ord-03-2025-ceda-amendment.pdf

TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE

ORDINANCE NUMBER 03-2025

AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE TO AMEND THE

PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE V OF THE TOWN CODE RELATED TO

THE CENTREVILLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

WHEREAS, by Ordinance 09-2013, enacted on November 21, 2013 and effective on December 12, 2013, the Town Council amended Chapter 20 by creating Article V of the Town Code to create the Centreville Economic Development Authority and establish responsibilities, structure and development of this Board; and WHEREAS, Chapter 20. Article V. Section 20-23 of the Code of the Town of Centreville sets forth the structure and leadership of the Centreville Economic Development Authority; and

WHEREAS, by Ordinance 05-2019, enacted on May 16, 2019 and effective on June 6, 2019, the Town Council amended Chapter 20. Article V. Section 20-23 by amending the structure and clarifying the leadership process; and WHEREAS, the Town Council of Centreville wishes to amend the structure;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Town Council of Centreville that:

Section 1.

The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Ordinance.

Section 2. Article V. Section

20-23 Structure

shall be amended as follows:

A. The Board of Directors (Board) will be composed of nine seven members, and one non-voting ex officio member, and two alternates, to be appointed by the Town Council, with a 3-year term to be served on a rotating basis. With the exception of the Board’s initial Chair which is to be directly appointed by the Town Council, officers are to be elected by the Board and from the membership of the Board at the

Board’s first meeting after the start of the Town’s fiscal year. The Board will consist of the following (9 7) representatives and one (1) non-voting ex officio member and

(2) alternates:

(1) One Main Street Manager or appropriate Town staff representative shall be

the non-voting ex officio member;

(2) One representative from Centreville Alive or an alternative organization

that works to promote a successful environment for business and trade for the Town as a whole the real estate sector;

(3) One representative from the banking, finance, or financial services

industry sector;

(4) One representative of business park management or the commercial real

estate sector;

(5) (3) One representative from the Queen Anne’s County Arts Council;

(6) (4) Three resident citizens at large with experience and interest in economic

development; and

(7) (5) Two Town-based business owners/operators brick and mortar business

owners that may not necessarily reside within the Town limits;

(8) One representative interested in economic development in the Town who

may or may not reside within the Town limits; and (9). Alternate members:

(a). Alternate 1: One resident at large

(b) Alternate 2: One Town based business or non-profit

owner/operator that may not necessarily reside within the Town limits.

(c) Alternates may participate and vote in the absence of the

respective member of the Board who is absent.

Section 3.

All new material has been underlined. Language to be deleted is shown with strikethrough.

Section 4. This

Ordinance shall become effective on the twenty-first (21) day after its enactment.

ATTEST: THE TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE

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R. Gaye Adams Ashley Heffernan Kaiser, Esq., President Town Clerk _____________________________________

First Reading: Jeffrey D. Kiel, Vice President Second Reading:

Enacted:

Effective: _____________________________________

Daniel B. Worth, Member _____________________________________

Jim A. Beauchamp, Member ______________________________________

Sandra Lee Huffer, Member