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Kerrville staff seek EIC support for city economic development manager; board requests more details and timing
Summary
City Manager Dalton Rice asked the EIC board to help fund a proposed economic development manager position to focus on retail and small-business engagement; board members raised budget, oversight and timing concerns and directed staff to return with a clearer KEDC budget and defined performance metrics.
City of Kerrville staff asked the Economic Improvement Corporation on Feb. 1 to consider funding a new economic development manager position that would be housed in the city organization and focus on retail and small-business engagement.
City Manager Dalton Rice told the EIC board the role is intended to fill a gap between community development activities the city already does and the larger, primary-job focus of the Kerrville Economic Development Corporation (KEDC). “This is trying to offset and do something different that we’re trying to focus on with city council,” Rice said, describing the role as “relationships and collaboration” with small businesses and Main Street merchants.
Rice requested approximately $120,000 a year to…
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