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Paris Economic Development Corporation
<br />And
<br />Paris City Council
<br />Joint Meeting Minutes
<br />April 14, 2011
<br />Board Members
<br />Staff
<br />Steve Gilbert, PEDC
<br />Present: Pike Burkhart, Sr.
<br />Present:
<br />Shannon Barrentine, PEDC
<br />Doug Wehrman
<br />Janice Ellis, City Clerk
<br />Dan Smith
<br />Shawn Napier, City Engineer
<br />Rick Poston
<br />Ex- officio Members
<br />Guest(s)
<br />Present: Pam Anglin, PJC President
<br />Present:
<br />Connie Beard, The Paris News
<br />Gene Anderson, Acting City Manager
<br />Fred Green, R3bi Incubator Director
<br />Mindy Moree, Chamber President
<br />Tom Hensel, Auditor with
<br />Paris City Council Members
<br />McClannahan & Holmes, CPAs
<br />Present: Will Biard, Mayor
<br />Marva Joe, Diversity Task Force
<br />Joe McCarthy, Mayor Pro -Tern
<br />James Price, Diversity Task Force
<br />Edwin Pickle
<br />Randy Reed, Deputy Exec. Director,
<br />John Wright
<br />Workforce Solutions NE Texas
<br />Rhonda Rogers
<br />Robert Morris, Project Manager
<br />Jason Rogers
<br />Workforce Solutions NE Texas
<br />Legal
<br />Stan McKee, Workforce Solutions
<br />Counsel: Kent McIlyar, City Attorney
<br />Northeast Texas Board
<br />Charles Richards, eParisTexas.com
<br />Pike Burkhart, called the joint meeting of the PEDC and the Paris City Council to order at 3:08
<br />p.m. Pike welcomed those present. Jason Rogers, City Council member, stated due to a potential conflict
<br />of interest, he would recue himself. Mr. Rogers left the meeting.
<br />Due to the number of guests and presenters for Item 5B, this item was considered first.
<br />Diversity Training RFP bidder presentation — Each bidder had 15 minutes to present their
<br />proposal, followed by Q & A from the audience. Each of the three bidders drew a number for presentation
<br />order, as follows:
<br />1) The Right Talent, Inc., Kenneth Rogers, Sr. and Kenneth Rogers, Jr., PO Box 1962, Paris, TX
<br />75461 -1962, 214.991.0591, www.therighttalent.org
<br />2) Bashen Corporation, Janet Emerson Bashen, President & CEO; Laura Potter Haas, Consultant
<br />and Ty Ragland, Consultant, 1616 S. Voss Rd., Suite 300, Houston, TX 77057, 713.780.8056,
<br />www.bashencorp.com
<br />3) Executive Diversity Services, Inc., Tracy Brown, Associate; 675 S. Lane Street, Suite 305,
<br />Seattle, WA 98104, 214.369.2888, www.executivediversity.com
<br />Those present were given scoring sheets for each presenter. Discussion took place after the last presenter
<br />left the meeting. Steve Gilbert announced each bidder /presenters' fee for services that was submitted
<br />through the Workforce Solutions of Northeast Texas:
<br />1) Executive Diversity Services base bid was $59,900 plus add -ons equaled $70,000
<br />2) The Right Talent base bid was $89,000 plus options equaled $99,000 - $113,800
<br />3) Bashen Corporation base bid was $245,000 that included $50,000 for software license
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