Desert Palms Community Council Set for Initial Meeting
The arduous process of selecting five finalists for seats on the Desert Palms Community Council is complete, and now the group is looking forward to its first meeting, date yet to be announced.
“We really want to thank all the applicants for making our selection process such a difficult one,” said Supervisor Roy Wilson’s Legislative Assistant Denys Arcuri. “I have never seen such high quality in this type of process. In the end, we selected five who are not only quality individuals, but who represent a diversity of interests.
“As far as which two of the five got the 2-year terms as opposed to 4-year terms, that was just a matter of drawing straws. It’s necessary, of course, to ensure that the terms are staggered.”
On July 15, the Board of Supervisors unanimously endorsed a slate of council members which includes Mario Del Guidice, Debra Lynn Beck, Seymour Kaplan, John Mark Ludemann and Michael Joseph Orosky. Ludemann and Orosky drew the short terms.
The date of the first meeting will likely come in the third or fourth week of August. The venue selected is the County’s “Desert Permit Assistance Center” in the Desert Business Park, next to Canyon National Bank on Las Mantanas Road.
That meeting will likely be an orientation session, with permanent meeting times, dates and venues set.
Watch the Fourth District website for news on this new council.