HUMAN RELATIONS COUNCIL

 

 

 

Purpose:               Advisory to the Board of Commissioners and Brevard City Council; promotes unity and harmony among the citizens and groups of citizens of this community in their relations with one another; encourages recognition that every individual is endowed with certain fundamental human rights; conducts studies and investigations, meetings, and hearings on grievances for the peaceful settlement of human relations problems

 

 

Authority:              -  NCGS 160A-492

                                 -  Organized April 19, 1972; reorganized May 13, 2002

                                 -  Bylaws (04/19/72) and amended 10/13/98

 

 

Membership:        15 members:  6 members appointed by the Board of Commissioners and 9 members by the Brevard City Council.  All members shall be residents of Brevard and/or Transylvania County, and receive no compensation.  Members serve a 3-year term (staggered), no term limit; terms expire in May.  The chairman is elected annually by the council membership.

 

 

Member List:                                County Appointees:                                Expiration:

                                 Vacant  (Member-at-large)              

                                 Kit Borden (Member-at-large)                                        May 2011

                                 Vacant (Member-at-large)          

                                 Judith Nebrig  (Member-at-large)                                   May 2011

                                 John Wesley (Member-at-large)                                    May 2011

                                 Russell D'Hondt (Member-at-large)                               May 2011   

                                

 

                                                        

 

 

                                 City Appointees:            

                                 Aaron Randolph Thompson 

                                 William Wynn, Jr.

                                 Agnes Wilson

                                 Luretha Knox

                                 Charles Baxter

                                 Steve Hartington

                                 Sue Null

                                 Mike Shotwell

                                 Luretha Knox                                            

                                

 

Meetings:              The Human Relations Council meets at 7:00 pm on the first Tuesday of each month in the City Hall conference room.