REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Boards and Commissions Semi-Annual Attendance Report, July - December 2015 (Information Only)
Report
DISCUSSION
The attached semi-annual report of all City boards and commissions shows the attendance of each member at both regular and special meetings during the past 12 months. Pursuant to City Charter Section 1005, if a board or commission member has three consecutive absences from regularly scheduled meetings, unless by permission of the board or commission expressed in its official minutes, his or her office shall become vacant and shall be so declared by the Council. During the reporting period, no member had three consecutive unexcused absences.
The next attendance report will be provided to Council in July 2016, for the period of January - June 2016.
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 7.2.19, 2.H.(II): Council shall take into consideration board and commission member attendance records, including tardiness, when evaluating the overall performance of board and commission members. Unexcused absences from three consecutive regularly scheduled meetings, or from more than 25% of all regularly scheduled meetings over any twelve consecutive month period, shall result in that member's seat being declared vacant by the City Clerk.
City Charter Section 1005: If a member of a board or commission has three consecutive absences from regularly scheduled meetings, unless by permission of the board or commission expressed in its official minutes, his or her office shall become vacant and shall be so declared by the Council.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This is an information report only and no action is being taken by the City Council and no environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") is required.
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 Departmen...
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