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BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INTERVIEW PROCESS - RESPONSES FROM OTHER CITIES General
Boards and Commissions Interview Process
City Law or
Responses from Other Cities
Charter
• The interview panel consists of two City Council liaisons and the Beverly General Chair and Vice Chair of the same Commission in which the Hills Law applicant has applied.
• After the interviews, the City Council makes the final appointment. • The Presiding Officer requests applicants provide a brief General background on themselves and explain why they would be good Glendora for the board/commission.
Law
• The City Council asks questions.
• After all interviews, the City Council appoints members. • Interviews are held before the City Council, in a conference room General (not televised).
Goleta
Law • After the interviews, the City Council makes the final appointments.
• Interviews are conducted in front of other applicants and the General public during a City Council meeting.
Los Gatos
Law • Working to move toward a subcommittee that interviews and recommends appointments to the City Council.
• Applicants give a two-minute introduction to the City Council at a City Council meeting.
Menlo General
• City Council may ask questions to each applicant.
Park Law
• Appointments may be made at the same meeting or at the next scheduled City Council meeting.
• Interview panel consists of two members of the City Council and one staff member, all appointed by the Mayor.
General • After the interviews, the interview board makes a Montclair
Law recommendation for appointment at the next City Council meeting. • The Mayor makes the formal appointment, which requires approval by the City Council.
General
Boards and Commissions Interview Process
City Law or
Responses from Other Cities
Charter
• All applicants are interviewed by City Council over two evenings, each applicant allowed 15 minutes.
• City Council takes a 10-minute recess after every fourth interview.
Sunnyvale Charter
• Each Councilmember can ask a question of each applicant. • Interviews are in-person, but the public can watch remotely. • After the interviews, the City Council makes the final appointments. • Individual recruitment and interviews for each board/commission. • Two Councilmembers volunteer to sit on the interview committee and interview each applicant.
• Student representatives are interviewed in groups of five, with Thousand General interviews lasting 5-15 minutes.
Oaks Law • The staff liaison provides the interview questions, and the Interview Committee brings their nominations to City Council within one month of the interviews.
• City Council reviews the nominations and makes the final appointments.
• Applicants contact the City Council directly after their application is approved by the City Clerk's office.
• All applicants are required to complete a two-hour Commission Torrance Charter
Certification class.
• City Council interviews applicants in their offices, and appointments are made at a City Council meeting.
• Applicants are interviewed at a Special Meeting, which is not recorded. • Applicants wait outside until it's their turn.
Walnut General • Multiple candidates may be interviewed at the same time if there are Creek Law many applicants.
• The City Council discusses at the end and motions for an appointment or further direction.
• City Council interviews all applicants for the commissions during a special meeting.
• Each applicant is given 10 minutes for their interview. • City Council asks each applicant the same questions from a list General approved by the Department Head and City Manager.
Yorba Linda
Law • The questions are not shared with City Council until the evening of the meeting.
• City Council is provided with a rating sheet to rank applicants. • After the interviews, the Mayor asks Council to name their top 2 or 3 choices and appoints by a majority vote.