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2010-10-21 PEARLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SPECIAL MEETING MINUTESMINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PEARLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ("PEDC") BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS TO BE HELD THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2010, 5:30 P.M., BOARD ROOM, PEDC OFFICE, 1200 PEARLAND PARKWAY, SUITE 200, PEARLAND, TEXAS. I. Call to order The meeting was called to order at 5:39 p.m. BOARD MEMBERS President Vacant Vice President Charles Gooden, Jr. Secretary Lucy Stevener Board Member Kurt Evenson Board Member Gary Idoux Board Member Rushi Patel Not in attendance: Board Member Mike O'Day was absent from the meeting. EX -OFFICIO MEMBERS City of Pearland Bill Eisen STAFF MEMBERS Matt Buchanan Ramon Lozano Kyler Cole Jenny Brannon Janice Vega CITY OF PEARLAND STAFF MEMBERS Darrin Coker Nghiem Doan IET�IEOWMLO NOV 0 4 2010 CITY OF PEARLAND CITY S'-(`PTARY'S OFFICE 5 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE PEARLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ("PEDC") BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS TO BE HELD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010, 5:00 P.M., BOARD ROOM, PEDC OFFICE, 1200 PEARLAND PARKWAY, SUITE 200, PEARLAND, TEXAS. I. Call to order The meeting was called to order at 5:06 p.m. BOARD MEMBERS President Vacant Vice President Charles Gooden, Jr. Secretary Lucy Stevener Board Member Kurt Evenson Board Member Mike O'Day Board Member Rushi Patel Due to a conflict in schedule, Board Member Gary Idoux was unable to attend the meeting. EX -OFFICIO MEMBERS City of Pearland Mayor Tom Reid City of Pearland Bill Eisen Pearland Chamber of Commerce Carol Artz STAFF MEMBERS Matt Buchanan Ramon Lozano Kyler Cole Jenny Brannon Janice Vega CITY OF PEARLAND STAFF MEMBERS Nghiem Doan Claire Bogard !J r J u NOV 0 4 2w L, Cl 1-Y ui- PEARL/D CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE Minutes of a Regular Meeting September 30, 2010 Page 2 II. Approval of Minutes: Board Member Patel made the motion, seconded by Secretary Stevener to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting of August 26, 2010 and the Special Meeting of September 23, 2010 Motion Passed: 5 - 0 III. Public Comments: Jerry Koza, 2823 Knobhill, Pearland, TX, addressed the board regarding the NBCEA funding. IV. Financial Report A. Monthly Financial Report ending July 31, 2010: Director of Finance Claire Bogard gave a summary of the financial report. Report submitted to file. V. New Business A. Excuse Absence: Vice Chairman Gooden made the motion, seconded by Board Member Patel to excuse the absence of Board Member O'Day from the Special Meeting of September 23, 2010. Motion Passed: 4 — 0 Abstained: O'Day B. Workforce Strategy Presentation: Tom Stellman and Karen Beard with TIP Strategies gave a presentation on the Pearland Workforce Transformation Strategy. The results of the primary employer survey were reviewed. Also discussed the study's key findings and recommendations. Report submitted to file. C. Governance Committee Report: Executive Director Buchanan gave an update on the progress being made on reviewing the bylaws and administrative services contract. D. Proposed Administrative Services Agreement: Board Member O'Day made the motion, seconded by Board Member Evenson to approve the Administrative Services Agreement. Motion Passed: 5 - 0 E. Revised Corporate Bylaws: Vice Chairman Gooden made the motion, seconded by Board Member Patel to approve the Second Amended Corporate Bylaws with the following amendments: Section 3.08. President/CEO replaces executive director; remove 'Area' from Pearland Chamber name. Section 4.04. Chair replaces chairman in heading. Section 7.05. Remove 'any payment' and replace with 'execution of and remove 'is made' from last sentence. Section 7.08. Remove 'determining a quorum' from the 2nd bullet point and replace with 'voting'. Remove 'and leave the room during discussion and consideration of the matter' from last bullet point. Motion Passed: 5 — 0 Board Member Evenson made a motion to amend Section 7.08 to leave 'and leave the room during discussion and consideration of the matter' in the last bullet point. Motion failed for lack of a second. F. Monthly Activity Report: Executive Director Buchanan summarized ongoing activity. Report submitted to file. The meeting temporarily adjourned at 7:16 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 7:32 p.m.