DuPage County Economic Development Committee met Feb. 15.
Here are the minutes provided by the committee:
1. CALL TO ORDER
8:30 AM meeting was called to order by Vice-Chair Ashley Selmon at 8:40 AM.
2. ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Eckhoff, Selmon, Renehan, Chavez (Remote), DiCianni, Rutledge (Remote), Deacon Garcia
ABSENT:
There was a motion by Member DiCianni, seconded by Member Eckhoff, to appoint Member Deacon Garcia to the Economic Development Committee for quorum purposes. The motion carried.
Vice Chair Selmon read the following statement:
There has been a request to allow remote participation from Chairwoman Chavez and Member Rutledge under Section 7(a) of the Open Meetings Act.
Pursuant to section 7(a) of the Open Meetings Act if a quorum of the members of a public body is physically present as required by Section 2.01, a majority of the public body may allow a member of that body to attend the meeting by other means if the member is prevented from physically attending because of:
(I) personal illness or disability
(ii) employment purposes or the business of the public body.
(iii) a family or other emergency
Vice Chair Selmon asked for a motion to allow Chairwoman Chavez and Member Rutledge to participate pursuant to 7 (a) of the open meetings act, motion by Member DiCianni, second by Member Deacon Garcia. The motion carried.
Member Renehan arrived at 8:46 AM after the completion of the JPS Committee meeting.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Economic Development Committee - Regular Meeting - Jan 18, 2022 8:30 AM
| RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Peter DiCianni, District 2 SECONDER: Grant Eckhoff, District 4 AYES: Eckhoff, Selmon, Chavez, DiCianni, Rutledge, Deacon Garcia ABSENT: Renehan |
There were no remarks from the Chairwoman.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment offered.
6. INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING
These items were accepted and placed on file.
| RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Peter DiCianni, District 2 SECONDER: Paula Deacon Garcia, District 2 AYES: Eckhoff, Selmon, Chavez, DiCianni, Rutledge, Deacon Garcia ABSENT: Renehan |
B. Incumbent Worker training memo - Aqueity
C. Incumbent Worker training memo - AQS Services
7. DCVB PRESENTATION- BETH MARCHETTI
Beth Marchetti, Executive Director of the DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau, presented a request for ARPA funds to the Committee. The presentation included information on the state of the Hospitality business in Illinois, the DCVB ARPA request amount, how the investment would be distributed, and an aligned promotional campaign. Ms. Marchetti also spoke about events, both complete and forthcoming, booked for venues in DuPage County. Questions and comments were taken from Committee members.
Vice Chair Selmon commented that she would like to see this item on the next Finance Committee meeting and received consensus from the members to move forward.
Member Eckhoff had to leave the meeting at 8:50 AM.
8. WORKNET UPDATE - LISA SCHVACH
Lisa Schvach, Executive Director of workNet DuPage, presented highlights from the Year in Review- A Recovery for All, to the committee. A short video clip was played and questions were taken from Committee members. You can find the Year in Review here: digital Year In Review report <https://www.worknetdupage.org/a-recovery-for-all/>.
9. OLD BUSINESS
No old business was discussed.
10. NEW BUSINESS
Member Renehan invited Committee members to attend the HHS meeting to discuss the childcare gap with representatives from the YWCA present.
Member DiCianni spoke about the possible allocation of additional funds for the Small Business Grant Program and hopes the Committee will continue conversation on this over the next several weeks.
11. ADJOURNMENT
Without objection, this meeting was adjourned at 9:20 AM.
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