[Added 4-23-1979 by Ord. No. 19-1979]
There is hereby established a Department of
Economic Development which shall be under the direction and supervision
of the Director of Economic Development.
The office of Director of Economic Development
is hereby established. The Director of Economic Development shall
be a City officer appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City
Council. The Director shall serve a term coterminous with the term
of the office of the Mayor. The Director shall be a person who, by
experience, education and training, is qualified to carry out the
duties assigned to the Department of Economic Development.
The Department of Economic Development under
the direction of the Director of Economic Development shall have the
following duties, generally:
A.
To administratively operate and oversee all programs
and projects relating to economic development and all other development
projects and programs as directed by the Mayor and City Council.
B.
To serve as an ombudsman to business and community
organizations through ongoing liaison with those said organizations
which are deemed essential to the success of the various programs,
projects and policies of the Department.
C.
To facilitate all appropriate public and private agencies
in focusing their resources on specific projects and programs under
the Department's jurisdiction in an effort to attain maximum leverage
of public investment.
D.
To undertake technical research and to recommend Citywide
development policies to the Mayor, City Council and Business Development
Authority; further, to effectuate projects and programs to implement
said policies.
E.
To coordinate programs and projects aimed at the retention
of existing businesses as well as at the attraction of new or expanded
business opportunities within the City.
The Department of Economic Development shall
have such additional personnel as may be provided for by its financial
resources and set forth in the Salary Ordinance of the City of East
Orange. Said positions are to be under the jurisdiction and supervision
of the Director of Economic Development and filled by persons who
by training or experience are qualified to carry out the duties assigned
to them by the Director of Economic Development.
