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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3/21/2012 - STAFF REPORTS - 5A O�pALM SA4 A. iy v a �lUl1TfOT Cq</FOR N�P City Council Staff Report DATE: MARCH 21, 2012 NEW BUSINESS SUBJECT: APPOINTMENT OF CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES TO SCREEN COMMISSION AND BOARD APPLICATIONS, TO DETERMINE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS AS PART OF THE 2012 ANNUAL RECRUITMENT OF CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. FROM: David H. Ready, City Manager BY: City Clerks Department RECOMMENDATION: 1. Waive the procedures in Resolution No. 18804 Section 7(b), for the 2012 Annual Recruitment process, to allow for the City Council as a whole, to participate in the screening and interview of Applicants for the Planning Commission and the Historic Site Preservation Board. 2. Waive the procedures in Resolution No. 18804 Section 7(b), for the 2012 Annual Recruitment process that provides for the Mayor to select and participate in all subcommittees. 3. Appoint two-member ad hoc City Council Subcommittees to screen and interview Applicants for the following Commission and Boards: Administrative Appeals Board Parks and Recreation Commission Airport Commission Personnel Board Board of Appeals Public Arts Commission BID Advisory Board Rent Review Commission Human Rights Commission Sustainability Commission Library Board of Trustees VillageFest Board BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS: Each year the City Council selects ad hoc two-member City Council Subcommittees to interview and screen candidates for the City's Commissions and Boards, with the ITEM NO. r City Council Staff Report March 21, 2012-- Page 2 exception of the Planning Commission and the Historic Site Board, which the City Council has interviewed candidates as a whole at an open and public meeting. The ad hoc City Council Subcommittees interview and screen applicants, and make recommendations to the entire City Council; and members of Commission and Boards are appointed by three affirmative votes of the City Council. In 2011 the City Council Subcommittees were as follows: Administrative Appeals Board Pougnet and Weigel Airport Commission Mills and Weigel Human Rights Commission Mills and Weigel Library Board of Trustees Pougnet and Weigel Parks and Recreation Commission Foat and Weigel Personnel Board Pougnet and Hutcheson Public Arts Commission Foat and Hutcheson Rent Review Commission Foat and Mills Sustainability Commission Hutcheson and Mills VillageFest Board Foat and Hutcheson Historic Site Preservation Board City Council as a whole at open meeting Planning Commission City Council as a whole at open meeting City staff established the deadline to file as April 2 2012; as staff would be able to provide the number of applicants per Commission/Board to assist in determining the amount of time required to interview. However, since the City Council may not meet on April 4, 2012, staff recommends that the City Council appoint Subcommittees at this time, to ensure sufficient time for interviews and appointments prior to the expiration of the current terms. MES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK DAVID H. READY, Cl AGER 02