The Economic Development Advisory Council was created on May 2, 2006 by the Amity Township Board of
Supervisors . The purpose of the EDAC is to study economic and business development issues at the request
of the Board of Supervisors of Amity Township and to make recommendations to the Board on those issues.
The EDAC will work with the Board in an advisory capacity in an effort to help them analyze economic and
business development issues and issue recommendations on courses of action necessary to protect the
health, safety and welfare of Amity Township residents, and promote the responsible development of
business and commercial opportunities for the residents of Amity Township.
The EDAC shall be composed of either five or seven members at the discretion of the Board of Supervisors as
follows: If the EDAC is a seven member council, then at least five members shall be residents of Amity
Township, with at least three of these resident members physically residing in Amity Township, and the other
two of whom shall own property in Amity Township, but need not physically reside in the Township. Of the
remaining two members, one member shall be a resident of Union Township, and one members shall be a
resident of the Borough of Birdsboro.
If the EDAC shall consist of five members, at least three members shall physically reside in Amity Township,
and the remaining two members shall own property in Amity Township, but need not be residents of Amity.
Whenever possible, one EDAC member shall also be a member of the Township planning commission.
The EDAC members serve a term of three years, except that initial appointments shall be so staggered that the
terms of approximately one third of the members shall expire each year.
The members of the EDAC are as follows:
Oddvar Norheim 12/31/2012
Robert Elsas 12/31/2012
Blair Gilbert 12/31/2011
Matt Ferdock 12/31/2011
Joe Peterson 12/31/2013
Majid Alsayegh 12/31/2013
