At the Apalachicola October 4, city commission meeting Mayor Van Johnson introduced a proposal to be discussed and voted on at the November meeting to streamline the city’s process for selecting individuals to serve on volunteer-based boards, committees, and commissions.
The boards advise city officials on current issues and assist the city in policy development and administration of services. Their members provide valuable insights from the community, which help shape key policy decisions and provide community-based input into the process of governing.
If Johnson’s proposal passes, members of each appointed board will equally number the members on the Apalachicola Board of City Commissioners.
Each city commissioner including the mayor will appoint one person of his or her choosing to each of the boards under the auspices of the commission. Their appointee’s term will run consecutively with their term in office subject to reappointment at the end of the commissioner’s term if the appointing commissioner and/or the mayor are reelected.
Under the proposal, the chairperson of each appointed board will be determined by a vote of the city council and shall remain in that capacity at the discretion of the commission or until the appointee’s term ends. The only exception will be to the Strategic Planning Committee, who’s make up is comprised of the chairperson from each of the 14 appointed volunteer boards.
Appointments to these boards were previously made on an as-needed basis through an application process, which includes the following:
- Planning and Zoning Commission
- Architectural Review Board
- Board of Adjustment
- Community Redevelopment Agency
- Traffic Safety Committee
- Library Board
- Housing Authority Board
- Revolving Loan Committee
- Scipio Creek Marina Committee
- Battery Park Marina Committee
- Waterfront Working Advisory Committee
- History Culture and Arts Committee
- Budget Committee
- Strategic Planning Committee
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