HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-09-24 - AGENDA REPORTS - COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS (2)AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by:
UNFINISHED BUSINESS Michael Murphy
DATE: September 24, 1991
SUBJECT: Commission Appointments
DEPARTMENT: City Manager
BACKGROUND:
The City Council at its regular meeting of September 10, 1991, affirmed by
consensus a policy for selection of Commission members and requested that the .
item be returned to the City Council for further evaluation and direction to
staff.
The new policy under consideration calls for each Member of the City Council to
nominate an appointee for each Commission subject to ratification by the entire
City Council. Terms of office for Commissioners would be approximately
concurrent with the term of office of the City Councilmember making the
nomination.
Conceptual agreement was reached by the City Council on the appointment policy:
This policy is articulated in the following manner outlining the steps for
application, nomination and appointment:
* Within twenty (20) days of creation of a vacancy on a
Commission, the City Clerk shall cause to be advertised a
notice of the vacancy and solicitation of applications.
* The application period shall not be less than two weeks.
* Completed applications shall be submitted to the City
Clerk.
* The City Clerk shall submit.copies of the applications to
the nominating authority and the other Members of the City
Council.
* The nominating authority shall submit a nomination for
ratification by the City Council. Ratification shall
consist of not less than three affirmative votes for the
nominee.
* The final appointment shall not be made less than ten days
after publication of the notice in conformance with
Government Code 54974.
* The appointee of the City Council shall be seated on the
Commission at the next regular meeting of the Commission.
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Current Commission members have received their appointments either through
direct Councilmember nomination and Council ratification or through a Council
interview and ranking appointment system. While some appointments were made
through individual Councilmember nominations, due to the staggering of
Commission terms of office, there does not exist a direct linkage between
individual Councilmembers and Commissioners. Attached is a chart outlining the
names of Parks and Recreation Commissioners and Planning Commissioners, their
terms of office and nominating authority.
A remaining issue for Council direction is the time frame for institution of the
revised system. The following options are.available for review:
1. Create.individual linkages between Councilmembers and
Commissioners and allow incumbent Commissioners to serve
out their existing terms of office.
2. Create individual linkages between Councilmembers and
Commissioners and allow individual Councilmembers to
request the resignation of "their appointment" at any
time prior to the expiration of the Commissioner's term
of office.
3. Require that all Commissioners resign after the next
municipal election thus allowing nominations by all
Councilmembers.
4. Establish the time period of Commission service to be
commensurate with the Council nominating authority's
term of office or period coincidental with each
municipal election.
Any revisions to current City policies in this subject area will require
amendment to the City's Municipal Code via ordinance and amendment toCommission
Manuals via policy adoption.
RECOMMENDATION•
Discuss and provide direction to staff.
ATTACHMENT:
The following
is a list of all current Parks.and Recreation
Commissioners
and Planning Commissioners.
Their term
appointment
dates, term expiration dates and original
Councilmember nominating
authority, if
applicable are also noted.
Heidt 08/07/90
07/31/94
09/04/90
PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
NAME
COUNCILMEMBER APPOINTMENT
EXPIRATION
Todd Longshore
McKeon
08/27/90
07/31/94
Michael Lyons
Heidt'
06/23/88
07/31/92'
Linda Storli
Koontz
06/23/88
07/31/92
Laurene Weste
Boyer
08/27/90
07/31/94
Jeff Wheeler
Darcy
08/27/90
07/31/94
NAME
Louis Brathwaite
Jerry.Cherrington
David Doughman
Pat Modugno
Jack Woodrow
MPM:54
09/18/91
PLANNING COMMISSION
COUNCILMEMBER APPOINTMENT
EXPIRATION
Boyer 03/15/88
07/31/92
08/07/90.
07/31/94
McKeon 08/19/91
07/31/92
Heidt 08/07/90
07/31/94
09/04/90
07/31/94