The standing committees of Council, with their respective functions, shall be as follows:
Economic Development Committee
Duties
Airport (Service to Community)
Chamber of Commerce (Labor, Organizations, Associations)
City Planning Commission
City Real Estate Management
Crawford County Economic Development
Downtown Revitalization
Enterprise Zone
Enterprise Zone Agreements
Fair Housing
Industries (Promote, Help, Attract)
Promotion of Jobs, Local Business
Prospective Real Estate Acquisitions and Purchase
Options (Public/Private)
Railroads (Service to Community)
Service on Various Boards Dealing with Economic Development
Tax Abatements
Tax Incentive Review Council-Related Activities
Tourism and Visitor’s Bureau
Finance Committee
Duties
Appropriations
Bed Tax
Budget
Enterprise Zone Agreements
Financing
Grants
Manpower/Compensation
Salary Schedule
Tax Abatements
Health and Safety Committee
Duties
Ambulance and EMS Services
Emergency Management Agency
Fire Department
Health Insurance
Liquor Permits
Parking
Peddler Permits
Police Department
Street Lighting
Traffic Control
Platting Committee
Duties
Annexations
Building Permits
Dedications, Street and Alley
Grades
Railroads (Maintenance and Repair)
Sewers and Drains (CM&R)
Sidewalks (CM&R)
Signs
Streets (CM&R)
Subdivisions
Vacations, Street and Alley
Zoning
Public Lands and Buildings Committee
Duties
Agricultural Land
Bike and Hiking Paths
Buildings
City Real Estate Management
Land Leases/Sale
Office Space, to include oversight and management of the Council Clerk’s
Office, all Council records, and Council Chambers.
Parks and Playgrounds
Prospective Real Estate Acquisitions and Purchase
Options (Public/Private)
Reservoirs
Tree City USA
Land Bank
Service Committee
Duties
Airport (Maintenance and Repair)
Cable TV
Fleet Insurance
Garbage Service
Gas, Electric and Telephone
Local Access Cable
Recycling
Sewerage Service
Stormwater Utility Service
Water Service. (Ord. 50-2005. Passed 12-20-05; Ord. 14-2015. Passed 4-7-15; Ord. 20-2017. Passed 3-21-17; Ord. 22-2020. Passed 9-1-20; Ord. 13-2021. Passed 6-1-21.)