City Council
MEETING DATE: 6/6/2015
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Board, Commissions and Committees Interviews
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FROM:
Tracey R. Martinez, CMC
Deputy City Clerk
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Interview applicants, discuss and provide direction to staff on possible appointments to the various Commissions, Committees and Boards with existing vacancies and terms expiring on June 30, 2015.
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BACKGROUND:
The terms of appointments and term limits for Boards and Commissions have been established in the Cathedral City Municipal Code or by the specific organizations. There are no term limits established for committees by the municipal code. All members of the Commissions shall be appointed for a three year term unless otherwise provided by law, Ordinance, Resolution or if not applicable. The Finance Advisory Committee appointments are for two years with no term limits. When an unexpected vacancy occurs on a Commission an appointment may be made to fulfill the remainder of the term. Most, if not all, terms will expire on June 30th of their respective year. Except in cases where the Mayor or City Council are not the appointing authority, no person shall be appointed to and serve substantially more than two full consecutive terms upon any single board or commission, and any person who has served substantially two full consecutive terms shall not be reappointed to the same board or commission until at least the time equal to one full term has elapsed. However, the City Council may, at any time, if in the best interest of the City, upon the affirmative votes of any four members of the City Council, waive the term limit provisions and reappoint any member of a board or commission of the City for one additional term.
Staff has actively solicited applicants to fill the existing vacancies and anticipated vacancies for June 2015. Efforts included publishing a notice in the Desert Sun twice, posting the notice at the Senior Center, Library and Cit...
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