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PEDC Board Meeting Minutes January 19, 2017 Page 4 of 5 o How have those actions benefited the City of Paris and its citizens? Mr. Banks stated that reading about the twelve businesses that came to support the Spec Building, in hindsight we should have brought in company managers to the meeting instead. Discuss and possibly approve employee benefits at PEDC. A motion was made by Mr. Banks to table this item until after the Executive Session. Mr. Wilson seconded it. At 5:31 p.m. the Board placed this item back on the table. Mr. Paris stated that the preferred option allows for a $35 office visit, this Plan will cost $2,389 a month. The deficit to the PEDC budget will be $8,345 and this should be covered by reducing other budget items. He recommends the preferred option since the TML will manage our benefits. He also recommended Dental and Vision stay on this plan for the employees. The Board discussed the Dental and Vision that was added to Option 1(Plan P8555- 150 -30 -A $35 OV) and most agreed that it should be left in the benefits package. Mr. Banks said that the total of three employees Dental and Vision for the year was $1267 and that it should not be in the insurance package. Mr. Brockman made a motion to approve Option 1. Mr. Hughes seconded the motion. Vote was 4 -ayes and 1 -nays. The dissenting vote was Mr. Banks. Executive Director's Monthly Report. • BRE meetings are scheduled with our industries in February. We are asking the industries to participate in a Business Retention and Attraction Survey giving us insight to each industry and to our industries as a whole. • ROI is producing leads and arranging introduction phone calls for us. • Marketing through Constant Contact with email blasts is seeing a 30% open rate and a 5 -8% click rate. We are using Google Analytics to track our online presence. • An advisory group will be working on Airport Marketing. • The marketing travel schedule will be presented at our next meeting. • The signage for the Build -to -Suit site is in place at 2305 NW Loop 286. • Highway 82 Coalition is working toward the highway becoming 4 -lane. Convene into Executive Session: At 5:21 p.m. the Board convened into Executive Session. Reconvene into Open Session and possibly take action on item(s) discussed in Executive Session. The Board reconvened into open session at 5:29 p.m. • Mr. Banks made a motion to change the PEDC organizational chart to eliminate the position of Assistant Executive Director and add Economic Development Associate in lieu of that. Mr. Hughes seconded the motion. Vote was 5 -ayes and 0 -nays.