Committee of the Whole

CITY OF VERONA MINUTES COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING MAY 19, 2014 1. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jon Hochkammer at 5:38 p.m. 2. Roll call: Jon Hochkammer, Luke Diaz, Elizabeth Doyle, Jack Linder, Mac McGilvray, Brad Stiner, Evan Touchett, Dale Yurs. Absent (excused): Heather Reekie. Also in attendance: Bill Burns, City Administrator; Adam Sayre, Director of Planning and Development; Patrick Lytle, Plan Commission Member; Chamber of Commerce Board Members: Eric Lowry, Kim McLaughlin, Carol Harrison, Steve Rudolph, Charlie Eggen, Nathan Strutz; Larry Saeger, Mary Feldt. 3. Public Comment None 4. Minutes of the January 20, 2014 Committee of the Whole Meeting. No action was taken. 5. Discussion Regarding Economic Development Training Program Michael Gay from Madison Regional Economic Partners (MadREP) presented an Economic Development 101 Training Program. The program included the following topics:  Economic Development Building Blocks  Incentives and Financing Tools  Facilitating and Closing Deals  Ethics of Economic Development Those in attendance also discussed economic development projects that they are interested in and how the tools discussed in the presentation could be used to pursue those goals. 6. Adjourn. Motion by Yurs, seconded by Doyle, to adjourn the Committee of the Whole meeting at 8:29 p.m. Motion carried 6-0. Bill Burns City Administrator/Recorder