CC 03-05-2024 Item No. 7. City Commissions and Committees_Staff PresentationMarch 5, 2024
City Commissions and Committees
CC 03-05-2024 Item No. 7
Background
●Commission Governance Reform Package identified
as a priority item om FY 2023-2024 City Work Program.
1.Revise the Commissioners Handbook.
2.Review potential Municipal Code violations by
City commissioners.
3.Realign and regularize commissioner terms of
office.
4.Establish or revise commissioner qualifications.
Ordinance and Policy Updates
●Ordinance No. 24-____:Regularize commission
appointments schedule/terms and revise certain
commissioner qualifications.
●Resolution No. 24-_____: Revise advisory bodies
appointments resolution.
●Resolution No. 24-_____: Revise Commissioners’
Handbook.
Commissioner Terms
●Ordinance No. 24-____:
●Uncodified ordinance to ensure that
commissioner vacancies ensure at regular,
biannual intervals.
●Amendments to Chapters 2.86 and 2.94 to
remove business representatives from Housing
and Sustainability Commissions.
Advisory Bodies Appointments
●Provides for removal of commissioners who fail to
meet training or conflict of interest requirements.
●Establishes process for developing subject-matter
specific qualifications for commissioners.
●Ends practice of appointing alternative
commissioners.
●Revisions to reflect changes to administrative
procedures.
Commissioners’ Handbook
●Clarifies the role of the City Clerk’s Office and City
Attorney’s Office in the administration of commissions
and committees.
●Clarifies commissioners’ role in the City Work Program
process.
●Includes new process for developing commissioner
qualifications.
●Revisions to ensure consistency with the City Council
Procedures Manual and revised Ethics Code.
●Addresses applicability of the Commissioners’
Handbook to appointed members of City
committees.
Recommended Action
1.Conduct the first reading of Ordinance No. 24-___.
2.Adopt Resolution No. 24-____, to repeal and replace
Resolution No. 16-137, regarding City advisory bodies.
3.Adopt Resolution No. 24-____, revising the
Commissioners’ Handbook.
Questions?