Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Changing Of The Guard Continues At Tonight's Council Meeting

Tonight's council meeting is marked by a continuation of a conversion from the Hiremath years of leadership to the Winfield years. Here are some of the changes that will be discussed.

Volunteer Commission Liasons
The consent agenda presents an assignment of council members to town volunteer commissions. The role of the council member is to attend meetings of these commissions and to provide feedback to council on important developments. The assignments are:

  • Board of Adjustment: Solomon 
  • Historic Preservation Commission: Solomon 
  • Parks Recreation Advisory Board: Barrett 
  • Planning and Zoning Commission: Rodman
  • Stormwater Utility Commission: Jones-Ivey 
  • Water Utility Commission: Piña 
  • Amphitheater School District: Jones-Ivey 
  •  Legislative District: Nicolson 
  • Visit Tucson: Nicolson 
  • Greater Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce: Nicolson 
  • Pima Association of Governments: Winfield
  • Regional Transportation Authority: Winfield
There is also a liaison responsible for establishing the agenda for council meetings. It proposed that Council Member Jones-Ivey serve that role through March 1, 2019.

Volunteer Commission Term Limits
Members of Oro Valley's volunteer commissions may serve up to 2 or 3 year terms. A member can serve a third term at the discretion of the council. The council will discuss a proposed resolution by Mayor Winfield and Council Member Barrett that there be no discretionary third term. In addition, the proposal would end any current third term commission membership at the end of this year.

Council Member Barrett mentioned to us during our October interview that she was hopeful of stimulating greater community involvement by making more volunteer opportunities available. This resolution would do just that.

Nineteen 2019 Town Council Meetings
Also on the agenda is approval of the 2019 town council  meeting schedule. There are 19 of these. The next will be January 9th.
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