Committee adopts practice to invite loan applicants for brief presentations before closed sessions
Following discussion, members agreed as a matter of practice to invite loan applicants to give a short (approximately five‑minute) public presentation prior to closed‑session deliberations so members can ask clarifying questions.
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Scott Champion proposed allowing loan applicants a brief public presentation before the committee enters closed session so members and staff can hear the applicant's vision and then, if needed, pull them into closed session for clarifying questions. "If I were the business owner and I were required to attend this meeting... it might be nice to grant them 5 minutes before we go into closed session," Champion said.
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