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Minutes of Special Meeting PEDC <br />October 17, 2001 <br />Page 4 <br /> <br />Mr. Vest told the Board that the Texas Economic Development Council had <br />their annual conference in Dallas from September 19th through the 21 st, and <br />he and Eric attended that meeting. They also had a meeting with the Economic <br />Development of Irving, Texas. <br /> <br />Mr. Vest said that in 1998 the PEDC did a wage and benefit survey along with <br />a labor survey and last year they talked about doing another. The Board <br />instructed him to go out and get bids from a number of firms before they hiring <br />this company to do this service. He said that as it turned out, they were trying <br />to get regional service because they could get a regional labor survey at a <br />considerably lower cost if they did it themselves. After he proposed the <br />contract to the Board, Greenville, Commerce, and Sulphur Springs all decided <br />not to do the survey. Mr. Vest said they had a meeting on October 1,2001, <br />with Economic Development Services and it looked as if the company has <br />Greenville, Commerce, and Sulphur Springs lined up to do a labor survey <br />along with a wage and benefit survey. Mr. Vest advised that the labor survey <br />will cost approximately $10,000.00 and the wage and benefit survey will cost <br />approximately $4,500.00. Mr. Vest pointed out that there is $15,000.00 <br />budgeted for the surveys. It was the consensus of the Board to go forward with <br />the surveys. <br /> <br />Mr. Vest reported that the Northeast Texas Regional Mobility Council is a new <br />Council that has been formed to push for highway development in the region <br />which includes Lamar, Delta, Hopkins, and Hunt Counties. He said there are <br />two board members from each county along with one at-large, who is Jack Gray <br />from Texas A & M Commerce. He said they have adopted a program of trying <br />to get 1-30 designated as a master corridor, Highway 24 four lane completed <br />through Delta County, and getting Highway 19 as a super two lane. <br /> <br />Mr. Vest furnished the Board Members with brochures regarding Proposition <br />15, which will allow TxDOT to issue bonds to finance highway construction. <br /> <br />There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. <br /> <br /> <br />