Chapter 3.55
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Sections:
3.55.010 Established – Membership – Organization.
3.55.030 Director – Powers and duties.
3.55.010 Established – Membership – Organization.
A. There shall be established an economic development board, which shall consist of five members appointed by the mayor with the approval of the assembly for overlapping three-year terms. All members of the board shall be residents of the borough. The term of membership shall be three-year staggered terms. Vacancies shall be filled by the mayor with the consent of the assembly for the unexpired terms. Members shall serve without compensation. A quorum shall consist of three members.
B. No more than one assembly member may serve on the board at any given time.
C. The board shall hold their regular meeting at least once every quarter as follows: March, June, September, and December. The director or two members of the board may request additional meetings, if necessary.
D. The board shall give at least 48 hours’ public notice of its meetings; its meetings shall be open to the public, and reasonable opportunity shall be provided for the public to be heard at each meeting.
E. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Actions of the board are taken by the vote of a majority of the members duly present at a meeting of the board duly held at which a quorum is present. The board shall keep minutes of its proceedings and records of its official actions.
F. Any member who is absent more than one-half of all the meetings of the board, regular and special, in a consecutive 12-month period shall automatically forfeit membership on the board.
G. At the time prescribed for the beginning of the terms of the newly appointed members or as soon thereafter as practicable, the board shall annually elect from among its members a chair and vice chair. The chair will preside over all meetings of the board and serve as the chief spokesperson for the board. The vice chair will assist the chair and act as chair in the chair’s absence.
H. The board may establish its own rules, regulations, and policies consistent with this chapter and subject to the approval of the assembly.
I. The most recent edition of Robert’s Rules of Order is adopted and made part of these rules of procedure and governs the conduct of meetings of the board except as otherwise provided by the Charter of the City and Borough of Wrangell, the Wrangell Municipal Code, and/or the Alaska Statutes. [Ord. 1042 § 1, 2023.]
3.55.020 Powers and duties.
The economic development board shall encourage employment opportunities, foster a stable and diversified local economy, improve local economic conditions, and provide a mechanism for guiding and coordinating the efforts of local individuals and organizations concerned with economic development in Wrangell.
The powers and duties include, but are not limited to:
1. Recommendations of economic policies, plans, and priorities; and
2. Coordinates economic development plans; and
3. Promotes public and private partnership; and
4. Reviews economic development projects and activities submitted for public funding assistance; and
5. Prepares the annual community economic development strategy. [Ord. 1042 § 1, 2023.]
3.55.030 Director – Powers and duties.
The director of economic development, under the supervision and control of the borough manager, shall contribute to and help direct the economic development programs and activities sponsored or carried on by the borough government. The director shall work with the economic development board to effect and carry out the recommendations of the board, which recommendations have been approved by the borough assembly. [Ord. 1042 § 1, 2023.]