Quincy Next Development Commission

The commission hereby created shall consist of 16 members. Members shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the City Council. One member shall be the Mayor or a city official designated by the Mayor. Two members shall be members of the City Council. Eight members, to be known as “community partner members,” shall represent the Quincy Area Convention and Visitor Bureau, the Quincy Park District, The District, the Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce, the Great River Economic Development Foundation, the Quincy Business and Technology Center, the Oakley-Lindsay Center and the Adams County Board. The remaining five members, to be known as “at-large members,” shall represent the business community. All commission members shall be appointed for terms of three years or until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. The membership shall elect one member to be the chairman and one member to be the secretary of the commission.

The commission shall have the powers and duties to make recommendations to the City Council in the implementation of the Quincy Next Strategic Plan in the following areas:

• To review strategies and make recommendations;
• To assist city officials, community partners, civic leader, businesses and public and private institutions in implementing strategies;
• To promote relationships with all interested parties, including staff, community partners, boards and commissions, civic leaders, business and public and private institutions to facilitate strategic plan implementation;
• To seek public and private input on implementation of strategies;
• To seek public funds including any grants or loans from the United States Government or State of Illinois;
• To seek private donations for conducting studies or planning for the implementation of strategies;
• To recommend agreements with public or private agencies or persons in connection with the implementation of strategies;
• To report progress of the plan implementation.