In order to make Berlin Borough more business-friendly and promote
commercial activity and growth within the Borough, to analyze, and
to advise the governing body on how to promote business, there is
hereby established and created by this chapter a committee to be known
as the "Business Advisory Committee of the Borough of Berlin."
The members and officers of the Committee shall serve without
compensation, but each shall receive reimbursement for actual disbursements
for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
A majority of the members (three of five) shall constitute a
quorum of the Committee.
To effectuate its purposes, the Committee shall have the power
to adopt suitable bylaws for the management of its affairs and to
determine the qualifications and duties of its employees and to fix,
subject to the budget for the Committee as adopted by the Borough
Council, the compensation to be paid to any of its employees.
The Business Advisory Committee created by this chapter shall
review and advise the governing body on impacts to businesses and
the business environment from ordinances, zoning, regulations and
administrative functions of the Borough government. The Committee
shall make recommendations for changes that would assist businesses
to be successful and grow within the Borough, study and analyze the
surrounding municipalities, and advise of best practices that promote
commercial activity.