SUBJECT
Title
Boards and Commissions Semi-Annual Attendance Report, January to June 2025 (Information Only)
Report
DISCUSSION
The semi-annual report of all City boards and commissions shows the attendance of each member at both regular and special meetings. The report shows attendance for July to December 2024 and for the past 12 months as required by Council Policy 7.2.19, 2.G.(II).
The next attendance report will be provided to Council in February 2026, for the period of July to December 2025.
The percentage of unexcused absences from regular meetings reported for Housing and Human Services Commissioner Leesa Riviere exceeded the 25% limit provided in Council Policy 7.2.19, Boards and Commissions. The City Clerk declared this seat vacant on August 5, 2025. On August 17, 2025, Riviere filed an appeal of this action to the City Council.
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 7.2.19, 2.G.(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 consecutive 12-month period, shall result in that member's seat being declared vacant by the City Clerk. The percent of regularly scheduled meetings attended shall only be shown for board and commission members having been in office at least six months.
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 minutes, the Council will declare the member's seat vacant.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council meeting agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board at City Hall, at the Sunnyvale Public Library and in the Department of Public Safety Lobby. In addition, the agenda and this report are availa...
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