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Kingston committee forwards appointments to Community Preservation Advisory Board
Summary
The Laws & Rules Committee reviewed 14 applications and advanced a resolution appointing seven residents to the newly established Community Preservation Advisory Board under Local Law No. 8; the advisory panel will make funding recommendations to the Common Council.
The City of Kingston Laws & Rules Committee advanced a resolution appointing seven residents to the Community Preservation Advisory Board, created by Local Law No. 8.
The law, adopted last year, establishes the advisory board and requires the Common Council to appoint seven legal city residents to staggered initial terms. A staff presenter told the committee the law is advisory and “does not make the decisions on the funding. It makes recommendations to the…Common Council, who makes the final decision on the funding.”
Committee members were told the city received 14 applications, of which two were disqualified for residency (one applicant listed an address in Kingston, Ontario, and another in Ulster Park). The presenter said the mayor provided a set of recommended names and the remaining applications were circulated to committee members for review. The resolution read into the record names and staggered terms for the seven appointees: Eli Luther (1 year), Tara Gentry (2 years), Jennifer Adams (3 years), [name read as] She (4 years — transcript unclear), Bert Samuelson (5 years), Casey Windish (6 years) and Kevin McAvoy (7 years), with terms effective immediately.
The presenter said the establishing law encourages staggered terms and asks the council to make a reasonable effort to include at least one active farmer and at least one member of the county agricultural and farmland protection board, and to consider members from the landmarks preservation, climate-smart and conservation advisory commissions. The committee voiced congratulations to staff and applicants and moved the resolution forward. A voice vote was taken and the motion passed; a roll-call tally was not provided in the committee transcript.
The advisory board will be noncompensated and the law bars Common Council members from serving on it. The staff presenter said they are serving as staff liaison while the appointment process is being managed. The committee did not set meeting dates at the session; one member asked whether the board would begin meeting in March.
The committee advanced the appointments to the Common Council for final confirmation. The advisory board’s role is limited to recommendation; the Common Council retains final authority over any funding decisions.
The committee moved on after the vote; formal confirmation of the appointees will occur when the Common Council takes up the resolution.
