5732620 Abbreviated Notice of Intent to Consider Legislation, PR 21-402, Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia Christopher Bell Confirmation Resolution of 2015

Council of the District of Columbia

Committee of the Whole

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 410

Washington, DC 20004 

     

 

 

 

ABBREVIATED NOTICE OF INTENT TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION

 

            The Council of the District of Columbia hereby gives notice of its intention to take action in less than fifteen days on PR 21-402, the “Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia Christopher Bell Confirmation Resolution of 2015,” to allow for the proposed resolution to be considered at the November 17, 2015 meeting of the Council.  The abbreviated notice is necessary to allow the Council to approve the reappointment of Christopher Bell to the Board of the Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia for a five-year term to end on May 15, 2020.  Mr. Bell’s current appointment expired on May 15, 2015, and pursuant to D.C. Official Code §1-523.01(c), “[n]o person shall serve in a holdover capacity for longer than 180 days after the expiration of the term to which he . . . was appointed, in a position that is required by law to be filled by Mayoral appointment with the advice and consent of the Council.”  Thus, Mr. Bell is prohibited from serving on the Board of Trustees after November 15, 2015 unless the Council approves his reconfirmation.  Moreover, Mr. Bell is the Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, creating an even greater urgency for the Council to consider PR 21-402 in an expeditious manner.