Sutter County Municipal Code Ch. 45 Economic Development Department

There is hereby created in the County of Sutter the Economic Development Department.

The purpose of the Economic Development Department is to attract and retain businesses in Sutter County by tailoring programs which focus on employer needs while promoting the resources and advantages of the county.

There is hereby created in the County of Sutter the position of Economic Development Director.

The Economic Development Director shall be responsible for planning, supervising, and directing the assigned activities of the Sutter County Economic Development Department and for coordinating the county economic development program with all other county functions, other local economic development activities, and other resources within the county necessary to implement and enhance local economic development.

The Economic Development Director shall have a thorough knowledge of the principles, practices, and methods used in planning, organizing, communicating, and coordinating an economic development program. The incumbent shall have a general knowledge of municipal financing techniques, development and packaging techniques related to economic development; factors affecting population, business, and industrial growth including advertising and public relations methods to attract desirable economic growth; principles and methods of management necessary to plan, analyze, develop, evaluate, and direct the diverse and complex activities of the program, including budget preparation and program management. The Economic Development Director shall have education and/or training equivalent to completion of core course work from an accredited college or university in business administration, finance, economics, public administration, or closely related field and five years of progressively responsible experience that would demonstrate the application of the above knowledge and abilities.

Except to the extent that an existing contractual arrangement with the incumbent is to the contrary, the Economic Development Director shall be appointed by a majority of the board of supervisors. He or she shall serve at the pleasure of the board and may be removed by a majority of the board at any regular meeting of the board, provided that he or she shall have at least two-weeks notice of the board of supervisors' intention to remove him or her from office before such removal becomes final.

The Economic Development Director shall have the following powers, duties, and responsibilities:

(a) Plan, organize, and direct the work of the County Economic Development Program.

(b) Coordinate and facilitate commercial and industrial development proposals by ensuring appropriate staff review.

(c) Develop outreach efforts to attract desirable businesses to the county.

(d) Participate in the formation of systematic plans and programs to attract industry.

(e) Meet with prospective developers to provide them with necessary information to develop projects within the county.

(f) Prepare correspondence, advertising, press releases, and other material relating to economic development.

(g) Maintain close liaison with other county departments to ensure proper coordination of economic development issues.

(h) Develop, recommend, and implement the program's budget.

(i) Supervise, train, and evaluate assigned staff.

(j) Attend various public meetings.

(k) Prepare and present a wide variety of technical and staff reports relating to the activities of the program.

(l) Attend meetings of the board of supervisors and board committees as required.

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision, and the holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.

(Ord. 1197, Sec. 1; Feb. 8, 1994)