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Lago Vista to place EDAC dissolution and EDC launch on consent agenda; resignation and appointment expected
Summary
City committee members said the Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC) will be dissolved and a new Economic Development Corporation (EDC) launched via the next council consent agenda; the committee chair announced a resignation that would open a seat for Mr. Von Ola King, with formal votes expected at the council meeting.
Speaker 2 (Committee member) said the EDAC dissolution and launch of a new Economic Development Corporation will appear on the city council’s next consent agenda and emphasized that the prior meeting was a workshop, not a vote: “There was no vote or ordinance or direction. It was really just a conversation.”
The announcement matters because it signals a formal governance change: the EDAC will be dissolved and the EDC established as the city’s primary economic development entity. Speaker 2 also said they will resign from the EDC, creating a vacancy that the committee anticipates filling with Mr. Von Ola King; both the resignation and the appointment will require council action.
Committee members discussed related housekeeping steps. Speaker 2 said the city attorney flagged a needed bylaws change to list council members as ad hoc, nonvoting observers in the EDC bylaws so council members can attend as observers without voting. Speaker 5 (Moderator) and others recommended scheduling training and an orientation for the new EDC board once the board is formally seated so that any presentations and trainings are recorded as official EDC actions.
No formal motion or vote occurred during this meeting; committee members described the items as slated for the upcoming consent agenda and expected council votes. The committee also discussed timing: members suggested aligning the EDC’s first meeting with the city council calendar to facilitate liaison participation and to allow the new board to be trained and established before undertaking official business.
Next steps: the dissolution and launch will move to the council consent agenda, and the council must formally accept the announced resignation and consider the appointment of Mr. Von Ola King at the next meeting.
