Common Council is committing to hiring an economic development specialist with money already in the budget and not with new money.
Councillor Peter McGuire says when you're investing 8 to 10 million dollars into economic development, he's confident dollars can be found to fund the position.
He says other cities have a team of resources and adds he does not think the position needs to be funded with new dollars.
The position is being created as per recommendations from a mayoral task force.