The Allen City Council is set on Tuesday to make its Governance Committee a permanent part of how the council does business.
A resolution on the Oct. 27 consent agenda amends the council's Rules of Order and Procedure, last adopted in February 2022, to list the Governance Committee among the council's standing committees. Under the resolution, the committee would review policies and governing documents that apply to the council and recommend updates.
The proposal grew out of a Council Governance Ad Hoc Committee that the council formed at Mayor Chris Schulmeister's recommendation to look over those documents and suggest ways to make them clearer, more consistent and more effective, according to a staff memo. That group recommended a standing committee so the work has an ongoing home.
The committee would serve only in an advisory role. Its recommendations would go to the full council for consideration and action, the memo says. City staff recommend approval.
A second consent item would confirm the mayor's nominations of council members Amy Gnadt and Ben Trahan to the Governance Committee. It would also confirm Mayor Pro Tem Carl Clemencich as the council's liaison to the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee.
The regular meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the council chambers at Allen City Hall, 305 Century Parkway. Before taking up business, the council plans to present a Blue Star Flag to the family of Allen service personnel now deployed with the U.S. armed forces.
