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OTHERS PRESENT Dale Melton, WIA Chairman
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| CALL TO ORDER Chairman Dave Wills called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS Board Members present were given the opportunity to give a brief report on things of interest pertaining to their cities and counties. INTRODUCTIONS Chairman Dave Wills introduced Dale Melton. Dale is Chairman of the Middle Flint RDC Workforce Investment Board and upcoming Middle Flint RDC Board Member beginning July 1, 2006. MINUTES Minutes of the May 2006 Board meeting were presented for the Board’s review and approval. Motion: Motion was made by Clinton Perry and duly seconded by Frank Powell that the minutes be accepted as presented. Vote was unanimous. FINANCIAL REPORT Assistant Executive Director, Sarah Walls, presented the financial report for the period ending June 23, 2006 to those present. OLD BUSINESS Amended By-Laws Sarah Walls reported that at last month’s meeting the Board voted to add a phrase to the amended By-Laws. Sarah presented copies with the attached statement being included in the By-Laws. The added phrase states, “The Middle Flint RDC Board shall also continue to work with our member communities to assure that the members of the RDC Board, as a whole, is fairly representative of all races living in the Middle Flint area”. This statement satisfied the Board. No action was needed by the Board. Adoption of MFRDC Goals and Work Program for FY 06/07 Sarah Walls presented the Middle Flint RDC Goals and Work Program for FY 07. Members of the RDC Board previously received a copy of the report for prior review. Motion: Motion was made by Clinton Perry and duly seconded by Jared Stevens that the Goals and Work Program for FY 07 be accepted as presented. Vote was unanimous. Local Comprehensive Planning Gerald Mixon reported that the staff is involved in several local planning activities. Some of the activities includes: (1) Schley County and Dooly County have Comprehensive Plans and Solid Waste Plans that are in the preparation and review process; (2) the Buena Vista/Marion County Comprehensive Plan in the planning cycle; (3) Middle Flint staff presented a proposal to Taylor County in preparation of Comprehensive Plan, Solid Waste Plan and Service Delivery Strategy Update. Taylor County accepted the proposal; (4) a written proposal was presented to Crisp County and accepted. Gerald also said that the state is looking at changing some planning deadlines. Gerald stated that at the present time all plans have a 5 year completion date but some are looking at a 10 year deadline. Adoption of Regional Work Program for FY 07 Gerald Mixon reported that at last month’s meeting Adoption of the Regional Work Program for FY 07 could not be adopted by the Middle Flint Board because no formal approval of the draft regional work program update had yet been received from the Department of Community Affairs. Gerald said that we now have received formal notification of approval from DCA and asks the Board for adoption of the Regional Work Program for FY 07. Motion: Motion was made by A. J. Rivers and duly seconded by Willie James Larry that the Regional Work Program for FY 07 be adopted as presented. Vote was unanimous. Update on Current and Potential Aerial Photography Projects Gerald Mixon reported that the five-county aerial photography project is going very well. Gerald stated that the staff took some GPS collection points for comparison with the aerial photography itself and found little less than a three foot discrepancy which is a very very good quality from an accuracy standpoint. Wireless Internet As reported by Gerald Mixon at the May 2006 Board meeting, the State has set aside some funding to stimulate development of wireless internet service in rural Georgia. Gerald said that it is an involved process that will take a lot of time and effort but we are looking at possibly trying to put together a service for the eight county Middle Flint area. He said that there is a workshop scheduled in Dublin for July 26. There is no charge for this workshop. Gerald urged all that could to attend the meeting. Community Development Update Jarrod McCarthy reported that in 2005 the Georgia General Assembly passed a new state grant program to benefit local law enforcement and fire services agencies that meet the eligibility requirements. This is a Thirty Thousand Dollar grant ($30,000.00) with a dollar to dollar match. There is only one grant per county. Jarrod also gave a brief update on the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS) Report. NEW BUSINESS WIA Work Force Program Sarah Walls reported since the last RDC Board meeting Mickey Holloway, WIA Director, has retired. Mickey’s last day at work was June 9th but due to vacation time Mickey’s official last day of employment will be July 15th. Sarah said that the program is going well and we are expecting to hire someone soon for the WIA Director’s position. Presentation of Proposed FY 07 Budget Chairman Dave Wills presented to the full Board a proposed revenue and expense budget for FY 07. A copy of the proposed budget was included in the Board packet for the Board’s review. Chairman Wills asked the Board to take a moment to review the budget. He said that the budget was relatively straight forward and there was not any real significant changes from last year. The staff was asked to include, as part of their next year’s budget meeting, a previous year and new year side -by-side comparison budget. Motion: Motion was made by A. J. Rivers and duly seconded by Clinton Perry that the budget be accepted as presented. Vote was unanimous. Board Member Appointments/Reappointments Grace Howell reported that the Middle Flint RDC Board of Directors for FY 06 - FY 07 will remain the same as FY 05 - FY 06 with the addition of two new members. They are Dale Melton, Chairman of the Workforce Investment Board and Wally Summers, Vice President of Economic Development Services, with South Georgia Technical College. Election of Officers for FY 2006-2007 Board Member, Jared Stevens, reported that the Nominating Committee met and recommends to the full Board the slate of officers for FY 2006-2007. They are as follows: Chairman - Dave Wills; 1st Vice-Chairman - Roosevelt James; 2nd Vice Chairman - Ralph Brown; 3rd Vice-Chairman - A. J. Rivers; Secretary - Cora Black; and Treasurer - Jeff Couturier. Motion: Motion was made by Clinton Perry and duly seconded by Willie James Larry that the recommendation be accepted as presented. Vote was unanimous. Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and Historic Preservation (HP) Contracts Gerald Mixon reported that the RDC has received the DOT contract for FY 07 and the DCA contract has been renewed but we have not yet received the HP contract. Gerald said that the HP contract is typically the last one we do receive but hopefully we will hear some positive word on this within the next month two. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. |
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