(A) The County Economic Development Commission shall investigate, study, and survey the need for additional job opportunities, industrial diversification, and pollution control facilities in the county and shall recommend action to improve or promote job opportunities, industrial diversification, and availability of pollution control facilities in the county.
(B) As part of the investigation, the County Development Commission may participate in the financing of business appraisals and financing feasibility studies of the possible purchase of business with operations in the county by the employees of that operation through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The employees must agree to repay the Commissioner's contribution to the cost of the study if such a purchase is successful.
(Prior Code, § 31.064) (Ord. 1021A, passed 5-13-1986; Ord. 1021A-1, passed 2-14-1989)