VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL BOARD
GUIDELINES
Courtesy of the City Auditor and Clerk

Establishment: Chapter 2, Article V, Divisions 1 and 3, Sarasota City Code (1986)

Board Membership - Qualifications and Other Requirements:

a) The membership of the Board shall consist of persons who possess the technical, professional, financial, business or administrative skills necessary to accomplish the work of the Board. City and County officials, as well as employees, shall not be eligible for appointment.

b) Seven (7) members shall be residents of the City.

c) Four (4) members shall be residents of the County, but not residents of the City. If practical, representatives from South County shall be preferred as appointees to fulfill one or more of the County resident positions.

d) One (1) member shall reside in Manatee County.

e) One (1) member shall be a student youth representative participating in the STAR program.

f) One (1) lifetime member may be appointed, in recognition of special services to the City in connection with the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

g) The City Commission makes appointments from submitted applications.

h) No person shall serve on more than one Board simultaneously unless special Board membership requirements, pertaining to special qualifications of members, warrant an exception.

i) Board members shall be appointed for a three (3) year term. Terms of service shall be staggered. No person shall serve more than two full consecutive terms on any one board. Members shall continue to serve until a replacement has been appointed. After a one (1) year period of non-membership, a person shall become eligible for reappointment to a board on which that person previously served.

j) Board members shall automatically be removed from membership for failure to attend three successive meetings, excluding workshop meetings, or at such time that the member's absences exceed 25% of all scheduled meetings (including workshop meetings), in a given year if the absence has not been approved by the Board, in advance, for good cause shown. Members failing to attend a meeting during at least 75% of the time the meeting is in session shall be considered not to have attended the meeting.

i) This Board consists of thirteen members.

j) The Board meets on the second Monday of each month at 4:00 P.M., at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.

Contact Person: Kathlyn Vieria, Phone: 955-7676, Ext. 2258

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