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TO: |
Local Advisory Council |
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FROM: |
Jana Ostler, Director of Board Governance |
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PRESENTER(S): |
Bob Stevenson, Chair, Local Advisory Council |
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TITLE:
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AR2026-02-01 - Resolution of the Local Advisory Council of the Utah Transit Authority Appointing Council Officers for the Year 2026
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AGENDA ITEM TYPE:
Resolution
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve Resolution AR2026-02-01 appointing 2026 Local Advisory Council Officers.
BACKGROUND:
Utah Transit Authority Bylaws (Article III, Section 4) require that the UTA Local Advisory Council annually elect three officers including a Chair, a Vice-Chair, and a Second Vice-Chair from the membership of the Advisory Council. During 2025, Bob Stevenson served as Chair, Natalie Hall served as Vice-Chair, and Neal Berube served as Second Vice-Chair.
Duties of Advisory Council officers are as follows (per Bylaws Article III, Section 7):
A. Advisory Council Chair.
The Advisory Council Chair shall preside at all Advisory Council meetings. The Advisory Council Chair shall ensure that the Advisory Council carries out its duties under the Public Transit District Act and shall coordinate the agenda with the Board Chair to accomplish this end. The Advisory Council Chair shall serve as the liaison with the Board.
B. Advisory Council Vice-Chair.
In the absence of the Advisory Council Chair, the Advisory Council Vice-Chair shall carry out the duties of the Advisory Council Chair.
C. Advisory Council Second Vice-Chair.
The Advisory Council Second Vice-Chair shall attest to all resolutions, ordinances, or orders passed by the Advisory Council.
The Chair and Vice-Chair also serve as members of the Audit Committee.
The term for 2026 officers would begin at the end of the first Council meeting in 2026 and expire at the end of the first meeting of the Council in 2027.
DISCUSSION:
On February 19,2025, The Advisory Council adopted Resolution AR2025-02-01 that established a succession of officers for 2026, appointing Natalie Hall as Chair, Neal Berube as Vice-Chair, with a new nominee for Second Vice-Chair to be elected by the Council for Second Vice-Chair.
As Neal Berube is no longer serving on the Advisory Council, members may choose the 2026 Vice-Chair and 2nd Vice-Chair through nomination and open discussion, followed by either a verbal motion and vote or vote by paper ballot, according to the discretion of the Chair.
ATTACHMENTS:
• AR2026-02-01 Resolution Appointing Council Officers for the Year 2026