City Council
MEETING DATE: 6/13/2018
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Commissions and Committees Interviews
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FROM:
Tracey R. Martinez, CMC
Deputy City Clerk
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council interview applicants and discuss possible appointments to the various Commissions, Committees with terms expiring on June 30, 2018.
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BACKGROUND:
The terms of appointments and term limits for Commissions and Committees have been established in the Cathedral City Municipal Code. 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 has 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 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 commission of the City for one additional term.
Staff has actively solicited applicants to fill the anticipated vacancies for June 2018. Efforts included publishing a notice in the Desert Sun, posting the notice at the Senior Center, Library and City Hall, posting the notice on the City's website and social media. All current commissioners and committee members whose term is expiring in June 2018, with the exc...
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