Meeting Minutes: 10/7/2016
4:02pm, meeting underway
Role call, Present:
■ Sherry Maupin (Chair)
■ Rob Terry
■ Cynda Herrick
■ Don Bailey
■ Jonne Hower (by phone)
■ Bill Willey
■ Andrew Mentzer (Executive Director, non-voting participant)
Absent
■ Bob Giles
■ Cami Hedges
■ Scotty Davenport
Guest Introductions
○ Eric Borchers–up for Directorship, made brief introduction
○ Donna Eggleston–New Meadows
Discussion on new board member options
■ Steve Clements–TBD
■ Blake Watson–TBD
■ Jay Kiiha–TBD
■ Eric Borchers
Minutes
○ Revise to spell Tom Mohr’s name correctly and correct language about McCall
comp plan
○ Motion to approve Sept. minutes, seconded, APPROVED
Treasurer’s Report
○ Rob presented current financials
○ Line item discussion on Summit speaker fee and clarification on Frontier line item
(Vertex)
○ Motion to adjust Dvorak fee, recommended $3,500 w/ not to exceed, seconded &
APPROVED
○ Motion to approve Treasurer’s Report, seconded & APPROVED
Recap on Economic summit
○ Over 150 participants
○ Lessons learned–timing and speaker selection
○ Overall an excellent event
Update on long term funding structures
○ Will need to engage business
○ McCall’s participation will be limited to $5,000 in grant match for projects in
McCall only
○ Andrew will get McCall minutes and language on this decision
ED Report
○ Scope of Work discussion
■ Workforce and skills gap education is important to defeat unemployment
rate and seasonal realities in the region
■ Online learning opportunities
■ Pathways
■ Merge data
● ASAP
● Strategic plans
■ ED toolbox
● SBA
● SCORE
● SBDC
● PTAC
● Labor
● Commerce
● Workshops
● Online Resources
■ Branding/marketing/communications
● Regional
● By-city strength/resource analysis
■ Summit planning 2017
■ New business development
● Gem State Prospector
● Broker networking
● Site selection preparedness
■ Regional advocacy
● Ready teams
● Council trainings
● Newsletters
● calendar/job database for seasonal gaps
■ Policy advisement
● Broadband
● Housing
● Transportation
● Biomass
● Arts
● Geothermal
● Community development
● UI extension collaborations
● Food
● Planning & development
● New business
● Main Street (Commerce)
● Midas Gold
■ ABC, As needed
○ Andrew will get summer rec survey data when available
○ County-wide sell-in kit for industry outreach
○ Andrew, Jonne, Sherry and Cynda to discuss Great Falls Housing Authority
○ Andrew to procure data on second home soc/econ/demographics and potential
for default–Craig Johnson is a resource
○ CEDA ED district discussion–will be ongoing
○ Council will submit a letter of support for Donnelly water project
○ Motion to accept Bob Tracy resignation, seconded, APPROVED
Discussion on New Meadows addition
○ Should it be defined by school district boundary?
○ Same as ABC?
○ Andrew will get clarification from attorney regarding boundary, secretary of state
and federal reporting implications
○ Formally accepting Donna next month, provided all items are taken care of and
solvent
Motion to accept Eric Borchers on Board, seconded, APPROVED
Further discussions about representation in Donnelly
Can members be allowed from out of the area as At-Large?
Andrew will parse and present summit objectives at next meeting (5 per pillar X 6)
Motion to adopt Payette River Scenic Byways fiscal sponsorship agreement, seconded &
APPROVED
Motion to adjourn, seconded, APPROVED at 6:05pm