HomeMy WebLinkAboutVIII-14 Appoint Tourism Bureau Members - Jenkins and Skelly
City Council Memorandum
To: Mayor Fasbender & City Councilmembers
From: City Administrator Dan Wietecha
Date: December 16, 2024
Item: Appointments to Tourism Bureau
Council Actions Requested:
Name Chris Jenkins and Dawn Skelly to the Tourism Bureau for January 2025 through December 2027.
Background Information:
For over 20 years, the City and Chamber of Commerce have partnered to fund a Tourism Bureau for the
purposes of marketing and promoting the City as a tourist destination. Under our Tourism Bureau
Agreement, the Bureau will have a Board of Advisors of up to ten members, including two appointed by
the City Council. The City appointees are to serve three-year terms.
In recent years, we have been represented by Parks & Recreation Director Chris Jenkins and
Communications Coordinator Dawn Skelly; though, it appears this has been as a matter of past practice
rather than by City Council appointment. With its annual/biannual committee appointments, the City
Council has appointed one Councilmember to the Bureau (currently Tim Lawrence).
For better consistency between actual practice and the terms of the Tourism Bureau Agreement, I
recommend the City Council name Chris Jenkins and Dawn Skelly as its two representatives to the
Tourism Bureau for January 2025 through December 2027, and not name a Councilmember to the Bureau
during the January committee appointments.
Please note that the City Council may, in its discretion, rescind an appointment and name a new
representative at any time mid-term.
Financial Impact:
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