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<br />Member Elvig concurred and stated his agreement with reaching out to the business community. <br />He stressed the importance that the forum should only be done through private funding and <br />should not involve EDA dollars. <br /> <br />Member Kiefer expressed concern that the procedures were not followed correctly to set up the <br />forum. He stated there should have been more discussion in terms of how the forum would be <br />coming about and how it was represented. He expressed concern regarding the parties that were <br />allowed to be involved and those that were not involved. He expressed concern regarding <br />expenditures on the forum. He stated it has been said that the forum was funded by private <br />contributions, yet there was $1,192 spent for mailings and he has not seen any campaign finance <br />reports submitted for this activity. He stated he supports this happening again in the future, but <br />he does not think it should be exclusively limited to certain candidates. <br /> <br />Economic Development Director Sullivan stated he has been tracking the invoices related to the <br />Forum. $500 has come in from Connexus Energy, and he has been assured that the remaining <br />money will come in. <br /> <br />Consensus of the Board was to direct staff to prepare a report to include in the public record <br />listing the expenditures and the funds received for the Meet and Greet the Candidates Forum. <br />,Funds that are received in excess of the expenditures will be set aside in a separate fund for <br />future Meet and Greet the Candidate forums. <br /> <br />Chairperson Riley left the meeting at 9:04 a.m. <br /> <br />Case #4: <br /> <br />Staff Update <br /> <br />The EDA reviewed the Staff Update. <br /> <br />MEMBER INPUT <br /> <br />None. <br /> <br />ADJOURN <br /> <br />Motion by Member Elvig, seconded by Member LeTourneau, to adjourn the meeting. <br /> <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Acting Chairperson Steffen, Members Elvig, LeTourneau, Kiefer, <br />and Skaff. Voting No: None. Absent: Chairperson Riley and Member Strommen. <br /> <br />The regular meeting of the Economic Development Authority adjourned at 9:19 a.m. <br /> <br />Economic Development Authority/November 13, 2008 <br />Page 5 of6 <br />