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Greenbelt council and advisory chairs plan recruitment push, review charters and outreach materials
Summary
Advisory board chairs told Greenbelt City Council they face persistent vacancies and quorum problems; council proposed simplifying applications, using QR codes and Labor Day tabling to recruit members and asked boards to review operating charters annually.
Greenbelt Mayor Emmett Jordan opened a council work session by saying the city relies on volunteer advisory boards and asked each chair to summarize membership and priorities.
Chairs from education, planning, arts, senior services and other bodies described recurring vacancies and uneven turnout. "We're supposed to have nine," said Janet Mirsky, chair of the Advisory Committee on Education, "we have three" (Education Committee). Several chairs and council members called for clearer, consistently published descriptions…
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