Jasper County Economic, Inc.
Meeting Agenda
Tuesday Nov 5 th 2019 at 1:15
1. Meeting was called to order by Amber Volk
2. Motion was approved on previous meeting minutes by Mark Bolander and 2 nd by Andy Johnson.
3. Forrest Langenfeld was a guest speaker, and spoke about the Opportunity Zones and what it means for Newton.
4. Brett Lessley talked on the Jasper County CEO, and asked for a contribution of $1000, which was the same as last year. Motion was moved by Louie Ochs and 2 nd by Mark Bolander. Vote was approved by all.
5. Monthly updates.
a. a. Amber Volk stated she was going to a convention in Kansas, Missouri
b. Mark Bolander passed out info on Data for Decision makers from Lake Land College
region. He spoke on how well Jasper County was doing compared to other districts in the area.
c. Jason Warfel spoke for the County. He stated a public hearing would be held on Tuesday the 12 th at 6:30 the High School, to hear comments on whether to accept or reject the Marijuana proposal.
d. Andy Johnson said the building committee had met to discuss specifics on building improvements. It was mentioned that the special education students would be losing their place to attend school in possibly 2 years. We will be needing to think of where we
are going to place these students.
e. Sarah Kinkade stated Holly Jolly is going to be held on Dec 6, 13 of SD, and 20 th . On the
14 th of December, there would be an all-day event uptown with a light parade at 6:00
6. There were no comments from attendees.
7. Motion to close was proposed by Jack Thompson and 2 nd by Jason Warfel
8. Adorned at 2:35
