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Committee elects new chair and vice chair, keeps regular meeting schedule and contact person
Summary
The committee elected a new chair (self-nominated) and vice chair, adopted a standing schedule (second Tuesday at 3:00 p.m.), and designated Kara Homan at Community Development as the commission's contact; motions and votes were unanimous.
Committee members moved through administrative business early in the meeting, electing leadership and confirming routine logistics before addressing substantive items.
A member self-nominated to serve as chair and the committee closed nominations by general consent; the nominee assumed the chair role with the committee's congratulations. A separate self-nomination for vice chair was seconded and approved by voice vote.
City staff recommended keeping the commission's long-standing meeting cadence to avoid conflicts: "Typically the commission has met on the second Tuesday ... at 03:00," a staff member said, recommending the committee retain that schedule. The committee agreed to keep the time and day unless objections arise.
The committee also noted that the commission's past contact person has been Director Kara Homan in the Community Development Department and indicated no objection to continuing that designation. Later in the meeting the committee moved on to a review of the proposed historic marker text and adjourned after approving that item.
All administrative motions recorded in the transcript — leadership elections, schedule confirmation and designation of the contact person — were passed by voice vote with no recorded dissents.
