Friday, December 12, 2003
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Friday, December 12, 2003 |
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Commission members discuss term lengths By MICHAEL BOYLAN At Wednesday night’s meeting of the Peachtree City Library Commission, Director of Leisure Services Randy Gaddo told the commission that the expansion/renovation process was on track. Gaddo stated that the Daly Company started on schematics and the design right away and would like to have one more public workshop to go over their plans in January. Construction is expected to start in July of 2004 and be completed in November of 2005. Gaddo also stated that the bond process is moving along, though it has yet to be decided whether the bond will be sold privately or publicly. After that, the meeting got interesting. Commission member Madge Quick brought up the possibility of extending the terms of library commission members until the renovation/expansion project is completed. The library commission members can serve two three-year terms. Quick brought this up because Commission Chairman Chris Clark will have to rotate off of the commission in June of 2005. “We are involved in a matter of public trust and should stay through the process,” stated Quick. “I expect a hard hat when the time comes to make sure it looks right. it will be too late when it is completed.” Quick suggested a possible one time exception to the term limit bylaw, which the commission created, but Gaddo felt this would be inappropriate. “According to Robert’s Rules of Order, bylaws should not be amended to apply to a specific item,” said Gaddo. “There needs to be a compelling reason to change the bylaws and I’m not sure this is.” Clark agreed with Gaddo, stating that he too was opposed to extending terms. “This goes against the American political system,” said Clark. Clark did see a good compromise, though, and will have the bylaw committee, which consists of Vice-Chair Marie Washburn and Mary Ann Browning, look at the bylaws and come back before the library commission in February with a recommendation. “I’m not opposed to changing term limits,” said Clark, “but it can’t just benefit us.” Though term limits will come up at the February meeting of the commission, the library commission invites the public to their meeting Jan. 14, which will double as a public workshop with Leo Daly Company and a reception to tank the voters for supporting the library expansion/renovation project. The meeting will take place in the meeting room of the library and will start with the reception at 6 p.m.
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