Meeting Type: BCC Regular Meeting
Meeting Date: 2/17/2021
Item Status: New
From: Felisha Anderson, Archives Director
Submitted by: Felisha Anderson, Archives Director
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ITEM TITLE
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Baldwin County Historic Development Commission - Board Appointment(s)
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Related to the Baldwin County Historic Development Commission (BCHDC), take the following action:
1) Appoint Mr. Curry Weber to the board to fill the place seat and unexpired term of Mr. Bert Blackmon, for a pro-rata reduced four (4) year term, said term to commence on February 17, 2021, and expire on July 3, 2022.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Previous Commission action/date: July 17, 2018 - Last Baldwin County Commission Appointment to Board.
Staff received correspondence from Mr. Mike Bunn, Director of Historic Blakeley State Park, dated January 19, 2021, informed the Archives Department of a vacancy on the BCHDC Board due to Mr. Bert Blackmon’s passing. Mr. Bunn is respectfully requesting the appointment of Mr. Curry Weber to replace the place seat and unexpired term of Mr. Bert Blackmon as a member of the Board of Directors of the Baldwin County Historic Development Commission.
Background: The Baldwin County Historic Development Commission was created by Baldwin County Local Legislative Act, specifically Act No. 80-497 (1980), as amended by Act 89-960 (1989, as a board to have no less than eleven (11) members, appointed by the County Commission, to preserve and protect buildings of historic and architectural value within a Historic District(s), further, to foster and encourage preservation, restoration and utilization of buildings of historic and architectural value within a Historic District and develop and promote Historic District(s) as tourist attractions.
The Baldwin County Commission, at its regularly scheduled meeting on October 1, 2002, adopted and approved an amended Constitution and by-laws of the Baldwin County Historic Development Commission to provide such Board be composed of twelve (12) members.
Today, all members of the twelve (12) member Baldwin County Historic Development Commission serve four (4) years, overlapping terms each through selection/appointment by the Baldwin County Commission, such terms beginning on the 3rd day of July in the year appointed/re-appointed as specified in the Baldwin County Historic Development Commission’s Constitution and by-laws.
Staff finds that pursuant to Section 11 of Act No.80-497, as amended by Act No. 89-960, coupled with an analysis of the Baldwin County Historic Development Commission’s Constitution and by-laws, that the only requirement for appointments to such Board be that each person appointed must be a resident of Baldwin County, Alabama.
With the only qualification for members of the Baldwin County Historic Development Board being that all members are residents of Baldwin County, Alabama, staff asserts that the nominee is qualified to be appointed to the Baldwin County Historic Development Commission.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
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LEGAL IMPACT
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FOLLOW UP IMPLEMENTATION
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Individual(s) responsible for follow up: Administration to mail out a letter to Mr. Weber with a copy sent to Archives and History to the attention of Felisha Anderson and a copy mailed to Mike Bunn, Historic Development Commission, President.
Action required (list contact persons/addresses if documents are to be mailed or emailed):
Mr. Curry Weber
32838 W Bay Drive
Lillian, AL 36549
Mr. Mike Bunn
Post Office Box 7279
Spanish Fort, AL 36577
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