Title
Consideration of and action on an ordinance appointing one member of the Fire Control, Prevention and Emergency Medical Services District of the City of Deer Park to complete the term of a departing member.
Body
Summary:
In April, Flynt Blackwell informed Councilmember Ginn of his pending resignation stating he does not wish to be on the Fire Control, Prevention and Emergency Medical Services District board. Mr. Blackwell was Councilman Ginn’s appointee so Councilman Ginn is replacing him with Mike Mitchum. Mr. Blackwell’s term expires Sept 1, 2025, so the initial term of Mr. Mitchum will be from June 3, 2025 to Sept 1, 2025.
The State statute (Fire Control, Prevention, and Emergency Medical Services District Act) which enables creation of a FCPEMSD also specifies the manner in which appointments to the board of directors are to be made. Section 344.101(f) of Chapter 344 of the Texas Local Government Code states:
“In a district for which the governing body of the municipality does not serve as the district's board of directors, the governing body may create a board of directors for which one director is appointed by each member of the governing body to serve at the pleasure of that member for a term not to exceed two years and that expires when the member of the governing body that appointed the director leaves office.”
Fiscal/Budgetary Impact:
N/A.
Recommended action
Approve the ordinance replacing Flynt Blackwell with Mike Mitchum as a board member to Fire Control, Prevention and Emergency Medical Services District to complete the remaining term until Sept 1, 2025.