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Tyrone DDA approves limited consultant support, splits officer roles and moves elections to January
Summary
The Tyrone Downtown Development Authority voted to engage a limited scope of consultant services, approved bylaw changes to move officer elections to January, and split the combined secretary/treasurer role into separate positions. Staff was directed to draft contracts and a resolution for investment participation.
The Tyrone Downtown Development Authority voted to authorize a limited consultant engagement and approved two bylaw changes during its regular meeting.
The board approved, by voice vote, option one of a proposed scope from consultant Katie Quarterbaum to help with branding, outreach and public engagement tied to the town’s comprehensive plan. Staff said option three had been described in the meeting as $15,000 over six months and that a ‘‘full‑blown’’ scope previously discussed totaled about $12,000 for six months; the board selected the smaller initial scope to start work and directed staff to prepare a DDA contract with a scope aligned to the town’s separate contract.
The action matters because the consultant will coordinate downtown marketing and public engagement during the comprehensive‑plan process, which members said should help the DDA identify business types the town needs and avoid duplicating existing merchants. Board members also noted that the town has a separate contract with the same consultant for comprehensive‑plan public engagement and asked staff to ensure scopes do not conflict.
In governance votes, the board unanimously approved amending DDA bylaws to move officer elections from March to January to align with the planning commission and town council schedule. The board also voted to split the combined secretary/treasurer role into two distinct positions and instructed staff to accept nominations for the separate treasurer role. Those bylaw changes passed on voice votes; no roll‑call tallies or individual yes/no votes were recorded in the transcript.
The board additionally set a finance subcommittee composed of the chair, vice chair and treasurer to develop an investment strategy and other finance‑related work. A motion to remove the events committee was made and seconded, but members agreed to place formal removal on the next agenda after a small group meets and finalizes minutes.
The board’s next steps: staff will draft the DDA contract scope for the consultant and bring it back as a consent item once finalized, accept nominations to fill the split treasurer role, and present any required bylaw language for formal adoption.
