[Ord. of 9-10-1984, § 1]
There shall be a New Milford Economic Development Commission
pursuant to Section 7-136 of the Connecticut General Statutes, Revision
of 1958, for the promotion and development of the economic resources
of the town.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 16-47, Composition; terms,
adopted by Ord. of 9-10-1984, as amended, was repealed by Ord. of
2-25-2019.
[Ord. of 9-10-1984, § 3; Ord. of 4-8-2002]
The members shall annually elect one member of said Commission
to be Chairman, another to be Vice Chairman and a third to be Secretary.
The Commission is authorized to appoint subcommittees comprised of
members and nonmembers of the Commission, as from time to time may
be advisable to assist the Commission with its doings and activities,
with nonmembers being approved by the Town Council.
[Ord. of 9-10-1984, § 4]
The members of said Commission shall receive no compensation
for their services as such but shall be reimbursed, within the limits
of any sum appropriated for such purpose, for their necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their official duties.
[Ord. of 9-10-1984, § 5]
Said Commission may appoint employees, hire consultants and
purchase material and supplies necessary for the discharge of its
duties, within the limits of any sum appropriated for such purpose.
[Ord. of 4-8-2002]
Said Commission shall have the authority and duty to:
(a)
Study, investigate and appraise economic conditions and trends affecting
New Milford.
(b)
Promote, assist and encourage the preservation of a healthy business
climate.
(c)
Promote, assist and encourage the preservation, expansion and development
of existing New Milford industry, business and commerce and its residential,
recreational and municipal facilities.
(d)
Promote, assist and encourage the location, expansion and development
of new industry, business and commerce in the town, with due regard
for the conservation and preservation of the ecology and aesthetics
of the area.
(e)
Cooperate with and seek to coordinate the activities of all official
and unofficial civic, research and promotional agencies, commissions,
groups, associations and organizations having like or kindred economic
development functions and concerns.
(f)
Confer and cooperate with agencies of the state and federal governments
in the exercise of the aforesaid authority and duties.
(g)
Confer and cooperate with similar municipal economic development
commissions in the greater New Milford area in order to foster and
maintain a proper balance among industrial, business, commercial,
residential, recreational and municipal growth elements, with attention
to protection and aesthetic improvement of the physical environment.
(h)
Advise and make recommendations to appropriate officials, agents,
boards, departments and commissions of New Milford, regarding actions
which, in said Commission's judgment, would affect or improve the
economic condition and development of the town.
[Ord. of 9-10-1984, § 6]
(i)
Authority to borrow, appropriate, repay and otherwise disburse funds.
The Commission shall also have the authority to borrow, appropriate,
repay, and otherwise disburse funds made available to the Town of
New Milford, and or the Commission, pursuant to the Brownfields Cleanup
Revolving Loan Fund (BCRLF), from grants or other sources, to manage
and expend said funds for the remediation of development of BCRLF
eligible sites, or other sites in the Town as determined by the Town
Council, to execute promissory notes in favor of the Town, the EPA
or others, all in accordance with applicable EPA and BCRLF requirements.
[Ord. of 9-10-1984, § 7]
Each official, agency, board, department and commission shall
cooperate with and assist said Commission in the exercise of its authority
and duties.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 16-53, Alternate members,
adopted by Ord. of 9-10-1984, was repealed by Ord. of 2-25-2019.
