b'STRENGTHENING THE MIAMI VALLEY REGIONSERVING OUR MEMBERSMVRPC Board of Directors Votes to IncreaseMember Dues at October MeetingOctober 6th was a proud day for our Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission! For the first time since 1989, the MVRPC Board of Directors unanimously adopted a rate increase on members that was assessed starting in January 2023. Overall, the 25% rate increase was needed to raise more local funding that will be used as local matching funds for federal and state grants and addressing agency needs due to rising costs. Your member dues combined with federal and state grants provide the needed resources for MVRPC operations each year.As a membership organization, ourMVRPC MEMBER FEES DISTRIBUTIONPROGRAM & DUES/MATCHmembers saw the value that the$0.060agency adds to help our regionRegional Initiativesbecome better and stronger. Thanks$0.021to the Board of Directors and ourInstitute for Livable & Equitable Communitiesvalued staff for their hard work and support for the dues increase.Agency Public Affairs $0.101Back in 1989, the agency was ableMPO $0.230to pass rate increases by 2/3 of the majority of all members by mail-in$0.015ballot. Today, the Ohio SunshineRTPO PilotLaw makes no such accommodation$0.108for voting by public agencies andOEDOffice of Executive Directorso it was necessary for all voting$0.005members to attend and participateStaff Developmentin the vote. Even though there were$0.045fewer members in 1989 and votingCapital Costswas by mail-in ballot, that vote wasnt unanimous. Getting the 2/3 of our membership in the room to vote unanimously and on the same Board of Directors Meeting, October 6, 2022.date and time was an outstanding achievement. Thank you to the many staff members and officers for your hard work to make sure we had a quorum so the vote wouldbe binding.For More InformationTo learn more about how to join MVRPC,visit mvrpc.org/membership-information or call 937-223-6323.3'