The City Council is committed to appointing highly qualified and dedicated individuals to the Georgetown Advisory Boards and Commissions. If you are interested in serving on a Board or Commission, please complete the application below and submit it along with your resume to the City Secretary’s office. Mayor Garver and the City Council encourage you [...]

Citizen Comment Forms for Addressing Advisory Boards & Commissions To address an Advisory Board on a posted item, complete the Citizen Comment Form and return it to the Board Liaison prior to the discussion of the item at the Advisory Board meeting. These forms are provided to you at the Advisory Board meeting. If you [...]

The Airport Advisory Board studies and makes recommendations to City Council regarding operations and facility improvements of the municipal airport.   The Board ensures the municipal airport is efficiently and adequately meeting the needs of the City, the airport neighbors, and the aviation community.  For more information about the Georgetown Municipal Airport, please visit http://airport.georgetown.org/ Meeting Date, [...]

The Animal Shelter Advisory Board ensures the City of Georgetown Animal Shelter complies with all City and State laws governing its operation.  For more information about the Georgetown Animal Shelter, please visit http://petsoftheweek.georgetown.org/ Meeting Date, Time, & Location: 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at the Animal Shelter – 110 W.L. Walden Drive Board [...]

The Arts and Culture Board encourages, stimulates, promotes, and fosters programs for the cultural enrichment of the City, thereby contributing to the quality of life in Georgetown and developing an awareness of the value of the arts. The seven members should represent a broad spectrum of citizens including artists and those with a background in the arts, [...]

The Building Standard Commission hears appeals and renders decisions on rulings by City building inspectors or officials in regard to code interpretation, enforcement, and substandard housing or structures within the City.  For more information about building standards in Georgetown, please visit http://development.georgetown.org/ Meeting Date, Time, & Location: 3rd Thursday of each month at 4:00 p.m. at [...]

The Charter Review Committee has been created by the City Council to review the items that are presented to them, analyze and review each item as necessary, utilize the City Attorney as their staff liaison, make recommendations on each item and have them provide a report and recommendations back to the City Council no later [...]

The mission of the Georgetown Convention & Visitors Bureau is to encourage the community’s economic success through promotion of Georgetown as a tourist destination, preserve & enhance the cultural heritage and unique character of the community, and attract conventions and group tours to maximize the financial impact of tourism on the community. Membership requires a [...]

The seven member Economic Development Advisory Board (formerly the Economic Development Commission) acts as an advisory body to the City’s Economic Development Director and the City Manager and as liaison to City Council and the community.  Members shall have experience in the following areas: business retention and expansion, land and property, business recruitment, inter-business and [...]

The Ethics Commission is composed of eight members individually appointed by the Mayor and each Councilmember. They have the duty to review and investigate complaints involving conflicts of interest filed against officers of the City; and may hold hearings and issue sanctions, when appropriate, in accordance with the City of Georgetown Ethics Ordinance. Number of [...]

The Civil Service Commission is responsible for adopting, maintaining and enforcing rules governing the hiring and promotional process and serves as a disciplinary appeal board for civil service employees in the Georgetown Fire and Police Departments. The Commission is comprised of three commissioners appointed by the City Manager and confirmed by the Georgetown City Council. [...]

It is the purpose and intent of the City Council to create a City Council Subcommittee empowered to review and analyze the general government and finance activities of the City, to include but not limited to the following areas: Finance administration to include debt and treasury management, as well as, City budget Accounting to include [...]

The Georgetown Economic Development Corporation considers requests and grants economic development funds as authorized and defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, Section 4A, leading to the creation or retention of primary jobs and/or provision of significant capital investment which benefits the community of Georgetown.  Three members are Councilmembers, and two members are citizens [...]

As an independent organization, the Housing Authority Board establishes policy and reviews the operation of subsidized housing in Georgetown for the Georgetown Housing Authority.  This Board does not report to City Council. Five members are citizens at-large and two members must be housing authority residents. To learn more about the Housing Authority, you will leave the [...]

This Board makes recommendations regarding the development of the book collection, programming, and other services provided by the Georgetown Public Library.  Learn more about the Georgetown Library at http://library.georgetown.org/ Number of positions: 7 Meeting date: 2nd Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. Board Member (Position) :: Term Ending Betty Anne Sensabaugh (Chair) :: Feb 2013 Shana Forte Nichols [...]

This Board advises and assists City Council in the development of a multi-modal transportation planning process in coordination with regional, state, county, and local transportation agencies.  Two members are Council members, one member is a representative from the Planning and Zoning Commission, and one member is a representative from the Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation.  More [...]

The purpose of this Corporation is to promote economic and community development within the City and the State of Texas through the payment of costs for streets, roads, drainage, and other related transportation system improvements, including the payment of maintenance and operating expenses associated with such authorized projects. Number of positions: 7 Meeting date: 3rd [...]

The GUS Board makes recommendations to City Council regarding staff presentations related to capital improvement projects and priorities, utility services, resource supplies and other Council-assigned projects.  For more information about Georgetown Utilities, please visit http://gus.georgetown.org/ Number of positions: 7 Meeting date: 2nd Friday of each month at 2:00 p.m. Board Member (Position) :: Term Ending John Nett [...]

The Georgetown Village Public Improvement District was formed for the Georgetown Village by the Shell Ranch Development.  What is a PID?  This District was created to operate and maintain most of the common areas in the Georgetown Village community.  For more details about Georgetown Village PID, you may leave the City’s website and go to http://www.georgetownvillage.com/ GVPID [...]

Advise the City Council on youth related issues. Members, ranging in age from thirteen to eighteen years old, work to develop future leaders, promote positive adult/youth cooperation and dialogue, and encourage youth participation in solving community concerns. This board can have up to 24 members.  Learn about more opportunities at http://recreation.georgetown.org/category/teen-activities/ Number of positions: 24 Board [...]

This board makes recommendations to City Council on the designation of historic sites or districts, acts and assists the City Council in formulating design guidelines and other supplemental materials relevant to the historic preservation or design review, and approves or denies Certificates of Design Compliance.  Additionally, the Board renders advice and guidance upon the request [...]

The purpose of the Board is to advise City Council on issues to ensure that the City of Georgetown has housing that is affordable for citizens at all income levels.  Membership is composed of five at-large members with knowledge of issues on home ownership, and the affordability of home ownership, and the other four members [...]

The seven-member Main Street Advisory Board makes recommendations to the City Council regarding the promotion, maintenance, and encouragement of the civic, social, commercial, tourist and economic welfare of the historic downtown central business district of Georgetown.  Membership includes representatives as follows: the Williamson County Commissioner of Precinct 3, a downtown property owner, a downtown business [...]

This Board advises the City Council on the uses of parkland, parks, recreational facilities, improvements in programs and activities, and facilities to meet community recreation needs and interests.  Find out about the great resources in the Parks and Recreation Department at http://parks.georgetown.org/ Number of positions: 7 Meeting date: 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Board Member (Position) [...]

The Planning and Zoning Commission is an appointed seven member body assigned the task of reviewing various types of development related applications and providing recommendations on such to the Georgetown City Council.  These applications cover topics such as future land uses planned for the City, zoning of properties to determine current land uses and development [...]

The Zoning Board of Adjustment is a five member board appointed to hear and grant requests for Variances from the zoning standards of the Unified Development Code (UDC).  This Board also makes decisions regarding requests for Special Exceptions from the UDC standards and considers applicant Appeals of Administrative Decisions.  This is a quasi-judicial board and any [...]