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PEDC Board Meeting Minutes April 18, 2017 Page 4of5 those leads and follow -up and say "Yes" we have more than one or two routes that are four -lane. Now we got 271 or now we got 82 that is tied to 75. So, I don't think it's a stretch at all to say that this is a legitimate motion for $2000.00 for just one year. Ms. Harris stated that she may have been mistaken, but that's what she thought she heard him say. This is not something that is tied up in an incentive agreement, so it is part of your budget that needs to be approved every year by the PEDC Board and the City Council. If what you want to do instead of making a fifteen minute motion is you can move to approve that expenditure subject to the City Attorney bringing back a resolution that reflects the discussion here today. Mr. Brockman said that he agreed with Mr. Wilson; SuRRMA's recent success is evidence that they are definitely good for Lamar County and have accomplished what they set out to do. There is still work to be done and the PEDC supporting SuRRMA is a positive thing. Mr. Paris asked Mr. Banks if he was okay with putting together a resolution. Mr. Banks stated that he was not okay with spending the $2000.00 for SuRRMA. Mr. Brockman went on to say there was a motion and a second made; subject to the resolution coming back to our next meeting and we will vote on it at that time. Ms. Harris asked if the Board wanted to vote on the motion and the second that were already made. She said they should vote on that and at the next meeting they would vote on the resolution. Mr. Brockman asked the Board "All in favor of moving forward with the motion ". Mr. Wilson made a motion to approve that expenditure subject to the City Attorney bringing back a resolution that reflects the discussion here today. Mr. Brockman seconded the motion. Vote was 2 -ayes and 1 -nays. Mr. Banks was the nay vote. Discuss and possibly approve the Executive Director's Employment Agreement with the Paris EDC. Mr. Paris stated he and Chairman Manning discussed putting together a new Employment Agreement. The agreement reflects the changes in the Texas Municipal League, the changes in healthcare, and the changes to benefits. It also allows for compensation of the Executive Director that is unrelated to performance, if the Executive Director is released from his duties. Mr. Paris said that a draft copy of the employment agreement in the Board Packet reflects the earlier agreement that was written when he was hired just over a year ago. He pointed out the change in the Duties and in the Covenants sections. Mr. Banks pointed out the first line on page three has the word "severance" and he suggested that it be replaced with "wages in lieu of notice ". Mr. Banks mentions that Item d. has the word "termination" and it should be changed to "resignation ". Ms. Harris made a suggestion that on the last page of the agreement before the signatures it read "As approved on this Day of 2017 ". Mr. Wilson made a motion to approve the Executive Director's Employment Agreement subject to the amendments put forth in our discussion. Mr. Banks seconded the motion. Vote was 3 -ayes and 0 -nays. Executive Director's Monthly Report. We took Project Iron Anchor to the Governor's Office. Representing Paris were: Mr. Derrick Hughes, PEDC Board Member; Dr. Pam Anglin, President of Paris Junior College; Mr. Greg Wilson, President of Lamar Bank. In attendance at our presentation from the state level were: Interim President and CEO of the Texas Economic Development Corporation Foundation, three of the team in Economic Development at the Governor's Office, and a handful from the TX Workforce Commission. It was impressive to have three different areas of state level economic development professionals at our meeting. The first component of our presentation was Paris, Texas as a whole. We highlighted the Value Stream that we offer to keep businesses here and to recruit businesses here. Our Value Stream: Active Infrastructure, Skilled Workforce. Our third Value Stream is Logistics: transportation which included Highways 24, 271, and 82. We highlighted the NW Industrial Park as about 120 acres with space available and infrastructure ready. We went on to list some of our Assets, the Build to Suit facility, the space coming open