Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Administration topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
RDC approves invoice payments and discusses ethics guidance and economic-development overlap
Summary
The RDC approved payment of a Baker Tilly invoice by drawing from excess funds, discussed Attorney General guidance on 'lucrative boards' and confirmed overlapping economic-development areas with the city pose no immediate conflict.
The board handled routine administrative matters and brief policy items before adjourning.
The chair introduced an invoice from Baker Tilly for services (amount recorded in the transcript as '46.1'). Commissioners reviewed account balances, agreed to pay the invoice by drawing from the RDC excess-funds account, and the motion to withdraw funds and pay the invoice carried by voice vote.
An unidentified commissioner alerted the board to Attorney General guidance on so-called 'lucrative boards,' noting some board memberships may trigger reporting or resignation requirements if compensation arrangements meet the guidance’s thresholds. Commissioners said they would check individual board memberships as needed.
A commissioner also raised that the city’s expanded economic-development area (associated with a data-center annexation) overlaps the RDC’s economic-development area. The board’s counsel had reviewed the overlap and advised that overlapping economic-development areas are allowed, so no immediate action was required unless the city changed the designation.
The meeting concluded with a vote to adjourn.
