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Bryan council adopts committees-of-the-whole ordinance and assigns councilmembers to panels
Summary
The Bryan City Council approved an ordinance establishing a committees-of-the-whole structure and voted to assign councilmembers to standing committees, with members named for budget, finance, wages, tax incentives, negotiations, revolving loan fund and VIPAC.
The Bryan City Council on June 16 approved Ordinance No. 29 20 25 to create a committees-of-the-whole structure and then voted to assign councilmembers to the city’s standing committees.
The ordinance, presented on second reading, was approved after a brief discussion about how to divide committee responsibilities among councilmembers. Councilmembers agreed on a slate of assignments for budget, finance and audit, wage, tax incentive review, negotiating team, the revolving loan fund and the Bryan Industrial / VIPAC committee.
Councilmember Mary Leatherman was named to the budget committee and to remain on both the revolving loan fund and VIPAC. Jim Kozenpluck was identified for finance and audit, John Betts for wage matters, Steve Ausbaugh for tax incentive review and Rick Hoopy for the negotiating team. Council discussion noted that some committees have historically required the council president or consistent representation because of economic-development confidentiality.
The council moved to suspend the rules and adopt the ordinance in the same meeting. A motion to approve the slate of committee assignments was then made and approved by the council. The record shows members voting in the affirmative during the roll calls that followed the motions.
Councilmembers discussed balancing workloads and keeping continuity on committees that handle sensitive economic-development matters. One councilmember noted that the revolving loan fund and VIPAC often benefit from consistent membership because meetings sometimes involve nondisclosable company information and economic negotiations.
No amendments to the ordinance were made at the meeting; councilmembers completed the formal votes after the committee assignments were read into the record. The ordinance establishes the committees-of-the-whole framework and will govern committee operation going forward.
Less-critical housekeeping matters on the agenda followed.
