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Laredo city manager urges stronger use of citizen advisory boards, clarifies liaison roles
Summary
City Manager Joe Nebb told roughly 400 volunteer board and commission members that the city will increase support, expects regular meetings and wants staff liaisons to remain neutral while providing timely information to advisory bodies.
City Manager Joe Nebb opened a city-run training session for Laredo citizen board, commission and committee members, telling attendees the city wants to make better use of volunteer advisory groups and will provide more support to help those groups influence council decisions.
Nebb said the city has “approximately 400 citizens on all of our boards and commissions and committees,” and described the city manager’s office as a translator between elected leaders, staff and volunteers. He told attendees the city manager’s office and assistant city managers act as a single team for advisory groups and that department staff liaisons are the boards’ primary operational…
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