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l <br /> ht REQUEST FOR ACTION <br /> River <br /> TO ITEM NUMBER <br /> Economic Development Authority 3.7 <br /> AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY <br /> Consent January 14, 2013 Annie Deckert, Director of Economic <br /> Development <br /> ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By <br /> Appointment of Interim Executive Director Cal Portner, City Administrator <br /> REVIEWED BY <br /> ACTION REQUESTED <br /> Appoint Suzanne Fischer, Community Operations Development Director, as the Interim EDA Executive <br /> Director. <br /> BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION <br /> Director of Economic Development Annie Deckert has resigned effective January 11, 2012. <br /> The appointment of an Executive Director is suggested at the Annual Meeting of the EDA and <br /> historically, the Executive Director of the EDA has been the Director of Economic Development. <br /> Suzanne Fischer started work with the City of Elk River on January 2, 2013,as the city's first Community <br /> Operations and Development (CODD) Director. The new department director oversees the following <br /> six divisions: Economic Development, Engineering, Environmental Services,Planning, Street <br /> Maintenance and Wastewater Treatment Operations. <br /> We recommend the EDA appoint Suzanne Fischer as the Interim Executive Director and that the EDA <br /> revisit the topic once the position of Director of Economic Development has been filled. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT <br /> None. <br /> PI1EREI I1 <br /> NATURE <br />