TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Alexis Givings, City Clerk
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: July 14, 2026
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NOMINATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE DELRAY BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY.
BASED ON THE ROTATION SYSTEM, THE NOMINATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS OF TWO (2) REGULAR MEMBERS TO SERVE TERMS ENDING JULY 14, 2030, WILL BE MADE BY VICE MAYOR BURNS (SEAT #4) AND MAYOR CARNEY (SEAT #5).
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to approve the appointments of two (2) regular members to serve terms ending July 14, 2030.
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Background:
The terms for the following board members will expire on July 14, 2026. They will have served two (2) full terms and are not eligible for reappointment:
- Krystina Buckley
- Ivan Gomez
Under Florida Statute, Chapter 421, an appointee may not be an officer or employee of the City. According to the Florida Statutes, members are appointed by the Mayor and ratified by the Commission. However, at the City Commission meeting of June 5, 1991, a consensus was reached whereby each Commissioner would, on an informal basis and according to the rotation procedure, make a recommendation to the Mayor as to the Housing Authority appointees.
Each housing authority created pursuant to this chapter shall have at least one (1) member who shall be a resident who is current in rent in a housing project or a person of low or very low income who resides within the housing authority's jurisdiction and is receiving rent subsidy through a program administered by the authority or public housing agency that has jurisdiction for the same locality served by the housing authority.
(1) The Board must consist of 5-7 people.
(2) Each Housing Authority needs to have an individual (tenant-commissioner) who is a resident and rents in a housing project or a person of low/very low income that resides within the housing authority’s jurisdiction and is receiving a rent subsidy given by the housing authority.
(3) The statute contains an exception t...
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