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Consider a memorandum/resolution appointing members to various citizen boards and commissions.
SUMMARY
DATE: September 21, 2021
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Traci Briggs, City Attorney
SUBJECT: Boards and Commissions - Citizen Engagement
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The City of Killeen has various citizen boards and commissions that serve in an advisory capacity. Per City Code of Ordinances, sec. 2-116, all appointments and reappointments to citizen boards, commissions and committees shall be made by the city council prior to October 1st of each year for all positions to be filled that fiscal year.
Listed below are boards and commissions seats that have become vacant due to a resignation or are expiring September 30, 2021.
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 Animal Advisory Committee that a member has missed more than twenty-five (25) percent of meetings in a twelve-month period as defined by the code. The member with the attendance infraction is identified in the chart below in the status column as “Attendance.”
Per Section 6-36 of the Code of Ordinances the Animal Advisory Committee is composed of at least one (1) licensed veterinarian, one (1) city official, one (1) person whose duties include the daily operation of the city's animal shelter, and one (1) representative from an animal welfare organization, and seven (7) citizens. Two (2) of the se...
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