After stumbling around a bit by putting the cart before the horse, the city council last night ultimately appointed a committee assigned with the task of recommending a new name for RM 150.
The council’s agenda contained three items directly involving the committee which were Item 4, to name the committee; Item 18, amending an ordinance that would allow the council to appoint more than seven persons to a particular committee; and Item 19, a resolution establishing this particular committee. Astute readers can readily see the items are out of order. But that was just part of the problem. The last two of these items were on the consent agenda.
So what does the council do? First it delays consideration of Item 4 until Items 18 and 19 can be dealt with. Then, it passes the consent agenda but it only pulls Item 18 for individual consideration. That meant the council had to reconsider its vote on Item 19, after it decided to vote for Item 18. Yes, dear readers, it had all the precision of performing Swan Lake on Canyon Lake.
But after ultimately making it safely to shore, the council settled on a committee containing every single person who successfully completed an application to be a member of the committee. For the record, those 15 names are (listed alphabetically): Humberto Aguin, Alysha Buono, Anthony Davis, David Glicker, Elizabeth Godfrey-Weidig, Ronald Guentzel, Fred Guerra, Priscilla Harrell, Wilma Javey, Gilbert Jordan, Nick Landis, Summer Mann, Lino Montonya, Karen Shields and Vanessa Westbrook.
The resolution establishing the committee states, in part, “The Committee shall consider options for the renaming of West RM 150 and make recommendations to the City Council on the naming of West RM 150.” It does not, however, formally establish a deadline for making those recommendations. It also states the committee “shall meet at such times determined appropriate by the committee.”
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