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Farmers Branch sustainability committee adopts officer slate, notes attendance‑policy change and upcoming sunset review
Summary
Committee members elected officers for July 2025–June 2026, heard a change to the attendance calculation that gives members three absences per term year, and were told the city council will consider a sunset review and updated term lengths on the consent agenda July 17.
Members of the Farmers Branch Sustainability Committee voted to elect officers for the July 2025 through June 2026 term and received staff guidance on updated attendance calculations and an approaching council review of committee terms.
The committee elected Price as chairperson, Lisa as vice chairperson and Ted as secretary by voice vote after a motion to accept the nominations. No roll‑call vote or named mover/second appears in the recorded discussion; the chair declared the motion passed.
Staff explained a change in the attendance policy calculation: instead of a continually rolling 12‑month window, absences will be counted within the 12‑month period that begins when a member's term starts (July). Staff said under the clarified approach a member may miss three meetings in a term year without exceeding the 25% absence threshold; staff also said they monitor attendance and notify members who approach the limit.
Staff also briefed the committee on a city council work session and a sunset review of committee terms. The review will appear on the council consent agenda on July 17 and is expected to align terms across boards and committees; staff said the proposed approach would standardize term lengths so that positions move to three two‑year terms (as described in the work session), and alternating members would need to sit out one year before reappointment in some cases. Staff said the planned changes would not affect current terms.
Committee members asked clarifying questions about staggered terms, alternate positions and when individual terms come up for renewal. Staff said no committee member's term expires this year and that about half of positions would be up the following year under the current schedule.
The attendance‑policy clarification and the election were administrative actions taken by the committee; the sunset review and term standardization will proceed to the City Council on the consent agenda for its action.
