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Regular Council Meeting June 26, 2023 Page 8 City Council considered applicants for the five vacancies, which consisted of three regular members and two alternate members, on the Historic Preservation Commission as follows: Tracy Dougherty, Jessica Holtman, Seth Johnson, Les Shumake, and Arleigh White. After staff tallied the points, Ms. Ellis reported that the three applicants who received the largest number of points were Tracy Dougherty, Jessica Holtman and Arleigh White so according to the points, these three would be serving as regular board members. She also reported that Seth Johnson and Les Shumake would serve as the alternate board members according to the points. A Motion to approve the board members as reported was made by Council Member Moore and seconded by Council Member White, Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. Ms. Ellis said the next board was the Housing Authority and there was one vacancy on that board. She also said that the Mayor alone appoints members to that board pursuant to State Law. Mayor Flues appointed Steven Smith to the vacant position. City Council considered applicants for the four vacancies for Library Advisory Board as follows: Jennifer Cullum, Steve Hellman, Kelvin Hicks, and Myers Hurt, A Motion to appoint the four applicants to the board was made by Council Member Kessel and seconded by Council Member Pilgrim. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. City Council considered applicants for the four vacancies for the Main Street Advisory Board as follows: Glee Emmite, Tyrone Hayden, Katrina Mitchell, and William Walker, A Motion to appoint the four applicants to the board was made by Council Member Pilgrim and seconded by Council Member Kessel. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. Ms. Ellis reported that there were three vacancies on the Traffic Commission and the three applicants who had applied were appointed to other boards. She also said that staff did not receive any applications for the Building Board of Appeals and with the appointments made tonight; they did not have enough applicants to fill the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Board (TIRZ). Ms. Ellis asked if Council would be ok with directing staff to re -advertise for these three board, with applications being due to the City by July 24 and the City Council considering appointments at their first meeting in August. A Motion to direct staff to re -advertise for the Building Board of Appeals, TIRZ, and the Traffic Commission with applications being by July 24 and appointments being made at the first Council meeting in August was made by Council Member Savage and seconded by Council Member Moore, Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 23. Discuss and appoint City Council Members to serve as liaisons to the various Boards and Commissions. Mayor Hughes said the PEDC Bylaws require the Mayor to serve as ex -officio and ask if someone else would also like to serve. Council Member Pilgrim volunteered to serve on the PEDC. Mayor Hughes asked for volunteers for the following boards: