2010-2011 Nominating Committee
Current Committee Meeting Minutes

TCMA Nominating Committee
Minutes
Conference call
March 4, 2011

Members present on the conference call included TCMA Nominating Committee Chair Courtney Sharp, City Manager, Midland, and TCMA Immediate Past President; Greg Duggan, City Manager, Dalhart; Kent Cagle, City Manager, Duncanville; Mike Murray, M, Rusk; Joe Dickson, City Manager, Santa Fe; and Mark Browne, City Manager, Terrell Hills.  TML staff included Kim Pendergraft and Kyle Jung.

Courtney Sharp called the conference call to order at 10:00 a.m. and thanked the members for participating.

The TCMA Nominating Committee members reviewed the petitions submitted for the 2011 ballot for TCMA statewide officer positions.  The petitions included: President Elect – Bert Lumbreras, Assistant City Manager, Austin; Vice President – Julie Couch, City Manager, Rockwall; and Director at-Large – Sereniah Breland, City Administrator, Goliad, and David Harris, Assistant City Manager, Schertz.

Courtney Sharp asked the Nominating Committee members if they wished to add any other names to the ballot or provide any endorsements of any candidates on the ballot.  On a motion by Joe Dickson and a second by Greg Duggan, the committee accepted the four candidates for the positions on the ballot, decided against adding any other names to the ballot, and decided against making any committee endorsement for any candidate.

The Nominating Committee unanimously approved the following 2011 ballot for TCMA statewide officer positions:

A subcommittee (Mark Browne and Joe Dickson) of the TCMA Nominating Committee will canvass the votes at 11:00 a.m. on April 6 at the TML office in Austin.

With nothing else on the agenda, the conference call was adjourned at 10:15 a.m.