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Residents press council on EDC transparency and board appointments; EDC director defends confidentiality
Summary
Residents asked why two financial board members resigned and whether councilors should sit on the EDC; EDC director Nathan Tafoya explained NDAs and the need for confidentiality during negotiations while councilors urged bylaw updates and broader board membership.
Mount Pleasant residents at a community Q&A pressed the City Council about transparency and recent changes to the Economic Development Corporation board, asking whether council members should serve on a board that the council later oversees.
Kent Bassinger, a local small-business owner, asked why two new EDC board seats were filled by council appointees and called the arrangement "wrong" if councilors are effectively overseeing themselves. "It just seems wrong that we put council members on a board that they actually oversee," Bassinger said.
Several residents, including Holly Parker, told the council they felt excluded from decisions that had been handled in…
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