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Bloomington Urban Enterprise Association approves December minutes, backs RFP for marketing support; staff reports six loan applicants
Summary
At its Feb. 11 meeting the Bloomington Urban Enterprise Association approved the December minutes, discussed reassigning an administrative budget line to marketing support via an RFP, heard that six loan-conversion applicants are in process (with some delinquent cases), and learned a council-appointed resident seat is pending.
The Bloomington Urban Enterprise Association approved its December meeting minutes and discussed internal steps to fill staffing and program needs at its Feb. 11 meeting.
Michael Hoover moved to approve the December minutes; a roll-call vote followed with Kate Rosenberger, Louisa Spinelli, Michael Hoover, Heather Robinson and Jane Cooper Smith voting yes and Brad Whistler abstaining. The motion carried.
During the director’s report, staff said six applicants have applied to the loan-conversion program and that staff is working through redaction and paperwork for the advisory committee. The director said outreach to several delinquent applicants and dissolved businesses has been difficult because contact information is defunct; staff aims to complete processing by mid second quarter ahead of a June repayment deadline.
The director proposed reallocating a budgeted administrative position to fund marketing support to improve outreach for grants and the eZIP program. Board members asked whether to approve the change immediately or let staff complete a procurement process. Heather Robinson and others recommended that staff run an RFP, identify a contractor or firm and then return to the board with a cap rather than seek repeated adjustments. The director agreed to proceed with the RFP and report back to the board with specifics.
Kate Rosenberger said she is interviewing an applicant for the vacant neighborhood resident council seat and hopes to recommend the candidate for council approval before the next council meeting so the person could attend the March board meeting; board members noted both neighborhood resident seats are council appointments. The board did not take other formal actions; the meeting ended early.
Next steps recorded in the meeting: staff will continue outreach to loan applicants and delinquent borrowers, proceed with an RFP for the proposed marketing assistant or contracted marketing services, and share the consultant RFQ changes with the board when available.
