The Providence Village Town Council took another look at the composition of its Charter Review Commission during the Tuesday night council meeting.
As a result, the council voted to change Mayor Linda Inman and council member Dustin Clay to nonvoting members and made a few tweaks to the rest of the list as well.
'We had a question raised about how the vote went versus the previous meeting in terms of the number of people that were assigned ... to the Charter Review Commission as well as the language in the last meeting agenda, which specified nine,' Town Manager Brian Roberson. 'So, basically this is a chance to correct the record. The Charter Review Commission has met, but they have not taken any action.'
Clay questioned why the legal advice in 2020 was that it would be best to not have council members on the commission, but that advice had flipped for the new board.
'I don't think that it's proper for me to sit on a committee, have a vote, that's going to go back to the podium and back to me at the council, because I know I have two votes,' he said.
When he said he resigned, Roberson mentioned the option of him serving as an ex officio member, which means he can have a voice without a vote during the meetings.
'There's a lot of the charter that is—people that have served in some capacity have a different—you've had to live with it,' Roberson said. 'You've worked within it, and you may have a better understanding of what works and what doesn't work. ... Ex officio, you're still in the room. You're still providing feedback.'
Inman agreed to also be an ex-officio member, as she is on the Economic Development Corporation.
'It's helpful to have people there to advise on the issues we've encountered over the last five years,' council member Klayton Rutherford said. 'And obviously, I know Brian can do that, but I think the more perspectives the better.'
After Clay nominated Rhonda Bradford and she accepted to fill a vacancy, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Jeff Doramus took the opportunity to recommend a few different names for the slate of commission members.
Clay then again nominated Chris Jenkins and John Greehald.
The nine people who will be voting members are Elise Jumbelick, Rebekah Corder, Tyler Stewart, Rachel Tracy, Blake Marts, Stojan Bacev, Bradford, Jenkins and Greehald.
During open forum, Jumbelick asked the council to consider a nothru truck ordinance as well as an ordinance regarding personal motorized vehicles, citing Frisco and Highland Village as examples, and one about red zones for the areas surrounding alleyway openings, referencing Highland Village again as an example of such laws.
'I hope you take these into consideration,' she said.
All three were mentioned by the council members as issues they would like to evaluate in the future.
Roberson also told the council that any of the town's water customers who were charged a convenience fee on the new payment system for Inframark will receive a credit for that fee on their next bill.
Also during the meeting, council member Adam Knesek took the oath of office and joined his fellow council members behind the dais.
