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411 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
JANUARY 20, 1994
8 : 00 A.M.
Present : Tom Goblirsch, Beverly Aplikowski, Mary Miller, Dan
McCallum, Jerry Moehnke and Brian Fritsinger.
1 . Oath of Office
At 8 : 10 a.m. Beverly Aplikowski performed the Oath of Office
for the 1994 Economic Development Committee members .
2 . Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the December 23 , 1993 meeting were approved
with one minor grammatical change .
3 . Election of Officers
Ms . Miller moved and Mr. McCallum seconded the motion to elect
Arnold Lindberg as chairperson. Motion carried 4-0 .
Ms . Miller moved and Mr. Goblirsch seconded the motion to
elect Jerry Moehnke as vice-chairperson. Motion carried 4-0 .
4 . Miscellaneous
• Ms . Aplikowski updated the Committee about the City Council' s
desire to expand the committee to 9 members . This will be
approved and the two new members appointed at the January 31,
1994 meeting. Beverly Aplikowski will personally invite the
2 new members to the next meeting.
With the change to 9 members, the conference room is not large
enough to hold a meeting. Staff should check whether the
Ramada or Army Reserve could be used for further meetings .
5 . Introductory Letter/Business Retention Survey
Discussion was held in regards to the letter and survey.
Ideas debated included: follow-up note with a phone call ;
self addressed/stamp envelope; time of week for mailing;
heavier paper stock; inserts in water bills; inserts in
newsletter. Each letter would be different depending on
mailing.
It was stressed that the key to success is follow up and
• following through on all contacts with local businesses . Mr.
Moehnke will fine tune the survey for the next meeting and Ms .
Aplikowski will make appropriate changes to the letter.
6 Other
Ms . Miller will complete the review of the business list . It
was requested that staff send minutes out earlier in month.
The next meeting will be on February 17 at 8 : 00 a.m.
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