Palm Bay Municipal Foundation votes to dissolve Disaster Relief Committee

The Palm Bay Municipal Foundation board voted 4-0 to dissolve its Disaster Relief Committee, approving Resolution 2025-01 that rescinds Resolution 2017-01 and provides for an effective date.

The vote follows a motion to confirm the board's action two weeks earlier. "This is a resolution to confirm the action that the board took 2 weeks ago to dissolve the Disaster Relief Committee, the DRC," Mr. Morgan said when presenting the item.

Board members said the subcommittee drew funds away from other local uses. "That subcommittee was just taking money out of our community," Councilman Langevin said, adding he supported keeping the foundation’s funds for programs that directly benefit Palm Bay residents.

The board took the vote after brief discussion. The motion was called and approved; the roll call earlier in the meeting had shown one member absent. The record shows the motion passed by a 4-0 tally with Councilman Johnson absent at that point.

The resolution caption reads that the action rescinds Resolution 2017-01 and dissolves the subcommittee known as the Disaster Relief Committee. The resolution text provides for an effective date but does not specify the date in the discussion on the record.

The board did not provide additional detail at the meeting about reallocation of funds held by the dissolved subcommittee. Further action or specific reallocations were not taken during this session.