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Committee considers boards and commissions terms, sunset review and publication of legal notices
Summary
Committee members compared model charter language on boards and commissions, discussed terms (two- vs three-year appointments), the ability to abolish or reorganize bodies without charter amendments (a sunset-like idea), and noted concerns about public access to legal notices (official newspaper vs. website).
Committee members reviewed chapter 9 language on boards, commissions and advisory bodies and discussed whether Lago Vista’s draft should define terms and composition in the charter or leave those details to ordinance. Members noted that the comparator charter sets most boards at three-year terms, with the board of adjustment set for two years (a state-mandated exception appears likely). Lago Vista’s current practice uses two-year terms and staggered appointments.
One committee member argued for flexibility: keeping fewer specifics in the charter allows council to change terms and composition by ordinance rather than by charter…
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