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Commission discusses shrinking Neighborhood Improvement Advisory Board and shifting appointment authority to mayor
Summary
Commissioners debated amending the ordinance for the Neighborhood Improvement Advisory Board to reduce membership and grant the mayor appointment authority; mayor and attorney to draft ordinance language for next meeting.
The commission discussed proposed changes to the Neighborhood Improvement Advisory Board on June 2, including reducing membership and delegating appointment authority to the mayor with commission ratification.
Commissioners expressed frustration with slow appointment processes and noted the board’s primary administrative purpose is to support grant applications and related tasks. One commissioner, with grant experience, warned that eliminating the board could disqualify the city from certain grants and suggested keeping a board in some form. The mayor and several commissioners favored reducing the board to five members and allowing the mayor to appoint members subject to commission ratification to streamline appointments.
City Attorney Ralph told the commission the change must be adopted by ordinance. Commissioners asked the mayor and attorney to draft amended ordinance language reflecting a five-member board with mayoral appointment authority; the mayor said he would bring proposed language to the next meeting.
