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Council approves task order to update coal-strip economic diversification strategy
Summary
Council approved Task Order No. 46 to update the 2017 economic diversification strategy (funded by a cohort grant). KLJ consultant Becky said the update will refresh 2017 data, include targeted public engagement, and aim to finish by the end of September.
Council voted to approve Task Order No. 46, authorizing an update to the town's economic diversification strategy (described in the meeting as a "coal strip diversification study") using cohort-grant funds. The mayor said the council has funds budgeted from a cohort grant to pay for the update.
Becky (speaker 6), a KLJ consultant brought forward to lead the project, said the work will reuse the 2017 strategy as a baseline, refresh all data to current numbers required by the Economic Development Administration, update goals and objectives, and include targeted public engagement rather than a large series of meetings. Becky said the mayor requested the team aim to finish by the end of September.
On data sources, Becky told council, "We started, doing actually, was our 2nd ever, economic diversification strategy when we did the original 1 in 2017." She emphasized use of verifiable national sources (Census and industry market work) and said KLJ will perform internal research rather than relying on unvetted third-party databases.
The council recorded approval of the task order and thanked the consultant; staff said they will return with a signed task order and timeline details.
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