Remarks by Trish Giordano
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“There's people that sit on the membership board, and there's people that sit on the EDC, and there's people that sit on the military affairs.”
“I know it is, and I think it's because you don't understand it. And it took me a while to understand how it all worked. That's what I'm trying to do. Now, I do think that that board is too big. The governing board is too big. But I also feel that because it is a we have one mission is to support our community and its growth and the businesses. That's the entire thing. And so At least one person from each board should be on the main board. Yes, and and that's where it was. But there were four people from each board on the main board and that it just makes it too big. There shouldn't have been…”
“And because the chamber is called the chamber, people just assume it's the membership board and it's not. It was the governing board over all three entities. But it is confusing and I think that one of the things that our county councilor had pointed out was to maybe change the membership board to something else. And I do think that that would help because it is very confusing. And it took me a while being on those boards to figure out what the whole, because, and that's another thing is we need to give board education of what the roles are of each entity, each member, and overall mission.…”
“well hopefully that board well and that probably the the balls in the city's court now well technically it's not until we have an official vote next week when that's back but but they won't have a meeting until october but um and but i do not think that they need to be separated and i think that the city and the county should work together for economic development because”
“We have two other cities and we have a lake that a million dollars come to. We need to be at that table. Yes. I agree with that totally. I didn't agree with that part of it all.”
“No, I appreciate that he threw it out there. And the reason why we hurried up in two days was because Kathy and Terry were both going to be out of town and I didn't want to wait in another week and that's why I asked her to put that together.”
“No, they would not be in the same – they wouldn't be housed the same because they wouldn't be paid the same. I mean, the whole structure would have been our employee would be over here. And, I mean, it would make no sense for us to have an employee working in the chamber office, one employee. I just – the logistics of it would be –”
“That's totally... Well, I don't think that... You're saying you don't want them split. You don't want the city to have the EDC. How else would you do it?”
“Because if they're not together with one mission, with one set of rules, with one set of guidelines, they'll just be fighting each other.”
“No, I appreciate that you're asking questions. I just – I think you're making it more – confusing than what it needs to be. There's nothing wrong with the master agreement if we put it in place the way the structure is now and the right person's in place and the city and the county leadership take ownership and make sure that those things are followed. Because for years, people complained about that and nobody, nobody took initiative. Nobody was looking at expenditures, nobody, until the county said, we are not giving any more money until you send us over the last 18 months of expenditures.”
“I mean, they need to have all new appointments, all new – No, I'm not saying that there's some people. I think you need to have a little bit of continuity with history and, you know, institutional knowledge. Right. But I do think that, you know, if people have been on there longer than what the bylaws say, then.”
“Really? Well, they took the CBB out. That was one of the times.”
“The, the, um, Chamber of Commerce in Manhattan and the Chamber of Commerce in Pott County invited us to a meeting so they could tell us that they were there for us and if there was anything that we needed. So you were aware of it then? Yeah, it wasn't a public meeting.”
“Why would they be aware of it? They were just reaching out. We weren't talking about any projects or whatever. They were reaching out to be nice. You know how many meetings I have that the other commissioners don't know? I mean, I get invited to meetings all the time on things. Was Kelly invited? Kelly wouldn't be invited. They were just inviting one person from the city, one person from the county, just to come and talk to them.”
“All they were saying was if you need help with anything, whether it's economic development, chamber stuff, anything. There's no reason for Kelly to be invited to that. There was just one person from the county and one person from the city. All they were doing was being nice and reaching out and having a conversation. Yes, that's fine.”
“Your five minutes is up. Okay. I answered your question.”
“Chris is on her way now. It will be here in 5 minutes, but go ahead. Hi, you got here way fast. I was on my way. Oh, you are already? Yep. Keith ran down the hall, so sorry.”
“And actually, I don't feel bad you had to wait on us because we always wait on you. What? Go ahead.”
“I don't see a problem, so I'll make a motion. Go ahead, forward with that plan.”
“All in favor? All in favor? For the same sign. Motion carries. Thank you.”
“Just any time you need to do, you know, just let us know. That's what we do.”
“Anybody have anything? I'll go ahead and turn then.”
“I think I'm between a recess, you know, between 1230 and. Oh, yeah.”
“watched the Emporia one? I was going to just say that. They went all virtual.”
“Well, I think we should do applications like the city did.”