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Rowlett council interviews board applicants, selects four alternates for Board of Adjustment and three for senior advisory board
Summary
At a March 10 work session, Rowlett City Council interviewed six applicants for the Board of Adjustment and decided to move four applicants forward as alternates; the council also selected three alternates for the Senior Advisory Board and agreed to place the appointments on a future consent agenda.
Rowlett City Council on March 10 interviewed applicants for several citizen boards and decided by consensus to forward appointments for formal action at a later meeting.
Councilmembers spent the work session interviewing candidates for the Board of Adjustment (BOA), hearing from applicants about experience, availability and their approach to variances. After discussing qualifications, the council agreed to forward four applicants — Carter Holston, Jerry Galloway, Chance Joe and Kelvin Causey — as alternates for the BOA and to place those names on a future resolution or consent agenda. The council also agreed to appoint three alternates to the Senior Advisory Board: Cynthia McMillan, Ozzie (surname not specified in the record) and Marilyn Jones Johnson.
The interviews focused on how applicants would balance property-owner rights, neighborhood impacts and the city’s long-term planning goals when the BOA considers variance requests. Carter Holston said he had been active on local boards and described himself as interested in consistent local decisions and flexibility when appropriate. Jerry Galloway identified himself as “a CPA” and told councilmembers he previously served on the Board of Adjustment and as chairman; he described a default inclination to approve variances when they can be justified. Chance Joe and Kelvin Causey each described community involvement and said they would listen to staff, planning and zoning input and public commenters while weighing precedent and long-term city impacts. Drew (Andrew) Knapp also interviewed; councilmembers encouraged him to consider other boards and city volunteer opportunities.
Council discussion before the appointments emphasized assembling a mix of perspectives on the BOA. One councilmember noted the value of having members who lean toward approving variances and others who are more cautious, saying the diversity of approaches would be useful on a board that can make binding decisions. Councilmembers asked staff to coordinate with the city secretary to finalize the appointment paperwork and to place the nominations on a forthcoming agenda for formal adoption.
No formal roll-call vote is recorded in the work session minutes; councilmembers asked whether there were any objections to forwarding the listed applicants and, with no objections recorded on the record, directed staff to proceed with formal appointment steps.
The council also discussed a vacancy on the Golf Advisory Board caused by an applicant moving into another position and asked staff to consult with the board chairs about shifting an existing alternate into a regular seat; councilmembers did not finalize that reallocation during the work session and asked the city secretary to follow up.
The city manager and city secretary will contact applicants about next steps, and the council plans to act on the nominations at a future meeting, with appointments likely appearing on a consent agenda.
