUT JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY IDEAS ON WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO FOR THE SEPTEMBER 2023 MEETING.
AS YOU CAN SEE, YOUR MEETING WOULD FALL ON LABOR DAY.
WE ARE CLOSED HERE AT THE CITY AND THEN CDC IS POSSIBLY GOING TO HAVE THEIR MEETING ON THE FIFTH.
YEAH. WITH THE SO YOU WANT YOU WANT TO LIKE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING IT BACK AUGUST.
I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I'M GOOD EITHER WAY.
YEAH. IF YOU WANT TO GIVE IT MORE TIME, I CAN BRING IT BACK.
YEAH, I'M OPEN THAT WHOLE WEEK, SO.
ALL RIGHT, SO WITH THAT, WE'LL.
WE'LL LIKE TO BRING IT BACK IN AUGUST.
WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT LINE ITEM HERE.
ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT OUR BYLAWS SAY THAT ONE OF OUR POSITIONS IS SUPPOSED TO BE APPOINTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THAT WAS FROM SOMEBODY AT THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DISCUSS THE CHANGE IN THE BYLAWS OR HOW WE ADDRESS THAT.
YEAH, IT CHANGED WITH THE CHARTER.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. YEAH.
WITH THE NEW HOME RULE CHARTER, THAT DOESN'T EXIST.
WE USED TO HAVE CHAD, THOUGH, SO.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THERE ARE NO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.
EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER FIVE FIVE, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MAY ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION OR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING.
SECTION 551.071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY OR PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION, A SETTLEMENT OFFER OR ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO BE A GOVERNMENTAL BODY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THIS CHAPTER ON ANY ITEM LISTED ELSEWHERE WITHIN THIS AGENDA AND OR THE SUBJECT MATTER LISTED BELOW.
TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.072 DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE DELIBERATE.
THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
WE WILL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.[01:30:12]
ALL RIGHT. THAT THE TIME IS 826.WE ARE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[ACTION PERTAINING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM WE HAVE HERE IS REPORT AGENDA.[REPORT AGENDA - CITY MANAGER]
AND THIS IS THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER.MR. BORG, JUST REAL QUICK, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JULY IS MONDAY THE 10TH, COMING UP THIS MONDAY AND MONDAY, JULY 24TH, RIGHT HERE AT 630.
AND YOUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, AUGUST 7TH, RIGHT HERE AT SIX.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT EDC REPORT.
[EDC REPORT AGENDA]
ALL RIGHT. IN THE NEXT LINE ITEM WE HAVE HERE IS THE ADJOURNMENT.CAN WE GET ALL THOSE IN FAVOR FOR ADJOURNMENT? SAY AYE. AYE, AYE.
WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.