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Council sends proposal to add Air Force Base representative on Planning and Zoning to commission for review
Summary
The council voted to refer a proposal to add an ex officio, nonvoting representative from Grand Forks Air Force Base to the Planning and Zoning Commission for further review; the item mirrors a county-level proposal and would create a second ex officio seat.
Council members voted to send a proposal to planning and zoning that would add a Grand Forks Air Force Base representative as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
City staff said the change is permissible under the city's Home Rule Charter and that the proposed member would be nonvoting and informational. Mr. Gustin and Mr. Phelan discussed the intent: council members said a base representative could help identify development proposals that might affect future base missions and that Grand Forks County is considering a similar change.
A motion to refer the concept to the Planning and Zoning Commission for review was moved by Osovskiy and seconded by Lenski. Council member questions established that the commission currently has nine voting members; the addition would create two ex officio nonvoting members (the city engineer and the proposed base representative). The motion passed unanimously.
