The Economic Sustainability Commission shall:
(a) Provide information and make recommendations to Council regarding economic development for the Village;
(b) Identify primary opportunities for economic development in the Village and strategies to support these efforts;
(c) Conduct an annual planning process that results in priorities and specific activities centering on its purpose, which will include adopting rules and procedures (or otherwise following Robert's Rules of Order) to carry out its purpose that are consistent with the Village Charter and Ohio Sunshine Laws, approved by Council and filed with the Clerk of Council;
(d) Keep minutes of its proceedings that reflect the actions of the Economic Sustainability Commission, the reasoning behind those recommendations, and the vote of each member upon each question or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating as such. Minutes and the records of all official actions shall be approved and filed with the Clerk of Council and kept as a public record;
(e) Hold regular public meetings that are properly announced and provide a list of agenda items to the Clerk of Council a week before a regular meeting, which is available to interested citizens;
(f) Serve as a sounding board for ideas generated by businesses and citizens, which includes recommending steps to further strengthen meeting our needs locally, supporting opportunities for skills training and mentoring, and supporting other best practices for local economic sustainability, and may include coordinating, assisting and unifying the efforts of private groups, institutions and individuals within the Village and Miami Township in accordance with the purposes of this chapter as well as liaising and communicating with public and private agencies and organizations of local, regional, State and national scope whose programs and activities have an impact on economic development or which can be of assistance to the Commission;
(g) Review and continually develop the Village Economic Sustainability Plan;
(h) Facilitate a forum for incubating ideas and networking among diverse groups working on economic development in the Village;
(i) Recommend to Council actions that could be taken to accomplish the goals of the Village, reporting on activities on various fronts and cooperating in designing strategies for development;
(j) Carry out such other duties as may be assigned to it by Council.
(Ord. 2015-22. Passed 11-16-15.)