Parks and Recreation Board meets Thursday, Oct. 29, and will choose a vice chair and secretary

Gunter's Parks and Recreation Board meets at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, and will choose officers, according to the agenda.

The agenda, posted Oct. 21, opens with board member introductions. Staff are then set to walk members through how the board will operate going forward and update them on current activity in the city.

Members are to nominate and appoint a vice chair and a secretary, talk through the duties the board is authorized to carry out, and begin identifying priorities they want to take up.

The meeting is at the Gunter Public Safety Building, 105 N. 4th St. Residents may speak during a citizens comments period, with two minutes per speaker, on topics not already set for a public hearing. The agenda notes that some members or staff may take part by video.

Who sits on the board

The city describes the group as an advisory board appointed by the City Council. It makes recommendations to the council and city staff on park and recreation facilities and programs, future park development and buying parkland.

The board has seven members, who must live inside Gunter's city limits or in its extraterritorial jurisdiction, and they serve staggered two-year terms. The city's notice says the board meets monthly on Thursdays at 6 p.m.

The city advertised open seats in late September and early October, with applications due Oct. 7. The council's Oct. 15 agenda then included an item to consider appointing applicants to the board. The Oct. 29 agenda does not list members' names.

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