Okaloosa County BOCC — October 16, 2012 — Action Item Printout

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST DATE: November 20, 2012 TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board FROM: Daniel O'Byrne SUBJECT: Waiver of the Term Limit for Tourist Development Chairman DEPARTMENT: Tourist Development BCC DISTRICT: All STATEMENT OF ISSUE: The TDC Operations & Procedures Manual (Section A.500 2) approved by the Board at its September 18 meeting states that “Terms for the Chairman and Vice Chairman are limited to one (fiscal) year. The Board shall have the option of designating the Chairman or allowing the Council to elect a Chairman. They may be re-appointed by a majority vote of the Council members but cannot serve more than two (fiscal) year terms.” The Tourism Development Council, at its August 22 meeting, unanimously elected Kathy Houchins to serve as its Chairman subject to the Board’s approval and a one time only waiver of the two (2) one- year term limit, because of the special circumstances regarding transition at the TDC. BACKGROUND: The TDC Operations & Procedures Manual indicates that “The Chairman and Vice-Chairman terms shall begin on the first day of October of the fiscal year of appointment and terminate on the 30th of September.” Accordingly, the Council held deliberations on this subject at its August 22 meeting and unanimously approved a motion (Timothy Edwards/ Lino Maldonado 2nd) “to recommend to the Board of County Commissioners to exempt the limitations of two terms for the Chair of the TDC Council to allow for a third term due to the current mitigating circumstances of transition, with the recommendation of the TDC Council.” This exemption is a one time only request. The Council then unanimously approved an additional motion (Timothy Edwards/ Patricia Hardiman 2nd) “to nominate Kathy Houchins to continue as Chair of the TDC Council and to move that nomination forward to the board of County Commissioners.” The minutes of the August 22 meeting containing these motions were then approved by the Council at its meeting on September 26, 2012. OPTIONS: Approve/Disapprove RECOMMENDATIONS: Approve both unanimous motions of the TDC allowing Kathy Houchins, in this instance only, to serve a third one-year term as Chairman due to the current mitigating circumstances of transition. RECOMMENDED BY: APPROVED BY: James D. Curry, County Administrator