27 - Council Liaison Appointments Boards & Commissions

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Item No. 27 TO: Mayor & City Council Grayson Path, City Manager FROM: Janice Ellis, City Clerk SUBJECT: CITY COUNCIL LIAISON APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DATE: June 22, 2020 BACKGROUND: Policies and Procedures allow for Council Members to serve as liaisons to Boards and Commissions, should Council feel it necessary. Below is a list of Boards and Commissions which have City Council Liaisons: 1. PEDC Bylaws (Section 6.06) require the Mayor, the City Manager, the Lamar County Judge, the President of Paris Junior College, the President of the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce serve as Ex -officio Members. For the past several years, City Council has also selected a City Council Member to serve as liaison to PEDC. 2. Airport Advisory Board 3. Band Commission 4. Building & Standards Commission 5. Historic Preservation Commission 6. Main Street Advisory Board 7. Planning and Zoning Commission 8. Ark -Tex Council of Governments Bylaws requires a member of the City Council serve, which has routinely been the Mayor. ATCOG also allows a member of the Council to serve on the Executive Committee to the Board of Directors. 9. Visitors & Convention Council - Resolution No. 1737 requires the Mayor, City Manager and one Council Member serve on Visitors & Convention Council. 10. Love Civic Center Bylaws requires a City Council Member serve as Ex -officio to the Board. STATUS OF ISSUE: Currently City Council Member liaison terms are expiring effective June 30, 2020.