(a) The board shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) Develop and promote municipal partnerships between the City of Peoria and other similar jurisdictions in other nations.
(2) Provide opportunities for City officials and residents of Peoria to experience and explore other cultures through long-term community partnerships.
(3) Create an atmosphere in which economic and community development between Peoria and other similar jurisdictions can be implemented and strengthened.
(4) Stimulate environments through which communities will creatively learn, work and solve problems through reciprocal cultural, educational, municipal, business, professional and technical exchanges and projects.
(5) Collaborate with organizations in the United States and other countries that share similar goals.
(6) Recommend the selection of cities for the development of municipal partnerships.
(7) Recommend events, opportunities, programs and projects to develop a community partnership with designated sister cities and to provide a forum for citizens to experience such community partnerships.
(8) Recommend guidelines for reciprocal cultural, educational, municipal, business, professional and technical exchanges and projects with designated sister cities.
(9) Recommend agreements with other governmental and non-governmental organizations to collaborate on promoting cultural understanding and stimulating economic development.
(10) In addition, the Sister Cities Board shall have such other powers and duties as directed by the City Council.
(Ord. No. 2021-08, § 70, 4-6-21)