File #: 2024-0602    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Appointment Status: Appointment
File created: 4/29/2024 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 6/11/2024 Final action:
Title: Commission District(s): All Commission Districts Appointment to the Historic Preservation Commission - Ms. Ellen Rankin
Attachments: 1. Substitute 2024 05.14 Item 2024-0602

SUBSTITUTE

Public Hearing:  YES      NO                                                   Department: Chief Executive Office                                     

 

SUBJECT:

Title

Commission District(s): All Commission Districts

Appointment to the Historic Preservation Commission - Ms. Ellen Rankin

Body

 

Information Contact: Michael L. Thurmond, Chief Executive Officer

Phone Number: 404-371-2881

 

PURPOSE:

Pursuant to Section 13.5-3 of the DeKalb County Code, where, for the appointment of members to the DeKalb County Historic Preservation Commission the “chief executive officer or designee shall nominate individuals for confirmation by the board of commissioners as provided in Section 13A,” CEO Thurmond nominates Ms. Ellen Rankin for appointment to the DeKalb County Historic Preservation Commission in Seat 2 of Group A. This is for a three (3) year term which will expire June 30, 2026. Ms. Rankin will replace Ms. Mollie Bogle

 

NEED/IMPACT:

The purpose and intent of the DeKalb County Historic Preservation Commission is to establish a uniform procedure for use in providing for the protection, enhancement, perpetuation, and use of places, districts, sites, buildings, structures, objects, landscape features and works of art having special historical, cultural, or aesthetic interest, or value. Ms. Rankin is a highly qualified Architectural Historian with over 20 years of professional project experience throughout the Eastern United States and its territories. She manages research design, planning and performance of historic preservation projects. She resides in Dunwoody and her appointment to the commission will be an asset to the county and those who rely on the services provided through the DeKalb County Historic Preservation Commission.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

No cost to the County

 

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommended Action

To confirm the appointment of Ms. Ellen Rankin to the Historic Preservation Commission in Seat 2 of Group A, with the term being effective upon confirmation and expiring on June 30, 2026.