Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on Appointing a Member to the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) Board of Directors
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic & Economic Growth
MEETING DATE: April 15, 2025
DEPARTMENT: City Manager
City Secretary
CONTACT: Paul Grimes, City Manager
Empress Drane, City Secretary
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION: Appoint a member to the NTMWD Board
ITEM SUMMARY:
• The term for sitting NTMWD Board Director Geralyn Kever will expire May 31, 2025. The City Council may re-appoint Ms. Kever or appoint a new Director who will serve June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2027.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) was established in 1951 and provides water for 13 Member cities: Original ten cities of Farmersville, Forney, Garland, McKinney, Mesquite, Princeton, Plano, Rockwall, Royse City, and Wylie; and Richardson (1973), Allen (1998), and Frisco (2001).
• Cities with a population greater than 5,000 appoint two members to the board; Cities with populations less than 5,000 appoint one member.
• Board appointments are two years in length.
• McKinney Directors are:
o Geralyn Kever was appointed to a full term in 2021 which expired May 31, 2023 and was reappointed in 2023 for a second term which expires May 31, 2025. She has served on the Legislative Committee and is the Chair of the Finance Committee and a member of the Policy Committee and Water Committee. Ms. Kever was preceded by Joe Joplin, who served the NTMWD for 18 years (2003-2021).
o Don Paschal was appointed February 21, 2023 to a partial term which expired May 31, 2024. He was reappointed in 2024 to a full term which will expire May 31, 2026. Mr. Paschal was preceded by Robert Appolito who served nearly 2 years (2021-2023), and Charles McKissick who served 19 years (2001-2020).
• Information about the NTMWD is available online at <https://www.ntmwd.com>
FINANCIAL SUMMARY: N/A
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: N/A