Tomorrow night on consent agenda, will be ratification of two volunteers--one to the Tree Board and one to the Recreation Board. One board that has been silent over the past 9 months has been the Finance Advisory Board.
Directly from the Lake Worth web site--The Finance Advisory Board was created and established to serve in an advisory capacity to the City Commission and the City manager. Its purpose is to promote transparency in the City’s Budget process and allow for additional citizen input on major financial decisions. The mission statement further states that the Board shall consult with and advise the CM and the City Commission in matters affecting the annual operating budget, capital improvement program and all financial policies.
Our Present Board
Members – Three Year Terms
| Robert | Guyer | 7/31/2016 | District 4 Appointment |
| Jason | Robinson | 7/31/2017 | District 3 Appointment |
| Sherry | Schmidt | 7/31/2016 | Mayor's Appointment |
| Vacant | 7/31/2014 | ||
| Vacant | 7/31/2015 | ||
| Vacant | 7/31/2015 | Mayor's Appointment | |
| Vacant | 7/31/2016 | Vice Mayor's Appointment |
Nothing has changed in four years other than a totally impotent board, paralyzed by staff and lack of commission support.
The interim Finance Director states:
The last time the FAB met with a quorum was May 12, 2014. Minutes of that meeting have not yet been approved since the FAB had not had a quorum present since then. They also met in workshop format without a quorum present on June 9, July 14 and Aug 11. No meetings have occurred since them. Minutes from those meetings have not been approved since no meeting with a quorum has occurred.
It was just a few short years ago when this board was very active and enthusiastic. The only thing that has changed within our city is the obvious--citizen input on important issues is not particularly wanted unless it is what the commission wants to hear. They sure didn't want to hear what the Electric Utility Advisory Board had to say about the impossibility of selling our utility to FPL.
3 comments:
You hit the nail on the head, Lynn. This is the same Commission that has cut us down to TWO MINUTES per month to address our concerns in public !
That's right , two minutes per month. Corrupt!
LOL cry baby. I find it very suspicious the District 2 commissioner hasn't elected anyone. He hasn't been proactive in assigning anyone for any board?!
Actually, you are wrong about that @10:19. The mayor should be recruiting people to run for boards. This one slipped through the cracks.
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