RESOLUTION 07020

SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

PRACTICES GUIDELINES FOR

BROWN COUNTY COMMUNITIES

 

The Board of Trustees of the Village Board of Suamico do resolve as follows:

WHEREAS, Advance, the economic development division of the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, is a public-private partnership, committed to improving and diversifying the local economy by attracting and retaining businesses in the greater Green Bay area; and

WHEREAS, the municipalities of Allouez, Ashwaubenon, Bellevue, De Pere, Denmark, Green Bay, Hobart, Howard, Lawrence, Ledgeview, Suamico and Wrightstown are all municipal contributors to the Advance partnership; and services are extended throughout all of Brown County; and

WHEREAS, competition among Brown County communities for economic development can have regional benefit; however when such competition results in unnecessary public infrastructure expenses, the region, as a whole, does not benefit; and

WHEREAS, representatives of Advance communities have met on a regular basis to discuss economic development issues of common concern in Brown County; and

WHEREAS, recognizing the benefits of regional cooperation in economic development, have developed a mission statement to guide individual municipalities in dealing with economic development competition in the future, such mission statement being:

" . . . to develop and promote cooperative intergovernmental strategies that create and maintain regional economic development initiatives and improve the overall efficiency of municipal services throughout Brown County"; and

WHEREAS, in order to achieve the goals of this mission statement, guidelines for implementation of such mission statement have also been developed.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED:

That the Village Board hereby adopts the following:

Competition Guidelines

· Municipalities should not initiate solicitation of businesses from another Brown County community.

· Municipalities may compete for existing Brown County businesses which invite competition on the basis that without moving from its current location, it would cease business operations or move out of Brown County

· Municipalities which receive inquiries from a business currently located within a Brown County community about relocating their community should notify the current locale community to advise them of this contact provided that the business has not requested confidentiality of the contact

· Municipalities may solicit and compete for any business not located within a Brown County municipality.

Intergovernmental Support Guidelines

Municipalities that are no longer under consideration in a multi-site competition for a business should terminate continued solicitation efforts if the remaining preferred site(s) are within Brown County municipality.

Brown County municipalities should work to cooperatively promote the selection of a Brown County preferred site to ensure the business in question selects Brown County as its development site.

Brown County Economic Development Promotion Guidelines

Brown County municipalities should promote achieved economic success with an annual media release.

Marketing strategies to retain existing business and promote economic development should be cooperatively developed and utilized by Brown County municipalities.

Advance should coordinate and cooperate with other Northeast Wisconsin Economic Development agencies to promote regional development in Northeast Wisconsin.

 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Village of Suamico hereby agrees to implement and incorporate the above policies, strategies, and guidelines on a reciprocal basis with any other Advance community which adopts this resolution.

Adopted this ____ day of August, 2007.

 

Elizabeth Sheedy, Village President

Attest:

Bonnie Swan, Village Clerk

 

Vote: Aye

Nay

Abstain

Absent