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PEDC Board Meeting Minutes May 17, 2016 Page 3 of 3 and wondering if he was going to use comp time for the extra hours he was working. Mr. Paris assured him that he would not be. Mr. Brockman stated he was in favor of having Mr. Paris attend everything that they could afford in order to get our PEDC marketing back on track. With that said, Mr. Paris stated that the lead generation bids are not back in yet, but should be ready next month; and the marketing video of Paris is being working on with the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Brockman made a motion to approve the first six events in this fiscal year plus contingency for $25,000.00. Mr. Banks seconded the motion. All voted 3 -0. Executive Director's Monthly Report. Mr. Paris stated: • In attraction activity, we responded to Project Taste Bud which was for 100 jobs and 17 million in capital investment. • No other site visits or inquiries. • For our retention, abatement applications for both Silgan and Potters Industries were taken to City Council. The Council reviewed and asked for agreements to be created. • Seven retention contacts were made. J Skinner is looking at some new things. A new company, AmCor will be working with Campbell's. • All of the tax abatements have been transferred to the City Attorney, Stephanie Harris. We have an official memo that shows that we transferred the documents. • All eight incentive agreement files are now in E -file thanks to Chris. • The AP files are going through the cleaning process before being added to E -file. • The missing minutes were found and now all the minutes are in E -file. • Signs at the Business Park are crumbling so we will be looking at replacing them. • We are looking at signage in front of the Depot. • 2305 NW Loop 286 we are ready to have drawings done, so we can get estimates on the building. Discuss Future Agenda Items. No future agenda items were discussed. Adiourn Mr. Brockman made a motion that the meeting be adjourned. Mr. Banks seconded the motion. Vote was 3 -0. Meeting was adjourned at 4:41 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Paula Brownfield Administrative Assistant Paris Economic Development Corporation