REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Appoint Applicants to Boards and Commissions
Report
DISCUSSION
Names of applicants, the applicants' preferences (when the applicant has applied for more than one board or commission), and terms of appointments are as follows. Terms for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission reflect adjustments made by Council on May 15, 2012 to uniformly stagger the terms; two terms have been reduced from four years to three years.
Arts Commission (1 term to 6/30/2017, 1 term to 6/30/2018)
Kiphuth, Roberta (1st preference)
Springer, Wendy (1st preference)
Valenzuela, Kenneth (1st preference)
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (2 - Category 1, 2 - Category 2; 2 terms to 6/30/2017, 2 terms to 6/30/2018)
Cordes, John - Category 1 and Category 2 (1st preference)
Headley, Michael - Category 1 (only preference)
Jones, David - Category 1 (incumbent)
Rausch, Angela - Category 2 (incumbent)
Board of Building Code Appeals (2 terms to 6/30/2015, 1 term to 6/30/2016, 1 term to 6/30/2017)
Kisyova, Petya
Board of Library Trustees (1 term to 6/30/2018)
Au, Wing-Yin (Carey) (3rd preference)
Heritage Preservation Commission (2 terms to 6/30/2018)
Mouritsen, Dale (incumbent)
Valenzuela, Kenneth (2nd preference)
Housing and Human Services Commission (1 term to 6/30/2018)
Chiu, Dennis (incumbent)
Pathak, Narendra (2nd preference)
Parks and Recreation Commission (1 term to 6/30/2018)
Springer, Wendy (2nd preference)
Personnel Board* (Employee Nominated Seat) (1 term to 6/30/2018)
Oberman, Traci (incumbent)
Planning Commission (2 terms to 6/30/2018)
Au, Wing-Yin (Carey) (2nd preference)
Cordes, John (3rd preference)
Deep, Richard (only preference)
Franz, Katherine (Katy) (only preference)
Harrison, Sue (incumbent)
Pathak, Narendra (1st preference)
Rheaume, Ken (incumbent)
Wade, Kevon (only preference)
Sustainability Commission (2 - Category 1, 2 - Category 2; 1 term to 6/30/2017, 2 terms to 6/30/2018)
Au, Wing -Yin (Carey) - Category 1 (1st preference)
Cordes, John - Category 1 (2nd preference)
Kiphuth, Roberta - Category 1 and Category 2 (2nd preference)
Kisyova, Petya - Category 1 (incumbent)
Srivastava, Amit - Category 1(incumbent)
*The vacancy on the Personnel Board is in the employee-nominated category. City Charter Section 1007 states that two of the members of the Personnel Board shall be appointed by the City Council from a list of five persons nominated by election of the employees in the Classified Service. The Charter states that if the employees in the Classified Service do not nominate one or more persons to fill a vacancy within six months of written notification, the City Council may appoint the person directly to fill the vacancy. The six-month period for receiving nominations from employees has expired, and no nominations were received.
Terms will be effective July 1, 2014. Following appointments, the staff liaison for each commission will provide a commission-specific orientation and each new member is required to take the Oath of Office, sign the Model of Excellence and attend the Board and Commission Orientation hosted by the Office of the City Clerk. A ceremonial oath will be offered to all incoming members.
EXISTING POLICY
On May 15, 2012, Council adopted revisions to Council Policy 7.2.19 Boards and Commissions regarding the appointment of board and commission members to allow for ranked-choice paper votes or individual candidate votes, at the discretion of the Mayor. On September 11, 2012, the issue of ranked-choice paper votes was referred back to the Council Subcommittee on Boards and Commissions for further discussion. The ranked-choice paper vote method will not be used at this time.
The individual candidate vote method is as follows:
The Mayor will announce by board or commission each vacancy including its term, and then will read each applicant's name. Council will vote on each applicant. The candidate receiving the most affirmative votes and at least four affirmative votes will be appointed. Should no candidate receive at least four affirmative votes, the vacancy will remain. The process is repeated for each board or commission.
Resolving ties: Should a tie between the candidates receiving the most affirmative votes occur the affected applicants will be voted on again. If a tie still remains, and the affected applicants each have received at least four affirmative votes, the Mayor would ask the city attorney to draw the name of the person to be appointed.
If vacancies still exist after the appointment process is conducted, staff shall inform Council of alternative courses of action.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board outside City Hall, at the Sunnyvale Senior Center, Community Center and Department of Public Safety; and by making the agenda and report available at the Sunnyvale Public Library, the Office of the City Clerk and on the City's website.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Appoint commissioners from the applicants listed in this report.
2. Provide other direction to staff on how to proceed.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Staff makes no recommendation.
Staff
Prepared by: Lisa Natusch, Deputy City Clerk
Approved by: Robert Walker, Interim City Manager