The committee approved a motion to direct the county administrator to hire an outside consultant to study a proposed $3,000,000 revolving loan fund; members debated whether to sole-source an RLF operator or run an open procurement to preserve competition.

The committee asked staff to draft an RFP for a countywide economic development study to map small-business capacity, recommend tools (incentives, loans, grants), and propose strategies to reduce retail leakage; staff said a draft RFP will be provided within two committee meetings.