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Consider Board and Commission appointments and take appropriate action.
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BACKGROUND:
Last year the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 3221 which established a uniform term year to begin in July of each year for board, committee, and commission members. The Library Board, Planning and Zoning Commission, Zoning Board of Adjustment and Building Code Board of Appeals, Parks and Recreation Board, Historical Preservation and Restoration Board, Senior Advisory Board, Community Watch Committee, Animal Shelter Advisory Committee, and the Family Advisory Board each have members with terms expiring this month.
DISCUSSION:
Board/commission members were contacted to see if they were interested in serving another term on their current board, or if they wished to serve on a different board/commission. Those interested in being reappointed were asked to submit an updated Background Check Consent Form. The following board/commission members wish to be reappointed to their current board/commission. Their updated Background Check Consent Forms have been processed.
Library Board
Erica Brown
Vickie Goode
Pat Edmiston
Planning and Zoning Commission
Nancy Hardie
Bronson Blackson
Zoning Board of Adjustment and Building Code Board of Appeals
Chris Smith
Robert Schies
Parks and Recreation Board
Robert Davis
Adriane Young
Jim Barrett
Mason Addy
Historical Preservation and Restoration Board
Barbara Sisserson-Honnoll
Roger McKemie
Senior Advisory Board
James Rice
Jeanne Sawyer
Martha Talavera
Willard Zimmerer
George Neil Thomas
Community Watch Committee
Angie Mayo
Wanda Barker
Jennifer Maddux
Family Advisory Board
Ricky Belt
John Pfaffenberger
Stephanie Cervantes
The above members may be reappointed or City Council may wish to appoint someone from the attached list of applications that have been submitted by residents also interested in serving.
There were five board/commission members that chose to resign. Those vacancies may also be filled at this time from the attached list of applications that have been submitted.
Two board/commission members submitted Background Check Consent Forms that altered the consent statement portion of the form. Robin Bernier modified the form by removing the paragraph that authorizes release of her records; therefore her background check cannot be conducted. Pat Edmiston modified the form by removing authorization to receive reports only from credit bureaus. Credit reports are not conducted as part of the background check therefore her background check was completed.
The following board/commission members have expressed an interest in serving another term. Their updated Background Check Consent Forms are currently being processed:
Ron Doerler
Patsy Mayo
Gretchen Cash
Alan Reid
Judi Hacker
Lib Grimmett
Ernest Tiller
Sergio De Los Santos
Bruce DeGrasse
As of Friday, June 13, the following board/commission members have not responded to City Administration’s inquiry about serving another term:
Heather O’Hara
Clay Russell
Terry Ford
Mark Baker
RECOMMENDATION:
City Administration recommends an individual that is a Farmers Branch resident, a registered voter (excluding the youth members wishing to serve on the Family Advisory Board), and who meet additional requirements specific to a board or commission be appointed or reappointed.
ACTIONS:
1) Motion to appoint or reappoint a resident to the Library Board, Planning and Zoning Commission, Zoning Board of Adjustment and Building Code Board of Appeals, Parks and Recreation Board, Historical Preservation and Restoration Board, Animal Shelter Advisory Committee, Senior Advisory Board, Community Watch Committee, and the Family Advisory Board.
2) Motion to seek additional applications for positions on the Library Board, Planning and Zoning Commission, Zoning Board of Adjustment and Building Code Board of Appeals, Parks and Recreation Board, Historical Preservation and Restoration Board, Animal Shelter Advisory Committee, Senior Advisory Board, Community Watch Committee, and the Family Advisory Board.
3) Motion to modify to meet the needs of the Council.
4) Motion to table the issue for further study or take no action.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Board Member List
2. Applicant List