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Appointments to the Greenways Commission
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Town Council to make appointments to the Greenways Commission.
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DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
CONTACT INFORMATION: Cathy Dorando, 919-918-7309
INFORMATION: This item was originally scheduled for March 10th and delayed until March 17th. The March 17th meeting was then cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The Greenways Commission currently has two seats available for appointment. Both seats are expiring term seats. Dave Mabe has an expiring seat and is eligible for reappointment and would like to be reappointed. The second expiring term seat is held by Rob Crook. Crook has reached his maximum number of appointments to full terms but has reapplied and requested that Town Council consider his application for reappointment.
Applications were also received from: Ryan Byars, Jeff Cobb, Meredith Morovati, and Tamara Sanders. The Town Clerk contacted all applicants and confirmed they are still interested in being appointed.
Dave Mabe is the chair of the Greenways Commission and provided the chair forms for the Council's review. Chair forms are located directly in front of the application and in alphabetical order.
Information from the Advisory Board Recruitment and Appointment Policy:
Terms
a. Members are appointed to staggering three-year terms on all advisory boards that expire annually in
February. The Carrboro Tourism Development Authority members are appointed to one-year terms that
expire annually in January.
b. Members are limited to two full terms. After completing two full terms, a member must take off one year before applying for re-appointment to the advisory board. However, a board member may apply to serve on another advisory board if he/she desires. The Board of Aldermen may make exceptions to this rule under the following circumstances:
1. To retain diversity on an advisory board;
2. A lack of applicants.
All applicant and chair informa...
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