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Ms. Belew stated that Trump came in first, and he came in on Friday the week before, so they had about three (3) days' notice. Ms. Belew got a call from the Washington Post asking how much the candidates spent, but they were very adamant that if there was a screen in Discovery for Bernie Sanders, Trump had to pay for that screen. They couldn't share any equipment. Cruz's detail was a little bit more laid back, it was a smaller crowd. Bernie Sanders and the Trump campaigns were very intense. I've done presidential visits before, but this was very different. With presidential visits, you just do what the Secret Service says. In a campaign, you have the campaign and the Secret Service battling for how everything would be set up. It was a great experience and the team was very proud of themselves for being able to pull that off. Committeemember Voorde stated it is so much fun to showcase the community and especially what is going on downtown now, and it's exciting to see the new rooms coming. In the twelve (12) years that I was City Clerk, we were only able to sell the location here once, because we didn't have enough room. Clerk Fowler is already working on bringing the Clerk's conference to town. Anyway, it is all good news because it makes things possible, because before there wasn't even enough room for the Indiana Association of Clerk Treasurers. Committee Chair White stated Ms. Belew mentioned in her opening statements the goal to work with local and minority businesses. She asked what the Century Center has done to reach that goal. Ms. Belew stated they replaced their roof last year, and it was done by Midland Engineering, who is local. When we contracted for that project, that was our number one (1) goal. We buy locally, even though SNG is a national company and we have national accounts. We have an account with Cisco for food, but we use Stans for food probably more than we use Cisco. Committee Chair White asked if there were any more questions, and thanked Ms. Belew for her presentation. Councilmember Broden asked if it is possible to get more information on the capital expenditures and what is going forward. Even though you are at thirty -eight percent (38 %), just to get an overall picture. Ms. Belew stated that it was about $11 million, and I can tell you so far since SNG came in on July 1 st 2013, we have done almost $7 million of renovations and upgrades and those kinds of things with the capital improvements. I can get you the exact number, but I don't have it in my head. Councilmember Broden asked if the Hotel Motel is kicking in for that this year. Ms. Belew stated that has not been approved yet. We have presented to the allocation committee, asking for $975,000 of improvements to our fire pump. It needs to be repaired because it does not meet Code. These are necessities that we need to have done, and that is in the thirty (30) year plan as well. 10