Burnett County Development Association
August 3, 2005
Minutes

Members Present: Rick Anderson, John Richards, Kelly Hibbs, Chuck Govin, Derek Zeiler, Mark Crowl, Norm Bickford, Ted Gerber, Ed Peterson.

Members Absent: Stan Peer, Dick Hartmann, Chuck Melberg.

Others Present: Michael Kornmann, Bill Lehman, John Stroschine, Candace Fitzgerald, Larry Main.
(Marleen Seul, recorder)

CALL TO ORDER:

Meeting was called to order by President, Ted Gerber on Wednesday, August 3, 2005 at 11:05 am in the Conference Room at the Pour House located in Siren, WI.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

Motion to approve the July 6, 2005 minutes made John Richards; seconded by Chuck Govin. Motion
carried.

Norm Bickford was welcomed to the Committee as a representative for the Village of Webster. Roundtable introductions were done.

APPROVAL OF TREASURERS REPORT:

The Treasurer's Report was presented by Michael Kornmann. Motion to approve the report made by Chuck Govin; seconded by Mark Crowl. Motion carried.

APPROVAL OF VOUCHERS:

Vouchers presented to the Board for approval included Business North, $280; The Lodge at Crooked Lake, $180.64; Lakeland Press, $21.00; NWRPC, $3001.07; Polk County for scholarships for Leadership Program, $1,000. Motion made by Kelly Hibbs to approve vouchers totaling $4,482.71; seconded by Derek Zeiler. Motion carried.

RURAL REVOLVING LOAN PILOT PROGRAM PRESENTATION:

County Administrator, Candace Fitzgerald and County Board President, Larry Main, were in attendance for the purpose of introducing a Rural Revolving Loan Pilot Program. Fitzgerald explained that Burnett County is included in the region proposed by the Department of Commerce and Northwest Regional Planning Commission as the site to pilot a regional revolving loan pilot program.

John Stroschine was called upon to expound on the advantages of having a regional revolving loan program versus the current revolving loan program at county level. Stroschine explained the regional program would allow more flexibility in accessing the available funds. A lot of the funds for loans are sitting untapped. The goal of the program is to make the inactive funds active. Also noted there would be a total of ten committee members representing each county in the region.

Candace Fitzgerald explained one member from each of the 10 counties would be chosen to serve on a steering committee.

John Stroschine noted the County is looking for someone to nominate to participate on the Steering Committee.

Ted Gerber stated that Derek Zeiler would be a good candidate to nominate for the representation of this area. The County Board will consider all nominations and choose a representative.

2006 BUDGET PLANNING:

Michael Kornmann presented the proposed 2006 budget to the Committee. Kornmann explained the County has a new accounting system. Some line items have been deleted and some have been added. The object is to have all line item numbers uniform for all departments.

Items of concern were discussed. Ted Gerber and Michael Kornmann will work out how the budget will be presented to the County Board.

Motion to approve the proposed budget made by Rick Anderson; seconded by John Richards. Motion carried.

DISCUSSION AND SELECTION OF REGULAR MEETING TIMES & DATES:

It was decided that the time of 11:00 am to 12:30 pm has been working out good for the monthly meetings. It was also decided that Wednesday is a good day of the week to have the meetings.
Consequently, no changes have been made to time or date for the regular monthly meetings (first Wednesday of the month).

Some items listed on the agenda were tabled due to the length of the meeting.

ADJOURNMENT:

Motion to adjourn made by John Richards; seconded by Rick Anderson. Meeting adjourned at 12:45 pm.