Invitation to Apply – Positions Available on Various Boards and Committees

WASHINGTON, D.C. – August 13, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — The City of Traverse City is seeking volunteers who are interested in serving on various boards and committees. Positions are available on the City Planning Commission, Housing Commission, and the Brown Bridge Advisory Committee.

• City Planning Commission – The Planning Commission member shall be a representative of important segments of the community, such as the economic, governmental, educational, and social development of the local unit of government, in accordance with the major interests as they exist in the local unit of government, such as agriculture, natural resources, recreation, education, public health, government, transportation, industry and commerce.

• Housing Commission – The authority of this commission is “to purchase, acquire, construct, maintain, operate, improve, extend and repair housing facilities; to eliminate housing conditions which are detrimental to the public peace, health, safety, morals or welfare; to issue notes and revenue bonds; to regulate issuance, sale, retirement and refunding of such notes and bonds; to regulate the rentals of such projects and the use of the revenues of the projects; to prescribe the manner of selecting tenants for such projects, etc.”

• Brown Bridge Advisory Committee – The purpose of the Brown Bridge Advisory Committee is to make recommendations to restore, preserve and protect the integrity of the Brown Bridge property under the direction of the City Manager.

For more information regarding the necessary qualifications to become involved with a board or committee, please visit http://www.traversecitymi.gov/boards.asp. If this sounds like something you would be like to be a part of, we encourage you to complete an Application to Become Involved and submit it to the City Clerk’s Office by August 24, 2015.  We encourage you to include a resume with your application, however it is not required.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis for all boards and commissions and are kept on file for a period of one year.

Contact:
Katelyn Stroven, Deputy City Clerk