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Consider a memorandum/resolution declaring vacancies on various citizen appointed boards and commissions and appointing members to fill the unexpired terms.
SUMMARY
DATE: January 19, 2021
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Traci Briggs, City Attorney
SUBJECT: Appointing Citizen Members to Various Boards & Commissions
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The Mayor and City Council make annual appointments to the various boards, commissions, and committees each year and throughout the year as vacancies occur.
Section 2-118 of the Code of Ordinances states that persons appointed to city boards, commissions or committees can be effective members only if they attend the group’s meetings regularly. In case of excessive absences, a board, commission, or committee member can be removed from office. Missing three (3) consecutive meetings or more than twenty-five (25) percent of meetings in a twelve-month period where the board meets more than four times per year shall constitute excessive absences. The city manager has been notified by the chairperson of the Senior Citizen Advisory Board that a member has missed more than three (3) consecutive meetings as defined by the code. The member with the attendance infraction is identified in the chart below in the status column as “Attendance.”
In addition, Section 3-20(o) of the City Council’s Governing Standards and Expectations states that citizen committees are most effective when members are able to communicate freely and that no city councilmember will be appointed as a member of a citizen committee. Two of the newly-elected councilmembers, Ken Wilkerson and Mellisa Brown, serve on several boards.
In October 2020 shortly after being appointed, a Planning and Zoning member resigned from their seat creating a vacancy. The member who resigned is identified in the chart below in the status column as “Resigned.”
In order ...
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