At its Jan. 8 meeting, the Community Technology and Telecommunications Commission approved an eight-member review panel for the city’s Grant to Organizations for Technology and Public Service (GTOPS) program and also adopted minutes from the Nov. 13 commission meeting.

Dan Martinez, the commission liaison, announced the eight top-scoring applicants by application number and noted a jurisdictional disqualification that excluded an otherwise tied applicant. Martinez said the selected applicants were numbers 9, 1, 12, 10, 8, 2, 6 and 7 and that applicant 3 — tied in score with applicant 7 — was disqualified for being outside the Austin jurisdiction.

Commission Chair Steven Apodaca called for a voice vote to accept the panel. The commission recorded six votes in favor and no recorded opposition or abstentions; staff said the eight-member configuration includes an automatic backup if panelists withdraw.

Later in the meeting, a motion to approve the Nov. 13 meeting minutes was made by "Suzanne" (identified on the record as "This is Suzanne") and seconded by Commissioner Das Gupta. The minutes were approved unanimously by voice vote with no abstentions recorded.

Staff said they will report back on any required substitutions if a selected panelist becomes ineligible and will proceed with finalizing the review-panel membership for the GTOPS cycle. No other formal actions relating to grant awards were taken at the meeting.