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File #: 24R-5460    Version: 1 Name: YPAB Appts
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 12/19/2023 In control: City Commission Meeting
On agenda: 1/8/2024 Final action: 1/8/2024
Title: RESOLUTION NO. 24R-01-06: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL APPOINTING CORENA WIGGINS AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL YOUNG PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD BY MAYOR KEN THURSTON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FOUR (4) YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE NOVEMBER 2024 WHICH WOULD BE CONCURRENT WITH THE MAYOR’S SEAT; APPOINTING JANICE DIAS BY THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF A TWO (2) YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE SEPTEMBER 2025; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Attachments: 1. RES-24R-01-06-BRD-Young Professional Advisory 2024 Board-Mayor appt & Comm as Whole name filled in.pdf, 2. AR 24R-01-06, 3. Young Professional Advisory Board List, 4. Wiggins, Corena - YPAB Application, 5. Dias, Jance - YPAB Application, 6. RESUMES ON FILE

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RESOLUTION NO. 24R-01-06: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL APPOINTING CORENA WIGGINS AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL YOUNG PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD BY MAYOR KEN THURSTON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FOUR (4) YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE NOVEMBER 2024 WHICH WOULD BE CONCURRENT WITH THE MAYOR’S SEAT; APPOINTING JANICE DIAS BY THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF A TWO (2) YEAR TERM TO EXPIRE SEPTEMBER 2025; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

 

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Request Action:

Approve the appointment of Corena Wiggins, by Mayor Ken Thurston, to serve as a member of the Young Professional Advisory Board for the remainder of the four year term through November 2024, or concurrent with the Commissioner Seats, whichever shall occur first. Also naming an appointment by the Commission as a whole to fill the vacant expired seat for the remainder of the four year term through September 2025.

 

Need:

Appoint members to the Young Professional Advisory Board.

 

Summary Explanation/ Background:

Mayor Ken Thurston has a vacant appointment available to fill on the Young Professional Advisory Board; he has requested to appoint Corena Wiggins to the position as members of the board for the remainder of the four year term which shall expire November 2024, or concurrent with the Commissioner seat, whichever occurs first.

 

The appointment of CiCi Krempler, by the Commission as a whole, expired September 2023. The City Clerk's office has received one application, from Janice Dias, to be considered for appointment for this vacancy. The appointment is for the remainder of a two year term, to expire September 2025.

 

Attachments:

Board List

Applications

 

Cost Summary/ Fiscal Impact:

$50.00 per meeting attended

 

Estimated Time for Presentation:

 

Master Plan:

 

Goal 1: Clean, Green Sustainable Environment

[  ] Increase mass transit ridership  [  ] Reduce City energy consumption

[  ] Reduce water consumption

 

Goal 2: Safe and Secure City of Lauderhill

[  ] Crime in lower 50% in Broward  [  ] Residents feel safe in neighborhood

[  ] Reduce emergency fatalities

 

Goal 3: Open Spaces and Active Lifestyle for all ages

[  ] Increase participation in youth sports  [  ] Add new park land and amenities

[  ] Increase attendance at cultural programs and classes

 

Goal 4: Growing Local Economy, Employment and Quality of Commercial Areas

[  ] Increase commercial tax base  [  ] Increase employment in Lauderhill businesses

[  ] Decrease noxious and blighted uses in commercial areas

 

Goal 5: Quality Housing at all Price Ranges and Attractive Communities

[  ] Neighborhood signs and active HOAs  [  ] Housing & streets improved, litter reduced

[  ] Increase proportion of single family homes and owner occupied housing

 

Goal 6: Efficient and Effective City Government, Customer Focused & Values Diversity

[  ] Improves City efficiency  [  ] Increase use of Information Technology

[  ] Increases residents perception of Lauderhill as an excellent place to live