REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Board/Commission Resignation (Information Only)
Report
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
This report is to inform the Council of the following resignation from a City commission.
Kathryn Besser, who was appointed to a term on the Sustainability Commission on July 1, 2023, and scheduled to serve a term to expire June 30, 2027, has submitted a letter of resignation from the Commission, effective April 18, 2024.
Administrative Policy, Chapter 1, General Management, Article 15 Boards and Commissions, Section 2, Subdivision 8 states that when a resignation letter is received, staff shall prepare an Information Only Report to Council that indicates the resignation(s) and specifies the process that staff recommends to fill the new vacancy.
The Sustainability Commission vacancy will be promoted with the current recruitment process for May 2024 appointments. The application deadline for this recruitment is April 25, 2024, at 4 p.m., with interviews on May 13 and 14, 2024, and appointments on May 21, 2024.
With these resignations, the May 2024 recruitment includes the following vacancies:
* Arts Commission (one vacancy)
* Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (two vacancies)
* Board of Library Trustees (two vacancies)
* Heritage Preservation Commission (two vacancies)
* Housing and Human Services Commission (two vacancies)
* Human Relations Commission (two vacancies)
* Parks and Recreation Commission (one vacancy)
* Personnel Board (two vacancies*)
* Planning Commission (two vacancies)
* Sustainability Commission (three vacancies)
*No nominations were received for these Employee-Nominated seats on the Personnel Board. Council may directly appoint to fill these vacancies.
EXISTING POLICY
Administrative Policy, Chapter 1, General Management, Article 15 Boards and Commissions
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 Lib...
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