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Committee Members in Attendance: Steve Henstridge; Matt Reitz; Robyn Sandys
Also in attendance: Greg Huth: Lynea Derwis

The Committee discussed the agenda for the Annual Meeting

Two candidates for the Board of Directors, Matt Boros and Christina Kowalski, have withdrawn their names from the ballot.

Christina Kowalski, the current Treasurer, will be unable to attend the Annual Meeting. Steve Henstridge will present the Treasurer’s Report.

The Executive Director’s report will include the Annual Report in the new format discussed at the last Board Meeting. The Committee changed the caption on an exhibit to replace the word “deliverables” with the word “services.”

Greg Huth will give some background on the code of Regulations Committee and its work. He then will present the executive summary of the changes to the Code of Regulations. At the end of his presentation, he will move for a vote on the proposed changes to the Code of Regulations.

Lynea Derwis will present some background on the differences between the candidacy and election process for this year and process followed last year. She will then have the candidates come forward to introduce themselves to the Membership. She will then move for a vote on the candidates.

The Committee discussed the balloting process. The ballots will be numbered consecutively and given to members as they enter. The membership list will show who voted by absentee ballot. The absentee ballots will be brought to the meeting. Board members and staff members will count the ballots.

The Committee changed the Meeting Agenda order to place the balloting for the Code of Regulations and the Board positions ahead to the Councilmen’s and Executive Director’s reports to allow the ballot counters time to count without holding up the meeting.

The Committee discussed a change to the proposed Code of Regulations

The Committee identified a problem, present in the current code and not corrected in the proposed revision, with continuity of the Board and officers in the interim between the election of new Board members and the first meeting of the new Board. Resolution of the problem required changes to Art. IV, Section 3(D), Art. V, Sections 2 & 3, and Art. XIV. Greg Huth will send the changes to the Code of Regulations Committee. to make the Committee aware of them.

Selection of an individual to fill part-time real estate position

The Executive Director announced that, after interviewing more than 10 people, she had selected Mr. David Fox to work on developing a residential rehabilitation program for Ward 16. Mr. Fox is a real estate agent for Realty One and has done rehabilitation on his own. He lives in Middleburg Heights. He owns property and does business in Cleveland. The Executive director will advise Mr. Fox that the job is contingent on funding and OBCDC’s progress and success in this new rehabilitation program.