PRESENTER: Presenter
Gayle Wilkinson, City Secretary
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SUBJECT: Title
Presentation and recommendation to Council on decreasing the membership of the Partnership Committee and to allow for an updated process to remove delinquent members.
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DEPARTMENT: City Secretary
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COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The purpose of the Committee is to create and strengthen partnerships between the City of New Braunfels and its citizens and Braunfels, Germany, and its citizens, and any other city and its citizens outside the United States approved by the City Council as a " sister city" of New Braunfels in an effort to foster and promote cultural, economic, recreational and educational understanding between the cities and its citizens.
The Committee is composed of fifteen (15) citizens residing within the City or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City serving staggered three-year terms. The Mayor shall nominate individuals to the Committee and the City Council shall approve such nominations. The nominations and appointments of Committee members shall be on a rotating basis so that five ( 5) members shall be appointed each year. When nominating individuals to the Committee, the Mayor shall attempt to assure that Wurstfest, the German American Society, and a representative from the Historic Museums Association are represented on the Committee.
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The Partnership Committee is made up of fifteen (15) Committee members, making it difficult to establish a quorum. The Partnership Committee is recommending a reduction of the number of members on their Committee from fifteen (15) to eleven (11) to avoid this problem. The Partnership Committee is recommending this change become effective December 1, 2024. This gives the Committee time to let members know what constitutes members being removed from the board and addresses concerns brought up regarding that a majority of the five members whose terms are up this Fall are among the most active members of the Committee.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None