23 - City Council Liaison AppointmentsItem No. 23
Memorandum
TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem & City Council
Grayson Path, City Manager
FROM: Janice Ellis, City Clerk
SUBJECT: CITY COUNCIL LIAISON APPOINTMENTS
TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
DATE: June 26, 2023
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. Board of Adjustment
5. Building & Standards Commission
6. Building Board of Appeals
7. Historic Preservation Commission
8. Library Advisory Board
9. Main Street Advisory Board
10. Planning and Zoning Commission
11. TIRZ (Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Board)
12. Traffic Commission
In addition, the following government entities which will need a City Council liaison:
13. 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.
14. Visitors & Convention Council - Resolution No. 1737 requires the Mayor, City
Manager and one Council Member serve on Visitors & Convention Council. The
VC&C meets the third Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m. at the Chamber with the
exception of July (usually does not meet in July).
15. Love Civic Center Bylaws requires a City Council Member serve as Ex -officio to the
Board. This Board meets every other month on the second Thursday at 12:15 p.m. at the
Civic Center.
STATUS OF ISSUE: Currently City Council Member liaison terms are expiring effective June
30, 2023.
BUDGET: N/A
RECOMMENDATION: Appoint one City Council Member liaison to any of the boards and
commissions that City Council feels necessary, with the exception of Paris Housing Authority.