TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Alexis Givings, City Clerk
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: July 14, 2026
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RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF ROSE HOWARD-DAVIS TO THE STATUTORILY REQUIRED POSITION OF TENANT-COMMISSIONER ON THE DELRAY BEACH HOUSING AUTHORITY.
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to approve the appointment of Rose Howard-Davis to serve a term ending July 14, 2030.
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Background:
Marcus Metcalf will have served two (2) full terms (as tenant-commissioner) and is not eligible for reappointment.
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.
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 that if “after all reasonable efforts have been made and documented” no tenant-commissioners is available to serve then the existing vacancy can be filled via normal procedures.
(4) However, the Housing Authority is still required to exercise diligence in all succeeding vacancies to appoint a tenant-commissioner.