2025 9 10 FCSC Minutes

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I. Welcome 
a. Roll Call: 
SISTER CITIES PROGRAM 
MINUTES 
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 
12:00pm - City Hall 
i. Present: Betty Ruleman, Larry Eaton, Sandra Kinney, Randy Dowling, Becky 
Simpson and Joe Barnett 
ii. Absent: Lindsey Ferguson, Ersa Henry and Austin Fesmire 
II. Approval of Minutes 
a. Motion was made by Joe Barnett, seconded by Randy Dowling, for the approval of 
the August 13, 2025 minutes. 
Motion carried 
Ill. New Business 
a. Industry Representative Vacancy -Victoria White emailed the Boad to inform them 
that there was not another Denso employee interested in her vacant position. Sandra 
Kinney will try to find an interest and an email will be sent to Lindsey Ferguson for 
suggestions also. Revisit at next meeting. 
b. Japan Visit in October- Ersa Henry has resigned from TWU, effective September 19th, 
therefore, she will no longer be the TWU representative on the Board. Since she will 
not be on the Board at the time of the trip, Larry Eaton informed her that she would 
not be able to go to Japan with them. Larry then gave a brief overview of the itinerary. 
c. Proposed Term Amendments - With the additions to the Board of . Directors, the 
Athens City Director of Schools and the Main Street Director, the Terms section 
needed to be updated. 
Terms: 
The terms ofthe Directors shall be staggered to provide continuity and experience for the 
organization. The initial Directors appointed pursuant to numbers 1 - 3 in Paragraph .J. 
above shall serve an initial term of three (3) years, with the positions thereafter appointed 
for a three (3) year term. The initial Directors appointed pursuant to numbers 4 aAa 7 4, 
7, 8 and 9 shall serve an initial term of two (2) years, and thereafter the Directors 
appointed for these positions shall serve three (3) year terms. The City Council member 
serving as Director pursuant to number 5 in Paragraph .J. above shall serve until replaced