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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
September 27, 2016
ROOM E
Following 5:00 PM Executive Session
NEW BUSINESS
1. Subject: Next Level Northwest - Issue: Consideration of participation in a
Regional Business regional business accelerator program
Accelerator for the northwest Chicago suburbs
Reference: The Director of Business
Development & Marketing
will make a presentation on
"Next Level Northwest"
C: Mayor & Board of Trustees, Village Manager, Deputy Village Manager, Assistant Village
Manager, Village Attorney, Village Clerk (3/6w/o), All Department Heads (7w/o), Cable
Television Coordinator
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
MINUTES
September 27, 2016
6:45 p.m.
Present: C. Johnson, Mayor
N. Czarnik, Village Trustee
P. Feichter, Village Trustee
J. Franke, Village Trustee
S. Lissner, Village Trustee
J. Petri, Village Trustee
C. Prochno, Village Trustee
Absent: None
Staff: R. Rummel, Village Manager
M. Roan, Deputy Village Manager
G. Knickerbocker, Village Attorney
J. Grodzin, Director of Business Development & Marketing
L. Murphy, Executive Coordinator
Reporters: None
Next Level Northwest
After a lengthy presentation by J. Grodzin regarding the regional business acceleration program,
the consensus of the Committee was as follows:
• to join with the seven partner communities in forming the Next Level Northwest regional
business accelerator public -private partnership;
• to agree to a three (3) year commitment to the regional business acceleration program;
and
• to allocate $15,000 annually in the Business Leaders Forum Fund for 2017, 2018, and
2019 to get the regional business acceleration program up and running.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:05 p.m.
C: Mayor & Board of Trustees, Village Clerk, Village Manager, Deputy Village Manager,
Assistant Village Manager, Director of Public Works, Director of Community Development,
Police Chief, Fire Chief, Finance Director, Village Attorney