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<br />Needs Analysis for Vacant and New Positions <br /> <br />Position: Economic Development Coordinator vacated March 3, 2010 <br />Requesting to recruit for an Economic Development & Marketing Manager <br /> <br />1. Is the position essential? <br /> <br />Essential positions are those that provide core public health and safety services; emergency and disaster <br />assistance; and preservation of the essential elements ofthe City's financial activities. <br /> <br />The Economic Development Coordinator position plays a key role in preserving and ensuring the <br />growth of the City's tax base in its industrial and commercial sectors. This tax base and job creation has <br />a direct relationship to the financial health of the City and our opportunities for continued growth into <br />the future. At no time greater than the present have our efforts in retaining and attracting businesses to <br />the community been more important. Our local businesses require our support and advocacy in ensuring <br />that they survive this downturn in the economy. The following is a summary of key responsibilities of <br />the Economic Development Coordinator: <br /> <br />Staff Liaison to EDA: <br />. Provide staff support to Economic Development Authority, prepare agendas, cases for <br />consideration, follow-up on direction, manage projects, develop annual work plan and goals, act on <br />initiatives established. <br /> <br />TIF and Job Creation Reportin2ffrackin2:: <br />. MBAF reporting for job creation. due annually April 1 - Reporting onjob creation from subsidies <br />awarded (Done for 2010. Tag Machine, QDP & JBT Alliance). <br />. TIF reporting due annually August 1- Report summary of expenditures for year prior. <br />. Manage escrow accounts - Manage escrow accounts for past industrial projects. <br />. Coordinate infrastructure needs for Economic Development projects coordinate with engineering <br />for ED projects, manage finance end of improvement phase of project. <br /> <br />Economic Development and Marketin2: Events: <br />. Business Expo, May 1 st, 2010 at Pact Charter School <br />. Business Appreciation Day, August 17,2010 at The Links at Northfork <br />. Business Network Meeting and Small Business Seminar, November 2010 <br /> <br />Business Retention and Relationship Mana2:ement: <br />. Business Retention - Coordinate appointments to meet and greet businesses on a regular basis. <br />This is important during these tough economic times to meet with businesses and ask if there is <br />anything the city can do to help. It is critical to stay in touch with our local businesses during this <br />time to indentify assistance that can keep them in business, identify opportunities to partner or <br />collaborate, provide good analysis for business expansion. <br /> <br />1 <br />