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MPO staff present revised bylaws that ban absentee elections and add executive committee language
Summary
Mesia Valley MPO staff presented draft bylaw revisions May 7 that remove obsolete city references, require in‑person elections for chair/vice chair (no absentee elections), add an executive committee section and revise attendance rules, with staff planning BPAC review in May and governing board adoption in June.
MPO staff presented proposed revisions to the Mesia Valley MPO bylaws on May 7 intended to reflect the organization’s separation from the City of Los Cusus and to remove obsolete language.
Dominic Lawyer said the draft updates remove references to the city and the former policy board, rename terms to "governing board," and correct vocabulary inconsistencies. One substantive change is the elimination of absentee elections: the governing board and advisory committees will elect chair and vice chair from members present at the start of the year rather than by absentee ballot. "One of the major changes abandoned absentee election of chair and vice chair," Dominic said.
The draft also adds a defined executive committee section (responsibilities largely unchanged but now codified) and revises attendance policies: the governing board will use an excused/unexcused attendance system and reach a threshold that leads to automatic removal (the draft removes the prior warning system). Advisory committees (TAC and BPAC — the latter to be renamed the Active Transportation Advisory Committee at BPAC’s request) will retain previous attendance requirements.
Staff plans to bring the bylaws draft to BPAC for recommendation in May and to the governing board for formal adoption on June 10. TAC members did not propose substantive edits during the meeting.
