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April 28, 2009 JUN 5 2009
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VILLAGE BOARD VILLAGE BOARD
MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT STAFF PRESENT
C. JOHNSON R. RUMMEL
Mayor Village Manager
N. CZARNIK M. ROAN
Village Trustee Deputy Village Manager
P. FEICHTER B. JACOBSEN
Village Trustee Assistant Village Manager
J. FRANKE G. KNICKERBOCKER
Village Trustee Village Attorney
S. LISSNER
Village Trustee
J. PETRI
Village Trustee
C. PROCHNO
Village Trustee
Pursuant to a duly made and approved motion and a majority vote at a regularly scheduled meeting of
the Village President and Board of Trustees on April 28, 2009, this Executive Session was called to
consider a Personnel matter.
Number of pages attached: 1
Dates) of review for release: November 2009
Date of approval for release:
April 28, 2009
5:36 p.m.
Personnel—Reorganize Economic Development Office
The Village Manager noted that during the currently depressed economy, businesses are
consolidating and retrenching. Very few businesses are expanding or relocating. Some economists
have called this the worst recession since the Great Depression.
The Economic Development Coordinator is retiring. Her workload has been slow due to the poor
economy. During these slow times in the Economic Development office, the Village Manager
suggested taking the following action to save $50,000.00 per year from the General Fund.
• Fill the open Graduate School Intern position in the Village Manager's Office. This position
ensures phone coverage while performing special projects. The position has a cost of
approximately$23,000.00 per year with no benefit costs (no pension nor health insurance costs).
This position will be filled in lieu of the Economic Development Coordinator position.
• Partially outsource retail economic development retention and attraction activities. The retiring
Economic Development Coordinator was an expert in industrial retention and attraction but was
weak on the retail side. The Village can engage an expert in retail economic development to
work approximately two (2) days per week. The contract will initially be limited to $15,000.00 to
be paid from the ICRC Fund, but can be revisited at a later date. The retail expert will provide
the Village with an Economic Development dynamic it has not had before. The position will
serve to fill vacant commercial spaces and 'also instruct Village staff in the area of retail attraction
and retention activities.
• The Village Manager and staff will otherwise perform the work of the Economic Development
Coordinator with the assistance of the Senior Clerk(Krista Jones)who currently assists with
Economic Development. Krista knows where the files are located in the Economic Development
office, and knows the routines and processes associated with the Economic Development office
such as the Class 6B program, mailing of Economic Development packets to new businesses,
Economic Development website updates, new video information, handling of advertisement
return cards, and similar routine items.
The consensus of the Village Board was to accept the Village Manager's recommendations noted
above, along with the $50,000.00 in annual savings. In addition, the consensus was that the Senior
Clerk would assist Trustee Feichter with the Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau as
well as assist with the Elk Grove Chamber of Commerce.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:52 p.m.