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Meeting Date:	06/26/2017
Category B Elections for the Rural Areas
Submitted for:	Maricela Benavides	Submitted By:	Maricela Benavides
Department:	Community Action Agency

Subject:

Discussion and possible action to approve conducting Category "B" Elections to fill vacancy as per the Governing Regulations of the Advisory Board shall be composed of membership that complies with the Community Services Block Grant-Texas Administrative Code Rule 5.215. Election will be held on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 for a Representative and Alternate for Area VIII- Mirando, Oilton & Bruni, in the Ernesto J. Salinas Community Center located at 917 North Main Avenue from 9:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m.

Issue: TDHCA completed a review of the final results for FFY-2016 of the CSBG Organizational Standard documentation. To comply with the CSBG Act the board membership totals has to be devisible by three (3) categories. The Advisory Board consits of a minimum of seventeen (17) members delineated into three (3) distinct categories of membership: Category "A": Shall consist of six (6) members appointed by the Webb County Commissioners Court. Category "B": Shall consist of seven (7) who are elected by residents from different designated service areas of Webb County. Members and Alternates shall be elected from these designated service area through the Webb County Community Action Agency Community Centers. Category "C": Shall consist of four (4) members appointed by the Webb County Commissioner's Court from nonprofit organizations, civics clubs, or private interests. To be in compliance the total membership should be 21 board members. Once we have this election the total membership would be eighteen (18). Pending three (3) board members.

Solution: The Advisory Board shall be composed of membership that complies with the Community Services Block Grant-Texas Administrative Code Rule 5.215.

Result: To be in compliance the total membership should be 21 board members. Currently by-laws state board membership total is 17.

Background:

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Previous Court Action:

The Commissioner's Court approved to conduct Category "B" Elections on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 for Representatives and Alternates for Area IV- Azteca-Guadalupe and on January 25, 2017 for Area V-Fernando Salinas.

Fiscal Impact

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Funding Source:	N/A
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Financial Impact:
There will be no impact to the General Fund.

Attachments
review of the organizational standards