CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Meeting: December 17, 2024
Subject
Appointment of 2025 Council Committee assignments
Recommended Action
Ratify 2025 Council Committee assignments
Reasons for Recommendation
The City Council appoints Councilmembers to serve as representatives to local and regional organizations. Per the City Council Procedures Manual (Resolution No. 24- 024), the Mayor appoints Councilmembers to standing and ad hoc committees and subcommittees established by the City Council, subject to ratification by the Council at its next regular meeting. It will be the responsibility of the committees and subcommittees to inform and submit recommendations to the Council. The Mayor and Vice Mayor shall be selected annually at a special meeting on the second Thursday of December.
The City Council previously established the 2024 Committee assignments on January 17, 2024.
There are several regional boards and committees with meetings that are held in January for calendar year 2025. The draft committee assignments are being proposed in December to ensure adequate Councilmember representation when those committees convene in January.
As of the time of the City Council agenda production on December 10, one newly-elected member of the City Council was not yet seated , and the newly-elected Mayor was not yet selected. Once the new Councilmember is seated and new Mayor selected, the new Mayor will appoint Councilmembers to the standing committees and t he City Council will review the list of assignments (Attachment A). Under the Procedures Manual, the City Council has the opportunity to ratify or modify the Mayor’s appointments. Staff estimates the timing to complete the committee assignments will be shortly before the City Council meeting on December 17. The 2025 Council Committee Assignments will be added as a desk item on the day of the meeting.
It is recommended that the City Council approve the proposed 2025 Council Committee Assignments on December 17.
Next Steps
Once the assignments have been approved by the Council, the names of the Council representatives will be submitted to the respective agencies. If the Council does not approve the assignments on December 17, then the regional boards and committees may not have adequate representation when the meeting schedule begins in January for calendar year 2025.
Sustainability Impact
No sustainability impact.
Fiscal Impact
No fiscal impact.
California Environmental Quality Act
Not applicable.
City Work Program (CWP) Item: No
CWP Item Description: N/A
Council Goal: N/A
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Prepared by: Kirsten Squarcia, City Clerk
Approved for Submission by: Pamela Wu, City Manager
Attachments:
A – Draft 2025 Council Committee Assignments (forthcoming on December 17)