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El Paso VAC debates 'City Veteran of the Year' plan and approves subcommittee replacements

Veterans Advisory Committee, El Paso City · February 19, 2026
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Summary

The Veterans Advisory Committee discussed a proposed City 'Veteran of the Year' recognition, disagreed on creating a new subcommittee to run it, voted on the measure with several members recorded as opposed, and approved replacements for several subcommittees.

Members of the El Paso Veterans Advisory Committee debated a proposal for a City 'Veteran of the Year' recognition and whether the VAC should create or administer a new subcommittee to manage it.

The idea was raised that city council and the mayor had expressed interest and might form a small working group. Some members, citing bylaws, said the VAC could not unilaterally create a new subcommittee and suggested an existing subcommittee could take on the task or that council create the subcommittee by resolution.

"If that's something that the VAC…

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