REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Consider Revisions to Council Policy 7.2.19: Boards and Commissions
Report
BACKGROUND
Council Policy requires that a standing subcommittee of three members of City Council review any and all proposed revisions to Council's policy governing boards and commissions prior to consideration of those revisions for action by the full Council.
EXISTING POLICY
See Attachment 2, Council Policy 7.2.19: Boards and Commissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
N/A.
DISCUSSION
On June 2, 2014, the standing Council subcommittee on board and commission bylaws met to consider proposed revisions to Council Policy 7.2.19. The minutes of that meeting are shown in Attachment 1. As a result of that meeting, the subcommittee recommends several revisions to Council Policy 7.2.19, as depicted by Attachment 2 (proposed changes shown in red).
FISCAL IMPACT
N/A
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.
Copies of this report were also shared with each of the City's boards and commissions as "Information Only".
ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve the recommendations of the Council subcommittee on board and commission bylaws as depicted in Attachment 2.
2. Approve the recommendations of the Council subcommittee on board and commission bylaws as depicted in Attachment 2 with modifications.
3. Other action as directed by Council.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Staff makes no recommendation.
Staff
Prepared by: Robert A. Walker, Assistant City Manager
Approved by: Deanna J. Santana, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS
1. Draft Minutes of the Council Subcommittee on Board and Commission Bylaws meeting of June 2, 2014
2. Council Poli...
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