Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan has directed city staff that all city boards and commission meetings for the next 30 days are to be cancelled.
The Zoning Commission, which met on Monday, March 16, will be the last board or commission meeting for at least a month.
The one City of Greensboro meeting that has not been canceled is the Greensboro City Council meeting that was originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, and was postponed to Tuesday, March 31.
According to Vaughan, the City Council is still planning to meet on Tuesday, March 31.
The notice from Greensboro City Clerk Angela Lord states, “In order to protect the most vulnerable members of our community from the COVID-19 virus, and slow its spread, Mayor Vaughan has directed staff to cancel all Boards and Commissions meeting for the next 30 days.
“On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a Pandemic. We are continuously monitoring this evolving situation and will issue new guidance if and when that is warranted. Please monitor the City of Greensboro’s website at www.greensboro-nc.gov for additional notification and alerts.”
The list of boards and commissions whose meetings have been canceled includes:
Board of Adjustment
Bryan Park Golf Commission
Commission on the Status of Women
Community Sustainability Council
Fireman’s Relief Fund Board
Greensboro Criminal Justice Advisory Commission (GCJAC)
Greensboro Parks and Recreation Commission
Greensboro Public Library Board of Trustees
Greensboro Transit Advisory Commission
Guilford City/County Insurance Advisory Commission
Guilford County Historic Preservation Commission
Human Relations Commission
Participatory Budgeting
Piedmont Triad Airport Authority
Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority Board of Directors
Planning Board
Redevelopment Commission
Solid Waste Management Commission
City of Greensboro ABC Board
Greensboro Guilford County Tourism Development Authority
War Memorial Commission
Zoning Commission
So we really don’t need this much government, do we? What are “non-essential” services? Political pay-offs? People you can’t fire?