2008 Annual Board Meeting/ Officer Elections
Following the annual history lesson by Commissioner Young ( this year on the 125 years of the MPRB formerly the Board of Park Commissioners BPC ) a new set of officers was elected. In a unanimous vote Tom Nordyke was elected President and Mary Merrill- Anderson Vice President. Both Commissioners thanked their outgoing counterparts for a job well done. GM for Administration, Don Siggelkow was reappointed as Secretary to the Board and Brian Rice was contracted as the attorney to the board for another year.
President Nordyke was re- elected to serve on the Planning Commission and the President's appointments to various boards were as follows...
Board of Estimate and Taxation... Commissioner Fine, NRP Board... President Nordyke, alt Commissioner Vreeland, St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board Commissioners Dziedzic and Olson, Youth Coordinating Board... Commissioner Dziedzic, Minneapolis Institute of Arts Board... President Nordyke, Public Art Design Advisory Panel... Commissioner Nordstrom, Middle Mississippi Watershed Management Organization... Commissioner Vreeland, alt Commissioner Young, John H. Stevens House Organization... Commissioner Kummer, Midtown Community Works Partnership... Commissioner Nordstrom, Minneapolis Bicycle Advisory Committee... Commissioner Nordstrom, Foundation for Minneapolis Parks... President Nordyke and Minneapolis Tree Advisory Committee... Commissioner Vreeland .
Standing Committees...
Planning Chair Commissioner Fine Vice Chair Commissioner Dziedzic, Commissioners Merrill-Anderson, Young and Nordstrom
Administration and Finance Chair Commissioner Vreeland Vice Chair Commissioner Merrill-Anderson, Commissioners Young, Olson and Fine
Recreation Chair Commissioner Dziedzic Vice Chair Commissioner Fine, Commissioners Kummer, Olson and Merrill-Anderson
Operations and Environment Chair Commissioner Young Vice Chair Commissioner Nordstrom, Commissioners Kummer, Dziedzic and Vreeland
Legislation and Inter-Governmental Chair Commissioner Kummer Vice Chair Commissioner Olson Commissioners Nordstrom, Merrill Anderson and Dziedzic
Committee on Standards and Conduct Chair Commissioner Merrill Anderson, Commissioners Kummer, Vreeland, Nordstrom and Young
After the meeting the Commissioners adjourned to the Missippippi room for some light refreshments.
Some new faces in new places should make for an interesting new year at the MPRB in 2008.