(A) A Department of Business and Tourism Development is hereby established for the purpose of the promotion and development of the economic resources of the city. The Department of Business and Tourism Development shall consist of a director, program managers for tourism, communication manager, and such other managers and employment positions as may hereafter be specified in the budget of the city, or by other appropriate actions by the Mayor or the City Council.
(B) The purposes of the Department of Business and Tourism Development shall include the promotion, development, preservation and enhancement of the economic and physical environment and general economic resources of the city’s business, commercial, recreational, and tourism and convention sectors. Specific duties include, but are not limited to, research into economic conditions and trends of the city and the formation of recommendations, programs, policies and procedures, and plans, to improve conditions and enhance growth and development. Specific duties could include the creation of new or coordination of existing programs, activities, and opportunities to promote development and economic growth in the city. The Department shall annually prepare and transmit to the Mayor and City Council a report of its activities, an annual budget report and a report of its recommendations for improving such economic conditions and development including analysis of budget impacts of said recommendations.
(C) The Director of the Department of Business and Tourism Development shall oversee and supervise the program managers, and other positions which may be created in the budget or other appropriate actions of the Mayor or the City Council, who shall be hired by the Mayor subject to approval by the Tourist and Convention Commission.
(D) The program directors of the Department of Business and Tourism Development, the administrative functions of such program directors, the employees supervised by the program directors, advertising, supplies for staff, website, janitorial services, and such other expenses that are specific to tourism and convention activities/promotion shall be funded by the budget of the Tourist and Convention Commission. All other activities and functions of the Department of Business and Tourism Development shall be funded in the General Fund of the city annual fiscal year budget. These allocations will be made in the city annual budget.
(Ord. No. 11-20, § 1, 6-2-20)