Description	THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2007 SESSION
Date	2/22/2007	Location	Commissioners Session Room
Time	Speaker	Note
9:00:02 AM	Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Opening Prayer Roll Call Attendance - All Present Resolution 2007-151 Approve Minutes of February 20, 2007 Resolution 2007-152 Approve Agenda as Presented or Amended	Commissioner Short made the motion and Commissioner Genter seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously Commissioner Barnaby made the motion and Commissioner Genter seconded the motion. Mr. Hall has scheduled the Development Office to be present for an update, so the 9:45 time slot will take place before the executive session. The 2:00 appointment at Northstar was noted not to have appeared on this agenda.
9:04:00 AM	OLD BUSINESS Resolution 2007-153 Approve Payment of Bills	Commissioner Barnaby made the motion and Commissioner Genter seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously
9:04:34 AM	Weekly Dog Warden Report - Week of February 11, 2007 through February 17, 2007
9:05:02 AM	Review Invitation to Maumee Valley RC & D Annual Elected Official's Workshop
9:06:32 AM	Ziad Musallam, Fulton County Sanitary Engineer - Update on Elmira/Burlington Sanitary Sewer Project	Mr. Musallam was present for the discussion. The needed easement has been received. He also noted that correspondence has been sent out to the residents informing them of the billing structure. He believes eventually all will be on meters. Substantial completion is coming up the end of the month. Another public meeting will be held at that time.
9:14:22 AM	NEW BUSINESS Andy Votava, Fulton County Organizational Development Director - Discuss DAS Filing	Frank Onweller and Carrie Stamm were also present for this discussion. This discussion revolves around classified and unclassified employees. When a new commissioner takes office there are 60 days to file or consider filing the designation with the state. Mr. Votava presented his recommendations for these filings. He explained his analysis of the current employee structure. With the new law HB 187 in the horizon, there would be the possibility of adding one position - that could be designated as unclassified. The task before the board no is to decide whether this should be filed. The law says that employees that are currently classified but their position is changed to unclassified but will remain as classified employees in an unclassified position as long as they are there. Creating policies as opposed to carrying out policies is a sort of guideline in determining the designation choice. After a designation is filed, it remains in place until changed with another new commissioner. Mr. Votava would like 3 names of individuals accepted by the board. Commissioner Barnaby made the motion to submit the letter to DAS as proposed by Mr. Votava...Commissioner Short said if they have the time he would like to wait until Monday to act. Motion died due to a lack of a second.
9:28:57 AM	Resolutions: Resolution 2007-154 Approve Change Order No. 4 for Elmira/Burlington Sanitary Sewer Project	Commissioner Barnaby made the motion and Commissioner Genter seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously
9:30:28 AM	Resolution 2007-155 Approve Draw Down of Funds (#175) for FY06 CHIP	Commissioner Genter made the motion and Commissioner Short seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously
9:33:06 AM	Resolution 2007-156 Transfer Appropriations for the FY06 CDBG CHIP Program	Commissioner Short made the motion and Commissioner Genter seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously
9:33:59 AM	Resolution 2007-157 Award Bid for 2007 Construction Materials (Concrete Pipe and Aggregate)	Commissioner Genter made the motion and Commissioner Short seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously
9:34:38 AM	Resolution 2007-158 Establish Expense Line Item and Increase Appropriations for CDBG Housing Program Income Fund	Commissioner Genter made the motion and Commissioner Barnaby seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously
9:36:50 AM	Resolution 2007-159 Approve Purchase Orders and Travel Requests	Commissioner Barnaby made the motion and Commissioner Genter seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously
9:38:42 AM	Fred Eldridge and Lisa Arend, Fulton County Economic Development - Presentation of Action Plan Proposal for 2007-08 Calendar Years	Mr. Eldridge presented this proposal beginning with an overview. ADMINISTRATION: RFQ's for website development are due back by February 23rd - CIC will possibly fund this. Sites and building database - currently Lisa performs this but would like to assign someone else to do this. Incentive programs/Annual Review - ongoing activity. Schedule updates to Board of Commissioners - how often and method for updates; suggestion is quarterly but ED staff will keep Vond Hall informed. GOALS & OBJECTIVES Retention and Expansion Calls Program - currently have prpposal for and approval from CIC to move forward with OSU Extension BR&E (Business Retention & Expansion) Program Business Attraction Program - work with Commissioners and CIC to develop a marketing program & approach Development of Tecnology Sector - need to work with Vond Hall and IT Dept. to fully understand how this might be accomplished within the county Small Business Development Program - need to work closer with SBDC or consider bringing them into Fulton County as the primary location Infrastructure Development - need to be specific as to what infrastructure and location(s) within the county FULTON COUNTY CIC Membership Drive - suggested new membership schedule...consideration during 2007 for possible implementation in 2008 that would include public sector financial support (by-laws would need to change) Airport Properties - believes that current plan for property exchanges in conjuncion with the county has been completed (still an issue with Jensen Bridge) Marketing - requested establishment of a marketing committee to assist and give direction as to approach Meetings & Information - suggest quarterly breakfast meeting and an annual luncheon in lieu of one annual dinner & produce a quarterly newsletter Monthly Board Meetings - suggest considering earlier start ORGANIZATION & COMMITTEES NORED - tried to take active role in organization RGP - need to strengthen relationship Wauseon Chamber - has agreed to serve on Board All Chambers - need to be more visible...may wish to consider a county-wide chamber with individual offices Soil & Water - participated in annual planning session P-16/OCAN - working to have executive committee define direction and purpose RLF and Micro RLF - need to have meeting to firm up members and discuss current loans OEDA - have not been active with yet IEDC - member but not very active in group ICSC - (member on his own) emphasis on retail WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT Update Data SITES AND BUILDINGS DATABASE Update Industrial Information Enter Commercial Building Information INCENTIVE PROGRAMS / ANNUAL REVIEW Enterprise Zone Program - Annual Review due March 31 Community Reinvestment Area - Annual Review due March 31 Fulton County Revolving Loan Programs - Semi-Annual Reports Feb / July 166 Loan Program Community Development Block Grants RETENTION & EXPANSION PROGRAM Ongoing Contract with Locally Owned and Operated Companies Establish relationships with "Parent Companies" Partner with Local Communities to Establish Strategies Implement BR&E Survey Teams BUSINESS ATTRACTION PROGRAM Targeted Industry List - need to identify areas of emphasis Research Individual industries Develop List of Targeted Companies Direct Contact with Best Potential Companies SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Provide Services to small business in Fulton County Develop Key Strategic Relationships Provide Business Development Classes Small Business Start-up Area??? DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY SECTOR Work on Technology Infrastructure (NWO5) Presentations to Various Organizations INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT Fulton County Industrial Corridor - Rt. 109 (WWTP) SwanCreek / Airport Highway Corridor Planning Commissioner Genter commented that the Commissioners had already stressed their desire to pursue wind energy. Commissioner Short has found some grant possibilities and forward those to Jan Burkhard. Lisa added that there are several small grants out there that she knows of as well. Commissioner Genter said that pursuing ethanol plants should be on the back burner for recruiting at this time. All agreed that the SR109 Corridor should be an area of emphasis for marketing. Commissioner Short suggested doing a work session for deciding some of these issues. Fred asked if the Board was interested in pursuing wind energy for themselves or to encourage others to do this. Pursuing and learning more is the key as well as job and business retention in the county. Plastics extrusion and other technologies are areas to investigate and pursue. Fred is looking for direction in what areas exactly the board would like them to focus on. He commented if he doesn't know what they want him to be doing, he can't do it. Mr. Hall agreed with Fred in further discussion of direction and staffing levels. There is 20 minutes left to discuss some of these questions in executive session. Commissioner Short said that he would like to adjourn so that some work sessions could be held.
10:44:04 AM	Meeting adjourned
10:44:14 AM	_____________________________ Dean Genter _____________________________ Paul Barnaby _____________________________ Joseph D. Short ATTEST: _____________________________ Rhonda J. Borton, Clerk
10:45:02 AM	Signed copies of the minutes, or an audio recording of the meeting, in its entirety, are available for review in the Office of the Clerk of the Board, 152 S. Fulton St., Suite 270; Wauseon, OH 43567-3309