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Council weighs dissolving Saunders Springs advisory board as volunteers dwindle
Summary
Council members and board representatives said Saunders Springs has transitioned from volunteer-led projects to staff-managed operations; they discussed mothballing or dissolving the advisory board and creating a 'Friends' nonprofit to sustain programming and fundraising.
The presiding official opened a work-session discussion about the future of the Saunders Springs advisory board, which council and board members said has lost members and now shares many duties with a hired naturalist and city staff.
Board representatives said the advisory group helped establish trails and programming after the property was acquired in 1996 but now counts only four active members and struggled to hold a quorum in 2025. "We're down to four folks," one board representative said, adding that volunteers still run trail maintenance, field trips and fundraising events but that…
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