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Stafford EDC asks mayor and council to reclassify economic development administrator to director
Summary
After a lengthy discussion about responsibilities, autonomy and outsourcing, the SEDC voted to ask the mayor and city council to reclassify the Economic Development Administrator position to Director of Economic Development as a city employee.
The Stafford Economic Development Corporation voted to ask the mayor and City Council to reclassify the Economic Development Administrator position to a Director of Economic Development and to fund it as a city employee, the board decided at its Jan. 28 meeting.
Board members described past experience with the administrator classification as limiting: they said previous occupants of the administrator role were constrained by reporting lines and lacked the autonomy expected for business recruitment and redevelopment work. Discussion included two…
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