Title
Joint City Commission/Utility Advisory Board Workshop on Governance (B)
Explanation
The City Commission and the Utility Advisory Board (UAB) met jointly on July 18, 2017 to discuss both the GREC Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) and the issue of GRU governance. After discussing the governance issue, the two bodies agreed to schedule a joint workshop in the future to continue the discussion and the workshop was subsequently scheduled by the Clerk of the Commission for September 13, 2017.
On August 31, 2017, the workshop was cancelled by joint decision of the Mayor and the UAB Chair. The UAB Chair is now requesting that the workshop be rescheduled to November 28, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. so that the issue of GRU governance can be discussed further.
On November 2, 2017, the City Commission voted unanimously to schedule the joint workshop on the requested date. They voted to include the following topics on the agenda in addition to governance:
Rate Distribution
City Commission/UAB priorities for coming year
The UAB Chair now wants to discuss governance and prepare for the upcoming workshop.
Recommendation:
Discuss and prepare for November 28, 2017 joint City Commission/UAB workshop.