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September 10, 2024
Consent
City Clerk’s Office
Amend City Council Policy K-2, Council
Advisory Bodies
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending City Council Policy K-2, Council Advisory Bodies, Removing the Requirement For Public Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) Members to be Interviewed By the Entire City Council, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
BACKGROUND
On December 1, 2020, the City Council approved the City Council Subcommittee on Race, Equity, and Inclusion 's recommendation to establish a Public Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) to advise the City Council on public safety matters pertaining to law enforcement. Being a new Board with a new subject matter, the recommendation outlined that the initial action to establish the membership shall involve interviews by the City Council.
At the June 11, 2024 City Council meeting, a referral was made to revise Council Policy K-2 to empower the Council Appointments Review Committee (CARC) to interview and make recommendations for PSAB applicants.
ANALYSIS
City Council Policy K-2 empowers the Council Appointments Review Committee (CARC) to interview applicants for most advisory body scheduled and unscheduled vacancies and make recommendations for appointment to the City Council. Currently, the only bodies interviewed by the full City Council and not the CARC are the Environmental Planning Commission (EPC), PSAB, and the Rental Housing Commission (RHC). The amendment proposed to City Council Policy K-2 (Attachment 1) would transfer interviewing responsibility for PSAB to the CARC. The full City Council would still retain its authority to interview applicants for the EPC and RHC.
FISCAL IMPACT—There is no budgetary impact to this recommendation.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Decline to amend City Council Policy K-2.
2. Provide other direction.
PUBLIC NOTICING—Agenda posting.
Prepared by:
Merry Monlux
Assistant City Clerk
Reviewed by:
Heather Glaser
City Clerk
Attachments: 1. Resolution Adopting Council Policy K-2
2. Council Policy K-2 (redline d)
Amend City Council Policy K-2,
Council Advisory Bodies
September 10, 2024
Approved by:
Audrey Seymour Ramberg
Assistant City Manager
MM/4/CAM
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