TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
Duncan Miller, Town Clerk
DATE: September 24, 2015
DEPARTMENT: Town Manager
Staff Contact Duncan Miller, 480-348-3610
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AGENDA TITLE:
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Approve Appointments to Various Town Committees, Commissions, and Boards
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Agenda Item Relates to Mission/Vision:
- Provides high quality public services to a community which values limited government
- Enhance the community’s unique character.
Strategic Initiative:
Council Goals or Other Policies / Statutory Requirements:
- Encourage volunteer opportunities
- Town Code §2-5
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the appointments to committees, commissions, and boards as listed in the Action Report.
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Reappointment Process
The terms of several members of Town boards, committees, commissions, and all Municipal Court Judges will expire in October. In accordance with Town practice, committee members whose terms expire this year were asked to provide written statements expressing their interest in being reappointed. All currently serving members did so and their names are hereby forwarded to the mayor for reappointment and the Council for confirmation.
Additionally, the Town Council voted in June to separate the Personnel Appeals Board and Public Safety Personnel Retirement Board. This action resulted in creating three new vacant positions. There is a vacancy on the Municipal Property Corporation because a board member moved out of town.
To fill the vacancies, the Town ran notices in the Paradise Valley Independent Newspaper and on the website seeking residents interesting in volunteering. Eight applications were received by the deadline for the four vacancies. Mayor Collins interviewed the applicants on September 10 and made the appointments listed below.
Regarding judicial appointments, Presiding Judge J. Tyrrell Taber briefed the Town Council at the September 10, 2015 meeting on the selection and review process for municipal court judges. The judges listed below are recommended for reappointment. Their profiles are attached for reference. Following the vote to reappoint the judges, Mayor Collins will administer the oath of office.
Approval of these appointments will provide the Town with the required number of members to fulfill the legal responsibilities of each of the committees, commissions, and boards listed below.
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Paradise Valley Municipal Court |
November 1, 2015 - October 31, 2017 |
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J. Tyrell Taber, Presiding Judge |
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John L. Auran, Associate Presiding Judge |
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Steven A. Cohen, Associate Judge |
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Jack Cunningham, Associate Judge |
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Charlene D. Jackson, Associate Judge |
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Stanley J. Marks, Associate Judge |
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Jeffrey R. Timbanard, Jr., Associate Judge |
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Terry A. Gould, Associate Judge |
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Arts Advisory Committee |
October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2018 |
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Elaine “Bunny” Gordon |
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Mardelle Mikus |
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Board of Adjustment |
October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2018 |
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Richard Chambliss |
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Catherine Kauffman |
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Hillside Building Committee |
October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2017 |
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Scott Jarson |
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Historical Advisory Committee |
October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2018 |
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Catherine Kauffman |
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Kathryn Gasser |
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Maureen Strom |
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Mummy Mountain Preserve Trust |
October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2018 |
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Bernie Barry |
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Phil Schneider |
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Municipal Property Corporation |
October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2018 |
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Robert Coulter |
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Alan Prince |
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Chris Thompson |
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Personnel Appeals Board |
(staggered 3-year term) |
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Richard Coulston |
November 1, 2015 - September 30, 2016 |
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Richard Herold, Jr. |
November 1, 2015 - September 30, 2017 |
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Deborah Corso |
November 1, 2015 - September 30, 2018 |
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Planning Commission |
October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2018 |
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Scott Moore |
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Daran Wastchak |
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Public Safety Personnel Retirement Board |
(Staggered 4-year term) |
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Richard Fincher |
November 1, 2015 - September 2017 |
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Jameson Van Houten |
November 1, 2015 - September 2019 |
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John Lomax |
November 1, 2015 - September 2019 |
BUDGETARY IMPACT:
There will be no budgetary impact. All committee members volunteer their time to the community.
ATTACHMENT(S):
1. Judicial profiles
2. New appointee profiles