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The commission makes recommendations to the City Council on rezoning, text amendments, and planned-unit developments (PUD), comprehensive plan, and transportation planning issues. LCMC 125.2.5 Planning and Zoning Commission.

Appeals for P&Z decisions go to the city council and must be filed within 12 days following any city council action.

Members

This is the current roster for the eight-member board. One position is vacant. The year in which the member joined the Board is in parentheses by the member’s name where available. Ms. Arnold’s date shown is the earliest date resulting from a search. Her tenure may be longer.

Ms. Pamela Arnold (2017, possibly longer)

Position Number 1

She has been on the commission since at least 2017 (re: press item). 

Contributor to the Children’s Organ Transplant Association (2020-2021)

No employment found; common name made for difficulty in searching.

Mr. Steven Barron (2020)

Position Number 2

He is also on the city’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (2020).

Employment:

Current: Project Engineer, Jacobs, 7/2022 to present. 

Past employment: Senior Engineer with GC Engineering, Inc.; Civil Engineer E.I.T, with Rhode Island Department of Transportation. 

He has a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering; 2015.

Position Number 3: Vacant (previously held by Annette Ramirez until at least June 20, 2022; she was also the chair.)

Mr. Tedd Olkowski

Position Number 4

Mr. Olkowski is a part of history. He was on site and on emergency standby for the Apollo 11 (Buzz Aldrin) launch. Given that this project is named after an astronaut from that era, it’s an interesting connection. Olkowski worked at NASA at the time and volunteered to assist Collins should it become necessary. It wasn’t. After leaving NASA, he went to college and had a career with General Telephone and Electronics Corp (GTE).

He has been an Advisory Board Member of the Devereux Texas Treatment Network (2004), Past Board President of the Galveston Municipal Utility District No. 45.

Mr. Paul Maaz, Vice-Chairperson

Position Number 5

Employment:

CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board at Capital Bank, 2002-2014; retired. He has been in banking since 1964.

Ms. Ruth Morrison (2022)

Position Number 6

Employment:

Ms. Morrison is an attorney dealing with trusts, estate, probate, and insurance. JD in 1988. She is Corporate Counsel at Morrison & Morrison. 

Board memberships & affiliations:

State Bar of Texas, 1987 to present

Texas PTA, member

Houston Bar Association, Member: Special Olympics Committee

Texas Association of Public Insurance adjusters, 2012, Secretary 

Mr. Gene Bindhammer

Position Number 7

Employment:

He has his own real estate firm, Deem Realty, and over 50 years of experience as a realtor. BSBA in Accounting and Psychology (1968)

Mr. Frank Dominguez

Position Number 8

Employment:

1994 to present:  COO at Resource Corporation of America, a healthcare financial management company. BA in political science.

League City is a Council-Manager form of government, in which a city manager is hired as the executive to carry out the agenda of the council and be responsible for city operations. Council members serve four year terms. All positions are at-large.

Council environment

In 2021, the council voted unanimously to reject a grant from the Texas Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation program to buy and install 10 electric vehicle charging stations for residents that would be installed at city-owned facilities. The city’s Director of Economic Development, David Hoover, reminded the Council that the grant program had been placed on the agenda in response to Council’s direction to staff to “work on bringing charging stations to the city”.

Probably the biggest news about this group of council members is that Tommy Cones has worked as a firefighting professional for 47 years, including as the City’s Fire Marshal (retired 2022). Given that this is a storage project, he may have the most complete knowledge of or interest in the safety of the project. He implemented and conducted an insurance fire rating survey for the city, reducing the city’s rating to the lowest rate possible, and saving funds on insurance premiums for League City commercial and residential properties. 

Mayor (2022)

Elected 2014 as Council member for Position 7. Now in his fourth term. He ran for mayor  unopposed in 2022. He has also been Mayor Pro Tem.

Mr. Long is currently employed as Senior Vice President for Alliant Insurance Services, a position that began in 2023.

Stated priorities are:

• In his “state of the city” interview, he spoke negatively about giving tax breaks as part of economic development
• Growth without loss of unique City aspects
• More police, invest in fire department and EMS

Position on solar: None found

Past employment

• Area Vice President, Gallagher Benefit Services; 2013-2023
• Co-founded a real estate and healthcare investment firm.
• Account Executive, Aetna; 2005-2011

Community involvement

• Clear Lake Area Republicans
• League City Chamber of Commerce
• League City Finance Committee
• University of Texas Chancellor’s Committee

Education

• BA in Business Administration
• MBA

Mr. Long earned a Life and Health Counselor License in January 2012.

Mayor Pro Tem

Elected to council Position 6 in 2011 to fill a seat vacated by the incumbent; he was unopposed. He did not seek re-election to Position 6 in 2014.

Elected in 2018 to Position 1. 

Mr. Mann is currently employed as an IT Technology Infrastructure Manager for Moody National Bank; 2019. He has lived in League City since 1999. In 2012, he was criticized for his comments when the council voted against funding an existing transportation service for low-income and disabled residents. 

In 2020, he joined residents, the Mayor, and the City Manager in a demonstration to honor George Floyd. 

In July 2022, he was the sole vote against rezoning and forming a single planned unit development (PUD) in the west side of the city. His concerns were related to increased traffic on the west side, where Mr. Mann lives. 

Stated priorities are: None found

Past employment and experience

• Galveston County Health District 2012-2019
• JPMorgan Chase, 2011-2012
• SAIC, 2008-2011
• United Space Alliance, 2000-2008
• Education and training on IT subjects 1994-2000

Community/board involvement

• League City Municipal Sunset Commission, Chair

• The commission’s mission is to eliminate waste and duplication in city operations

• Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC), past representative 
• Galveston County Republican Party communications chair.
• Former president of the Republican Network.

Education

MBA, Information Management

Council Position 2

Elected 2000, and served from 2001 to 2009.

Served again from 2014-2015.

Re-elected in 2022; his opponent was another firefighter

Mr. Cones has an interesting biography from his formative years, leaving home at 16 and working while attending high school. 

He was on the Houston Fire Department’s “Terrorism Strike Team”.

Stated priorities are:

• Lowest possible property taxes, while maintaining police, fire, and infrastructure.
• Infrastructure for traffic improvements
• Flood mitigation
• Emergency Medical Services system and public safety improvements

Past employment

• Appointed as Assistant Fire Chief and Fire Marshal in 2015, while a City Councilmember. Retired in March, 2022.
• Firefighter and numerous fire safety positions in Houston and League City

Community/board involvement

• Texas Chapter, International Association of Arson Investigators, Director, Term expires 2024
• Galveston County Firefighters Association Executive Board, as Commissioner of Precinct #1

Awards and recognitions

• Space City Rotary Distinguished Firefighter Service Award
• CCISD Superstar of the Year (School District Award)
• Letter of Commendation from President George Bush Sr.
• Guinness Book of World Records for largest “Stop, drop, and roll” event.

Education

BA in Fire Science 

Multiple trainings and certifications related to fire and public safety.

Council Position 3

Elected 2022 in a special election when Larry Millican resigned. Term ends 2024.

Party affiliation not found.

Mr. Crews is a CPA with his own accounting and business consulting firm. 

Stated priorities are:

• Flood mitigation
• Pedestrian improvements regarding roads and sidewalks so kids can walk to school
• Expand library service
• Build a community center and a park on the west side
• Government transparency and citizen concerns, city needs compassion and honesty 

Position on solar: None found

Past employment

• Air Force Special Operations Command

Community/board involvement

• League City Finance Committee, 2 years–he served in this capacity prior to his election.

Council Position 4

Elected 2020, first term. His competitor was a female teacher and a Democrat.

Mr. Bowen is a former engineer with a wide variety of work experience.

Stated priorities are:

• Drainage is his top concern
• Future water supply
• Survival of local businesses re: COVID

Position on solar: None found

Past employment, experience, and community/board involvement

• Engineer
• Machinist
• Army

Council Position 5

Elected 2020, first term. There were two competitors for this seat; the incumbent did not seek re-election. Both candidates were conservative.

Currently self-employed as the President of J.Allen H. Marine, providing maritime technology services and consultation. He manages programs at an oil & gas major services provider.

Mr. Hicks was born in Kentucky and moved to League City in 2005. 

Stated priorities are:

• Responsible use of public funds

Past employmentAir Force, 13 years

• Private sector engineer and surveyor
• Project manager in maritime, shipping, and oil and gas

Education

Community College of the Air Force

Council Position 6

Elected 2018. He is now in his second term, and ran unopposed in 2022.

Mr. Tressler is currently employed as Systems Engineer at HX5 LLC, a research and development and engineering firm that provides technical services to the federal government.

Stated priorities are:

• Infrastructure, traffic
• Prevent flooding
• Develop regional solutions to flooding along watersheds

Position on solar: None found

Past employment

• Associate/Lead Consumables Engineer for Booz Allen Hamilton; 11 years 
• Systems Engineer for Aerotek 1 year
• Mechanical Subsystems Engineer, Boeing; 3 years

Community/board involvement

• League City parks board (past)

Education

BS in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

MS in Systems Engineering

Council Position 7

Elected 2022

Currently employed by City of Baytown Fire Department as an engineer/paramedic, with a history of employment in city government, and service on city boards and committees prior to being elected. 20+ year resident of the city, and President of the Bay Colony West HOA and the MUD.

Stated priorities are:

• Traffic/mobility/infrastructure
• Staffing and equipment for emergency services
• Competitive compensation for city employees; wants the city to join the Texas retirement system

Position on solar: None found

Education

AAS, Emergency Medical Technology

Licensed paramedic, certified firefighter, HazMat technician on the Southeast Regional HazMat Team.

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