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- <br /> ORANGE COUNTY Action <br /> • <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Item No. <br /> ACTION AGENDA IT AM ABSTRACT Q <br /> MEETING DATE January 20, 1987 <br /> Stiabject: Economic Development Commission: Increase in ex-officio members. <br /> IDepartment: Economic Development • I I Public Rearing: Yes X no <br /> • <br /> Attachments: Information Contact: Sylvia Price <br /> Phone Numbers: 732-$1$1, 963-$501, <br /> 2270231., Ext. 279 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider adding the Executive Director of the Chapel <br /> Hill/Carrboro Chamber of Commerce and the Executive Director of the <br /> Hillsborough Area Chamber of Commerce as ex-officio (non-voting) <br /> members of the Orange County Economic Development Commission. <br /> NEED: The Orange County Economic Development Commission at its <br /> meeting on January 8, 1987, approved unanimously a motion to request <br /> the Board of County Commissioners to add the Executive Directors of <br /> the two Orange County Chambers of Commerce as ex-officio (non-voting) <br /> members of the Economic Development Commission. The Economic <br /> Development Commission believes that it is important to recognize the <br /> support which the EDC receives from the Chambers, and wishes to <br /> strengthen its links with the Chambers, which, it is believed, wilt <br /> increase the effectiveness of the Economic Development Commission in <br /> its appointed tasks. <br /> The Board of County Commissioners Resolution of December 14, <br /> 1982, establishing the Orange County Economic Development Commission, <br /> provided for a voting membership of nine, nominated as follows: four <br /> from the County at large, one from each of the four towns, end one <br /> nominated jointly by the Chapel Hill/Carrboro and Hillsborough Area <br /> Chambers of Commerce. Ex-officio [non-voting) members are the County <br /> Manager and the Town Managers. <br /> Funding for the Commission, as stipulated in the Resolution, is <br /> 56% from Orange County, 6% from each town, and 20% from the Chambers <br /> of Commerce. The Chambers of Commerce have organized the private <br /> sector funding through a "Committee of 100", whereby contributions <br /> from businesses and individuals are channeled through the Chambers. <br /> The Economic Development Commission recognizes the important rote <br /> played by the County Manager and the Town Managers, who as ex-officio <br /> members act both as channels of communication with their respective <br /> governments, and as government professionals with a significant <br /> contribution to make to the proceedings of the Economic Development <br /> Commission. Likewise, the Chamber Executives as ex-officio members. <br /> would offer a channel to each chamber, and the professional contri- <br /> butions of the Executives themselves. <br />