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An Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 160-2014, relating to the Economic Development Investment Board, to allow the chairman of the Urban County Council's Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Committee to designate a replacement from that Committee to serve in his or her place, to reflect the correct number of members appointed by the Mayor, and to remove members of the Lexington Industrial Foundation from consideration for Board membership. [Mayor's Office, Atkins]
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Authorization for an Amendment to the Economic Development Investment Board Ordinance to update language on board membership (allow Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Chair to appoint a designee; clarify Commerce Lexington language). (L0348-17) (Atkins)
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 160-2014 (numbered as Section 7), be and hereby is amended and re-enacted to read as follows:
Section 7 - The Economic Development Investment Board shall consist of eleven (11) members. The government's Chief Development Officer or his or her designee shall serve as the chairperson of the board, and will only vote in the event of a tie. The Councilmember who serves as the chairperson of the Urban County Council's Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Committee, or his or her designee from that committee, shall automatically serve as member of the Board. The remaining nine (9) members shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the Urban County Councilmembers, and shall consist of one additional member of the Urban County Council, one member from the Lexington Chamber of Commer...
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