Richmond Common Council's
soul searching regarding the Economic Development Corporation of Wayne County
continued in earnest Monday night.
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Council members in recent
months have asked for more information on EDC's expenditure of EDIT money and
have asked publicly for an accounting of what that expenditure has produced in
jobs, business expansions and new businesses.
"I am committed to
the idea of a county-wide economic development effort, but I can't determine if
we are getting good value for our dollars," said councilman Bruce Wissel.
"We as a council are very protective of our role with taxpayer dollars,
but I've found that there has not been a lot of communication from that
organization."
Guiley said he also
believes in a unified county economic development and said he also was slightly
frustrated that the EDC has had four CEOs in the 12 years he has lived in the
Richmond community.
He also said he felt the
county-wide economic development effort has been "disjointed a little
bit."
"We have to be smart
about this and bring our current leadership together to pull together. I say we
all get in a room and figure it out," he said.
The county and EDC are
negotiating a contract for the coming year. The current contract runs out at
the end of the year, and Guiley urged council members to do their part to make
sure the contract is completed quickly.
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