ADOPTED -JULY 22, 2008

Agenda Item No. 13

 

Introduced by the County Services Committee of the:

 

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 

RESOLUTION INCREASING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE POTTER PARK ZOO BOARD TO ADD THE DIRECTOR OF THE POTTER PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY AS A NON-VOTING MEMBER

 

RESOLUTION #08-190

 

WHEREAS, Resolution #07-103 authorized the creation of a Potter Park Zoo Board, as an advisory board to the Ingham County Parks and Recreation Commission; and

 

WHEREAS, the Zoo Board consists of eleven members with the following representation:

 

a.   Eight representatives from Ingham County, selected by the Ingham County Board of

      Commissioners;

 

            b.   Two representatives from the City of Lansing, to be selected by the City of Lansing;

 

c.   One representative from the Potter Park Zoological Society; and

 

d.  At least one ex-officio representative from other governmental entities interested in  financially supporting the Zoo, provided that such entities adopt a resolution of intent to place a Zoo millage on their ballot.  In the event the millage fails, said representative shall be removed from the Zoo Board.

 

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Commissioners to add the Director of the Potter Park Zoological Society to the Potter Park Zoo Board as a non-voting member.

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby increases the membership of the Potter Park Zoo Board from eleven members to twelve, and adds the Director of the Potter Park Zoological Society to the Potter Park Zoo Board as a non-voting member.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the initial term of the Director of the Zoological Society will expire on December 31, 2010. 

 

COUNTY SERVICES:  Yeas:  Nolan, De Leon, Copedge, Soule, Grebner, Severino

    Nays:  None        Absent:  None       Approved 7/15/08