[0:02] Okay, we'll go ahead and call the meeting.

[0:06] Um,

[0:10] we have a quorum and uh so we need to approve the agenda.

[0:16] So, do I have a motion to do so? >> So moved.

[0:21] » Motion. Do I have a second? >> Second.

[0:24] » Motion and a second. Any discussion or adjustment?

[0:28] Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I post say nay. Do you have any guests?

[0:34] » Miss Madison.

[0:37] » She was on our last agenda.

[0:44] » You're no longer a guest. You're now part of this.

[0:47] » That's right. >> Um

[0:50] so I need a motion to enter into the work session for the training. No, that

[0:55] we get her into the work session. >> There's a motion. Have a second.

[1:00] » Second. >> Motion and a second. Any discussion?

[1:04] Hearing? None. All in favor say I. >> I. Post saying hey. Thank you.

[1:09] » Great. So it looks like everyone except Ellie is signed in right now and you

[1:14] created your passwords. Um, so Brian's kind of just going to walk

[1:19] through what Diligent looks like. So once you sign in, it goes to this page

[1:22] here and you're going to go community just right there in the center or over

[1:26] on the sidebar.

[1:30] Yeah, you're good. Good. So when you sign in, it should have had

[1:34] our meeting under upcoming meetings up until yesterday. It did have our meeting

[1:38] under upcoming meetings and for some reason this morning it shifted to recent

[1:41] meetings, but it still works. So when you're signed in from this side, that is

[1:46] going to be like four docs where you're signed in. you can see all of the close

[1:50] session documents um from the public side. You can still see everything we're

[1:53] doing except close session. So Brian, if you want to go ahead and head into the

[1:56] meeting there. So I think this should work for you all.

[2:01] If you see down there where it says member agenda and public agenda, Brian,

[2:05] throw where it's got the green buttons and it's got the little arrow there next

[2:08] to it. That that's how you can open up the member agenda there. Our screen

[2:13] looks a little bit different because Brian and I have permissions to make all

[2:16] the edits and everything, but it looked like you all were already in this screen

[2:19] for the most part. So, this is going to be

[2:25] » Yeah, go back to the other one. This is going to be the best place for

[2:28] you all to view the agenda because one, it shows you close session stuff, but

[2:33] also it puts the little stars over to the side just like board docs used to to

[2:37] show when we're voting on something. for some reason on the public agenda it does

[2:41] not show that at all. So this is going to be the ideal place for you all to

[2:45] sign in but you can still see everything else from the public side. Um Brian if

[2:49] you'll scroll down on the agenda like towards the general business.

[2:55] So when we have items in close session it's going to show up like that on your

[2:59] member agenda. It's going to have the little lock. Scroll back down.

[3:03] Okay. >> It's going to have the little lock there

[3:05] and show you that that's a close session item just like your board docs used to

[3:09] it was executive item I think under there. Um so that is not visible on the

[3:13] public one but that's just an example that we can show on the public screen

[3:17] right now because it's just what we're going to talk about later in general

[3:20] business. Um but next time that will not be visible on the public one if we have

[3:24] a close session document. Um I can show you all in here.

[3:31] Um, Brian, if you can scroll back up towards like the minutes. So, you'll see

[3:36] it puts the minutes in there and like any attached document is just a little

[3:40] link and when you click that, it opens within this same screen. It doesn't open

[3:44] a new screen or Okay, maybe it does. Mine didn't. Um, but it'll open up in

[3:49] there just like it used to on board docs. It also has those same attachments

[3:53] listed. If you'll go back to board docs or not diligent, we're going to do that

[3:57] forever. Um, it also has all those listed on the side. Um, so there's lots

[4:02] of different ways to get to those from here. It's it's pretty

[4:06] straightforward for the people who were looking outside in. It's it's a little

[4:10] more complicated for us when we're putting stuff in, but I think it's

[4:13] overall visually more appealing for you all probably than Board Docs was. Um,

[4:18] Brian, if you want to pop back over to the public site. So, to get to the

[4:22] public site, it's on that sidebar there that um

[4:27] back. >> Yeah, pop back over.

[4:30] That sidebar there, the one that looks kind of like a little credit card over

[4:33] on the side will open up the public side if you ever want to just look at that.

[4:39] And you can also access that through the county's page under our meetings tab

[4:43] where it has the board of supervisors and everything. So, we are technically

[4:46] still nested under the board of supervisors just like Board Docs was.

[4:49] So, this is their homepage with all their photos and everything on it, but

[4:52] it's going to have our meetings on the side there um along with all the other

[4:56] boards that are using this site. Um, you can also get to our meetings through the

[5:00] calendar and through the meetings tab up there at the top. Um, but anything on

[5:04] here that says like contact or like um sign up for public session or anything

[5:10] like that, that's all going to be for the board of supervisors, not for us.

[5:13] But Brian, if you wanted to go under the meetings tab.

[5:18] » So, this is what it's going to look like if you access through the public side.

[5:21] It looks just like what you just saw on the member one. It just doesn't have all

[5:24] the stuff on the sidebar. Um, you can open all the links and

[5:28] everything through here just like you could on ours.

[5:31] And then towards the top, Brian a little further up. If you see there,

[5:37] it's got the split screen as well. So, you can open it up that way. And if you

[5:41] open up any of the documents, it'll show up on that other side there, any of the

[5:45] attachments. So, that's just another way to view it.

[5:49] But, like I said, that doesn't show the closed session stuff or and it doesn't

[5:52] show where we're going to do a vote. So it's it's ideal to look at it through

[5:55] the member side, but if you ever need you're in a hurry, you don't want to

[5:58] sign in and want to look at it there, you can visit there as well.

[6:04] I think that's that's more or less what you all need to know. If you want to

[6:08] save that diligent login as a bookmark on your iPad, you can. Just like we had

[6:14] uh four do bookmarked on there. Um just on your iPad, if you're in Safari, it's

[6:19] got the little uh symbol at the top. It's got like a an arrow pointing up

[6:24] with like a little box around it. You can save it either as a bookmark or save

[6:28] it to your home screen as a an icon like we had your board docs, but it will also

[6:33] send you an email. Every time I publish a new agenda, it's going to send you an

[6:37] email to your county email letting you know an agenda has been published and

[6:40] you can access it from there. So, if you don't want to make a bookmark, don't

[6:43] feel like you need to. But that's how we had it set up for Board Docs. So, if you

[6:47] want it that way, go ahead. So, is that kind of everything making

[6:53] sense? Is anything seem crazy? Anybody have any questions about other

[6:59] than Ellie getting in here and finding everything? I got it to work. Awesome.

[7:03] » Um, you also at the top of the screen have that little what's new up there and

[7:07] it's got like the little notifications on it. If you feel so inclined, there

[7:10] are videos in there that give you a little bit more in-depth. There's one

[7:14] that's like for under the how-to me videos. You all instead of being called

[7:18] directors, now you're called members. We measure the members of this group. So if

[7:23] you wanted to scroll through and find like board docs to diligent for members

[7:26] that has a video that shows you kind of like comparing direct contra uh compare

[7:30] and contrast with board docs. Um but it it more or less covers what I

[7:36] just covered for you in a much longer format.

[7:40] » And I think I'm only in the public. >> You think they're only in the public?

[7:43] » I think I'm only not in the

[7:47] I don't see any of the close session. We don't have any documents in close

[7:52] session for this meeting. >> Oh, for

[7:57] today we don't have any session documents.

[8:00] » You might have opened the the public agenda instead of the member agenda.

[8:04] Brian, if you'll go backwards

[8:18] back into that If if you're logged in there, you should be able to get to see

[8:22] where it says member agenda and public agenda. You want to make sure he's got

[8:26] the member agenda open there instead of the public.

[8:29] » He does because he has his profile open. >> Oh, okay.

[8:32] » But I'm not seeing that. >> The screen looks a little bit different

[8:36] for us. Yeah. >> Okay. If you're in the one that shows

[8:39] all the stars and everything on the on the side, you should be in the right

[8:42] one. >> I also changed the language on our

[8:47] agenda a little bit. Um, anywhere we used to just say like approve as

[8:51] presented. I put motion to approve as presented just to make it clearer. If

[8:55] you're looking at it and you can't see those stars that we need a vote there.

[9:00] It's just like little tweaks we're having to make as we get used to this

[9:04] new system. Anybody else have any jarring questions?

[9:11] » See, so you're saying there's nothing in close

[9:14] » There's nothing in close session today. The only thing that's like not available

[9:17] on the public one today is those little comments that Brian had underneath the

[9:21] falling branch discussion in general business, but those aren't a big deal

[9:25] because those are the the topics we're going to cover. I just left that in

[9:29] there because it's a good example of what it will look like when we have a

[9:32] close session document. >> Okay. And the stars over on the other

[9:37] side, those don't show up. >> Yeah, those don't show up in the public,

[9:42] but they do show up for us. Um, and that just indicates that there's a vote

[9:46] there. And I I changed the language, like I said. So now it says like motion

[9:51] to approve minutes instead of just approve minutes like it used to say. And

[9:54] it's it's just a big every little thing I find. It's like,

[10:00] oh, we need to make that a different

[10:04] I think next month will be a lot smoother now that everybody's figured

[10:08] out how to get in here. Glad we will have forgotten all of that.

[10:14] » Ford did this upgrade. It wasn't a choice for users to switch to this

[10:19] platform. I do think the platform was better, but we didn't really have a

[10:23] choice to switch, >> right?

[10:27] Anybody else have any questions getting in here or navigating?

[10:34] » All right. Then I think you're good to do a motion to exit close session

[10:37] whenever or work session. Sorry. Whenever you're ready. Just one more.

[10:40] How do I put it on my home screen? >> Um, so if you're on your iPad, up at the

[10:45] top in Safari, there's like a little button that says it's like an arrow

[10:48] pointing up and then like a little box around it. Yeah.

[10:51] » And it gives you an option to either add it as a bookmark or add to your home

[10:54] screen. And it it might not work from like the agenda page. You might have to

[10:59] do it from like this the login page. >> Okay. Yeah, it is the agenda page. Okay.

[11:04] » All right. Thank you. Mhm. And then like just like Board Docs, you all can access

[11:09] this from home from your personal computers if you'd rather. As long as

[11:12] you've got your password, you're good to get in from whatever device. This was

[11:15] just to get it set up. It had to go to your county email.

[11:23] » Okay. So, everybody ready to exit the work session?

[11:29] Have a motion. >> So, move

[11:33] it. Have a second. Second >> motion and second. Any discussion?

[11:39] Hearing none. All in favor say I. I. >> Those say nay. Thank you. Now we can go

[11:44] to the consent agenda. Need to approve the minutes of the

[11:51] August 19th meeting which is linked there.

[11:58] Have such a motion. Motion to approve the minutes from

[12:04] August 19th. >> Thank you. We have a second.

[12:07] » Second. >> Motion and a second. Any discussion of

[12:11] the

[12:15] none. All in favor say I. >> I. Say nay.

[12:20] Now the treasures report. >> I'm just going to go straight to the

[12:24] September uh treasures report because it's cumulative. So if you have

[12:28] questions with that and want to go back, we can do that. But um

[12:36] if you go to the second page, you can the first page is pretty standard with

[12:41] our assets and liabilities. The second page shows the change for the year in

[12:45] net assets which the EDA has collect has income of 49,695.

[12:54] Mostly that's because the um contributions from the county that are

[12:57] made at the beginning of the year have all been made and then a few um expenses

[13:03] have been paid. And the third page is the cash flow statement which is pretty

[13:07] much the same as the income statement this month. It shows an increase in cash

[13:13] of about a little less than $50,000. So not much activity this far. This not

[13:20] much activity yet this year. Does anybody have any questions?

[13:27] » So there's August, then a September September.

[13:35] » Any discussion about this? We have a motion to Well, we have a motion to

[13:40] approve the treasures reports. >> Yep. For for which months? For both

[13:44] months. >> For both months. Yeah.

[13:46] » All right. So, I move to approve the treasur report for both months.

[13:50] » Thank you. Have a second. Second motion and a second. Any further

[13:55] discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I. I.

[13:59] » Post say nay. >> Thank you.

[14:02] » Okay. Ready to go into close session. Do we have a motion?

[14:07] » We go into close session for the project.

[14:11] » Thank you. We have a second. >> Second. A

[14:14] » motion and a second. Any discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I. I.

[14:19] » Say nay. Thank you.

Montgomery County Economic Development Meeting 10-21-2025 Part 1

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