COLUMBUS IRON WORKS CONVENTION
AND
TRADE CENTER AUTHORITY
MINUTES OF THE MONTHLY MEETING
March 27, 2008
NOON
The monthly meeting of the Columbus Iron Works Convention and Trade Center
Authority was held in the Board Room of the facility, at 12:00 noon, on
Thursday, March 27, 2008.
Authority Members Present: Chairman, Frank Etheridge, Vice Chairman Lori
Auten, Mr. James Cantrell, Mr. Jed Harris, and Mr. Colin Martin.
Administrative Members Present: Mr. Larry Campbell, Executive Director, Ms.
Cindy Ware, Finance Manager and Ms. Chasity Hall, Secretary
CALL TO ORDER
At 12:10 P.M., Chairman Frank Etheridge called the meeting to order.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Chairman, Frank Etheridge asked if all members present had received and read
the minutes from the last meeting. With no corrections or additions to be
made, Vice Chairman Lori Auten made a motion to accept the minutes of the
February 28, 2008 meeting. Mr. James Cantrell seconded the motion and the
minutes were accepted as written.
NEW BUSINESS
OLD BUSINESS
A. CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL / REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Larry reported
that a
draft copy of the request for proposal had been received from Strategic
Advisory Group. Larry stated that Brian Sillitto with the Development
Authority, the Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau, Director, Peter Bowden
as well as himself had reviewed the draft copy of the RFP. Larry added that
there had been several changes made and the draft had been returned to Mr. Tony
Peterman with Strategic Advisory Group. Larry added that the final copy should
be received within ten days and within sixty days all responses should be
received. Larry said at this time, there was a list of nearly one hundred
developers interested in the project.
B. FY-09 BUDGET Larry reported that he and Cindy had met with the Mayor,
City Manager and Finance Department staff to discuss the preliminary FY-09
budget the Authority had discussed at the previous meeting. Larry added that
the expense portion was discussed and the budget prepared by Cindy was then
converted to the form that would be submitted to the City Council for approval.
Larry stated that there had been no changes made to the budget as of yet,
however it could be June before any such changes would be noted.
FINANCIAL REPORT
A. FEBRUARY 2008 See attached report.
A motion was made by Mr. Colin Martin and seconded by Mr. Jed Harris to
approve the financial report as prepared and presented by Ms. Cindy Ware.
ADJOURNMENT
With no further items of business to discuss, Chairman Frank Etheridge
adjourned the meeting at 1:15 pm. The next regular meeting, which is held the
fourth Thursday of each month, will be Thursday, April 24, 2008 in the Board
Room of the Columbus Georgia Convention and Trade Center.
Frank Etheridge, Chairman Larry Campbell,
Executive Director
Trade Center Authority Columbus, GA
Convention and Trade Center
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