San Juan commission approves board appointments, subdivision variances, court amnesty and names interim city manager

The San Juan City Commission approved a series of motions by voice vote, including board appointments, land-use variances for a proposed subdivision, a municipal court amnesty program, the resolution for the May 3 general municipal election, a settlement discussed in executive session, the finalization of a preliminary resolution concerning the removal of the prior city manager, and the appointment of Chief Tiso Garza as interim city manager at $1,500 weekly.

Keep San Juan Beautiful board: Staff recommended appointment of eight people to fill vacancies on the Keep San Juan Beautiful board. The commission approved the appointments by voice vote. Staff presented the recommended members as Eric Jimenez, Alejandro Hernandez, Arturo Ramirez, Mirtha Ramirez, Tanya Piberos, Fernando Benicourt, Daniel Garza Flores and Martha Rosales. The commission also approved updated bylaws for the board. Motion: "Motion to approve all the recommendations." (Mover/second not specified in transcript.) Outcome: Approved by voice vote; motion carries.

Library board: Staff recommended removing a library board member, identified in the record as Hernandez Muro, for exceeding the attendance limit set by state law that the staff cited (staff said a member absent for more than three consecutive meetings is automatically dropped). The commission voted to remove Hernandez Muro and appointed Melina Montoya to the advisory library board.…