22 - Appointments to the Board of AdjustmentItem No. 22
memorandum
TO: Mayor & City Council
John Godwin, City Manager
FROM: Janice Ellis, City Clerk
SUBJECT: APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
DATE: June 18, 2019
BACKGROUND: The Board of Adjustment is created by State Law and codified under Section
16-100 of the City Zoning Ordinance. This Section states in part: "there is hereby created a
Board of Adjustment consisting of five (S) members, each to be appointed by resolution of the
City Council for a term of two years." The City Council may appoint two alternate members of
the Board of Adjustment who shall serve in the absence of one or more of the regular members
when requested to do so by the Mayor or City Manager.
STATUS OF ISSUE: Currently the terms of the two of the regular board members are expiring
on June 30. There is also a vacant alternate position which needs to be filled. We have received
applications from the following: Ruth Ann Alsobrook, Cleonne Drake, Brady Fisher, and
Kimberly McCann.
BUDGET: N/A
RECOMMENDATION: Approve a Resolution making appointments to the Board.
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
APPOINTING TWO MEMBERS AND ONE ALTERNATE MEMBER TO THE
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SECTION 16 OF THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE CITY'S
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR STANDING BOARDS, COMMISSIONS
AND COMMITTEES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 16-100 of the City of Paris, Texas Zoning Ordinance No. 1710
states in part that the Board of Adjustment shall consist of five (5) members, each to be
appointed by Resolution of the City council for a term of two years, and that the City Council
may appoint two (2) alternate members of the Board of Adjustment who shall serve in the
absence of one or more of the regular members when requested to do so by the Mayor or
City Manager as the case may be; and
WHEREAS, currently the terms A.W. Clem and Brady Fisher, two regular Board
Members are expiring on June 30.
WHEREAS, the alternate members to the Board of Adjustment are needed to help
form a quorum when some of the five regular members are not present; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in
all things approved.
Section 2. That the following appointments are hereby made to the Board of
Adjustment: and shall serve
two-year terms. _ shall serve as alternate member for a two-
year term.
Section 3. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of June, 2019.
Steven J. Clifford, M.D., Mayor
ATTEST:
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephanie H. Harris, City Attorney