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Appointment(s) to the Historic District Commission.
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Staff:
Department:
Sabrina Oliver, Director
Communications and Public Affairs
Beth Vazquez, Ombuds
Ombuds Office
Recommendation(s):
That the Council make appointment(s) to fill up to two (2) vacant Town Resident/ETJ member seats on the Historic District Commission.
Key Issues:
* The Historic District Commission has recommended applicants to fill two vacancies.
* Both seats have been open for more than 60 days; once since June 30, 2017, and the other since September 11, 2017.
* According to the Guidelines for North Carolina's Certified Local Government Program (2003), "[t]he local appointing authority shall act within sixty (60) calendar days to fill a vacancy. The sixty-day period commences on the date of an expired term, letter of resignation, or at the time the commission chairman recognizes that there is a vacancy as defined by the commission's rules of procedure."
Council Goals:
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Create a Place for Everyone
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Develop Good Places,
New Spaces
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Support
Community Prosperity
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Nurture Our Community
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Facilitate Getting Around
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Grow Town
and Gown Collaboration
Attachments:
* Historic District Commission Recommendation
* Ballot
* Applications
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: Bob Epting, Chair of the Historic District Commission
SUBJECT: Recommendation for the vacancies
DATE: February 13, 2018
RECOMMENDATION: The Historic District Commission met on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 and by a unanimous vote has made the following recommendations to the Town Council for consideration:
* James Locke, Appointment, Town Resident
* Sean Murphy, Appointment, Town Resident
SPECIAL REQUEST(S): No comment
BACKGROUND: The Historic District Commission found both these candidates to be extraordinarily well qualified. The Commission also notes that it currently has two members who reside outside the Historic Districts and one member who is an architect.
Note: Commu...
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