Everything you need to know about the EDC's lunchtime quickie

Demonstrating efficiency worthy of our local captains of industry, directors of the Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corp. took just five minutes and eight seconds today to roar through everything taxpayers need to know about their monthly activities.

One minute and 55 seconds of the EDC's lunchtime quickie involved having members around the boardroom table introduce themselves.

Nevin Buconjic was welcomed as EDC's new manager of trade, investment and community marketing.

Directors then spent the remainder of the public portion of today's meeting approving Ward 2 Councillor Sandra Hollingsworth as city council's new appointee to the EDC board.

Hollingsworth will replace her Ward 2 counterpart Susan Myers, who served on the EDC board as a temporary replacement for Ward 6 Councillor Ross Romano, who had a scheduling conflict with the board's Monday meetings.

Neither Councillor Hollingsworth nor Councillor Myers attended today's meeting.

EDC directors then went into a closed session to discuss things that are absolutely none of your business.

There was no discussion at the public portion of today's meeting about Mayor Christian Provenzano's wish for a review of the EDC, which receives about $1.7 million a year from the city on top of a $500,000 annual contribution to the city's economic development fund.

The mayor also wants a review of the Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre (which gets $277,890 a year from the city), to ensure that the most effective and efficient use is being made of tax dollars.

EDC Chair and President Don Mitchell and Tom Vair, executive director of the innovation centre, will attend tonight's City Council meeting to talk about the mayor's request.

Tonight's City Council meeting will be livestreamed on LOCAL2 beginning at 4:30 p.m.