The council has NO
Members. It is governed by a board of directors who select an Executive Committe to
run the day-to-day affairs of the organization. View a list of MEMBERS
of the Board and Executive Committee.
There will be
numerous active committees, consisting of board members and volunteers from businesses,
schools, land owners, real estate professionals, bankers, accountants, lawyers, doctors,
judges, retired executives, the public-at-large. If you would like to participate on
a committee, please JOIN US.
Based on the current By-Laws, the following appointments will
constitute the Board of Directors:
Class
A Directors:
There
shall be eight (8) initial Class A directors, each shall be a member of the Board of
Directors of their respective Chamber. Each
Chamber of Commerce within the region, with a membership of at least 50 members, shall be
entitled to appoint one (1) director per 250 members based on their official membership
role on January 1st of the current year.
Class
B Directors:
There
shall be twenty-four (24) initial Class B directors.
This number will vary depending on the number of municipalities and the
number of their qualified appointments as defined in paragraph (1) below. The Class B directors are identified as follows:
1) One
(1) representative, being the Mayor, City Manager, a City Council member, or a designated
member of the city staff, from each incorporated municipality, within Burnet and Llano
Counties, having a population of 2,500 or more, based on the population reported in the
most recent US Census report. For every
additional 1,000 people of population in excess of 2,500, each incorporated municipality,
by approval of their respective City Council, may select one (1) additional director to
this board. Said appointee need not be a
member of the city government or city staff, and the combined appointments of any
municipality must not constitute a quorum of their elected officials. See Appendix ‘A’ for a list of the
qualified municipalities, their reported populations and respective number of
directorships.
2) The
County Commissioner’s Court of Burnet County, Texas, shall be permitted to make five
(5) appointments to the Board of Directors. There
must be one (1) appointment of an individual residing in each of their four (4) precincts. The fifth appointment is to be an at-large
appointment to be made by the County Judge. County
Commissioners are entitled to be appointed and at least one of the five appointments
should be a member of the Commissioners Court, provided however that the combined
appointments must not constitute a quorum of their elected officials.
3) The
County Commissioner’s Court of Llano County, Texas, shall be permitted to make five
(5) appointments to the Board of Directors. There
must be one (1) appointment of an individual residing in each of their four (4) precincts. The fifth appointment is to be an at-large
appointment to be made by the County Judge. County
Commissioners are entitled to be appointed and at least one of the five appointments
should be a member of the Commissioners Court, provided however that the combined
appointments must not constitute a quorum of their elected officials.
4) One
(1) director being the Superintendent or a member of the School Board from the Marble
Falls Independent School District;
5) One
(1) director being the Superintendent or a member of the School Board from the Burnet
Independent School District;
6) One
(1) director being the Superintendent or a member of the School Board from the Llano
Independent School District.
7) One
(1) director being appointed by the Dean of Texas Tech University Hill Country.
8) One
(1) director being appointed by Seton Hospital Highland Lakes.
9) One
(1) director being appointed by Llano Memorial Hospital.
Class
C Directors:
There
shall be eight (8) directors elected by majority vote by the Board of Directors from
donors (or their designees) who pledge or commit to donate to the corporation $2,500.00 or
more per year. Class C Directors shall serve
for three year terms, provided that the Board of Directors shall take appropriate steps to
stagger the terms of such directors in order to insure that no more than three Class C
Directors’ terms expire at the end of each fiscal year of the corporation, and
provided further that if any Class C Director defaults on any payment in his pledge or
commitment at any time during his term as Director, the Board of Directors may vote to
remove such director from his position on the Board of Directors. A Class C Director shall not be eligible to again
serve as a Class C Director until the expiration of at least one year from the expiration
of his last term as a Class C Director. In
order to be eligible for a subsequent term as a Class C Director, a donor must pledge or
commit to donate and pay $2,500.00 or more to the corporation for each year in which he is
a Director.
Class
D Directors:
1)
The immediate past Chairman of the corporation shall be a member of the Board of Directors
until his/her successor leaves office.
2)
The three (3) incorporating directors of the organization shall continue as members of the
Board of Directors until such time as any shall resign such position.
Ex-Officio
Members of the Board of Directors:
The
Executive Director of any Chamber of Commerce in the region, the Executive Director of the
Highland Lakes Association of REALTORS®,
the Executive Director of the Building
Industry Assoc. of the Highland Lakes,
all past chairmen of the Hill Country Economic Development Council, and such other persons
as may be designated by the Board of Directors shall be ex-officio members of the Board of
Directors to serve in an advisory capacity. Such
persons shall have no vote on matters coming before the Board of Directors.
