File #: 18-3404    Version: 1 Name: MMD Board Appointments
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 4/6/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/16/2018 Final action: 4/16/2018
Title: Consider appointment of Steven Nabors to serve as a voting director for the Mesquite Medical Center Management District (the "District") to fill the term for Position 5 on the Board of Directors of the District for a term expiring on June 1, 2021.
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Consider appointment of Steven Nabors to serve as a voting director for the Mesquite Medical Center Management District (the "District") to fill the term for Position 5 on the Board of Directors of the District for a term expiring on June 1, 2021.

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The State Legislature created the Mesquite Medical Center Management District in 2013 for the Peachtree Towne Center/Verde Center at Peachtree project, and the statute requires the District Board of Directors to make recommendations to the City Council for Board appointments, except for vacancies of unexpired terms.

There are currently five voting director positions with staggered four-year terms:

Position 1: Gary Bingham - term expires June 1, 2019
Position 2: Harry Sewell - term expires June 1, 2019
Position 3: Linda Davidson - term expires June 1, 2019
Position 4: Dr. James Terry - term expired June 1, 2017
Position 5: Roger Wurtele - term expired June 1, 2017

To qualify as a director, a person must be at least 18 years old and be:

(1) A resident of the District;
(2) An owner of property in the District;
(3) An owner of stock, whether beneficial or otherwise, of a corporate owner of property
in the District;
(4) An owner of a beneficial interest in a trust that owns property in the District; or
(5) An agent, employee, or tenant of a person covered by item (2), (3), or (4) above.

At their April 9, 2018, board meeting, the District Board of Directors approved the recommendation to reappoint Dr. James Terry for Position 4, and appoint Mr. Steven Nabors for Position 5, for terms expiring on June 1, 2021. The Board also approved the appointment of Ms. Linda Davidson to serve the unexpired term of Position 3, which was vacated by Mr. J. Scott Backes due to his out-of-state residency. If the City Council denies this recommendation to appoint Mr. Nabors, then the District Board would need to reconvene and approve another recommendation at a future Board meetin...

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