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City manager proposes shared economic‑development position with chamber; council discusses sales‑tax timing and grocery exemption
Summary
City Manager Enrico Villegas outlined a plan to share an economic‑development position with the Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce and to shift some downtown and Market Hutch duties back to the city. Council discussed election timing, possible grocery exemptions, and whether a countywide sales tax would undercut Hutchinson projects.
City Manager Enrico Villegas told the Hutchinson City Council on July 1 he and chamber leaders propose sharing an economic‑development position that would live at the Chamber of Commerce and be cost‑shared with the city; Villegas said the role would support business recruitment, incentive analysis and regional outreach.
Villegas described the position as intended to fill a gap in evaluating incentive packages and conducting “but‑for” and cost‑benefit analyses for potential city investments. “There’s definitely a gap, if you will, in some of the services that we provide on the economic development side of the house,” Villegas said, and he noted the city and chamber have been “bouncing back and forth and trying to properly right size the services” including Market Hutch and downtown…
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