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File ID: 2025-00722 3/18/2025 Consent Item 2.
Confirmation of Board and Commission Appointments
File ID: 2025-00722
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Pass a Motion confirming the following board and commission appointments: 1) Animal Wellbeing Commission: Samantha Christie - Seat K; 2) Compensation Commission: Theresa Riviera - Seat C and Steven Cohn - Seat E; 3) Utilities Rate Advisory Commission: Soren Nelson - Seat J and Tim Olson - Seat K; and 4) correcting term dates for Ann Land and Bertha Henschel Memorial Funds Commission: Alex Brown - Seat F.
Contact: Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk, (916) 808-5442, [email protected]; Jacob Bredberg, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-6846, [email protected]; Office of the City Clerk Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: As required by City Charter section 230, board and commission appointments made by the Mayor with the concurrence of the City Council.
Commission Appointee Seat Seat Term
Dates
Appointee
Term Dates
Term
Type
Recommended
By
Animal
Wellbeing
Commission
Samantha
Christie
K 07/01/2024-
06/30/2028
03/18/2025-
06/30/2028
Full Personnel and
Public Employees
Committee (P&PE)
Compensation
Commission
Theresa
Riviera
C 07/01/2024-
06/30/2028
03/18/2025-
06/30/2028
Full P&PE
Compensation
Commission
Steven
Cohn
E 07/01/2024-
06/30/2028
03/18/2025-
06/30/2028
Full P&PE
Utilities Rate
Advisory
Commission
Soren
Nelson
J 07/01/2024-
06/30/2028
03/18/2025-
06/30/2028
Full P&PE
Utilities Rate
Advisory
Commission
Tim Olson K 07/01/2024-
06/30/2028
03/18/2025-
06/30/2028
Full P&PE
File ID: 2025-00722 3/18/2025 Consent Item 2.
Commission Appointee Seat Seat Term
Dates
Appointee
Term Dates
Term
Type
Recommended
By
Animal
Wellbeing
Commission
Samantha
Christie
K 07/01/2024-
06/30/2028
03/18/2025-
06/30/2028
Full Personnel and
Public Employees
Committee (P&PE)
Compensation
Commission
Theresa
Riviera
C 07/01/2024-
06/30/2028
03/18/2025-
06/30/2028
Full P&PE
Compensation
Commission
Steven
Cohn
E 07/01/2024-
06/30/2028
03/18/2025-
06/30/2028
Full P&PE
Utilities Rate
Advisory
Commission
Soren
Nelson
J 07/01/2024-
06/30/2028
03/18/2025-
06/30/2028
Full P&PE
Utilities Rate
Advisory
Commission
Tim Olson K 07/01/2024-
06/30/2028
03/18/2025-
06/30/2028
Full P&PE
The term of office dates for the appointment to Seat F of the Ann Land and Bertha Henschel Memorial Funds Commission that was passed at the March 4, 2025, 5:00 p.m. City Council meeting (File ID 2025-00552) were incorrectly listed. The correction to the term of office dates is made as follows:
Commission Appointee Seat Seat Term
Dates
Appointee
Term Dates
Term
Type
Recommended
By
Ann Land and
Bertha Henschel
Memorial Funds
Commission
Alex Brown F 01/01/2023-
12/31/2026
03/04/2025-
12/31/2026
Partial Councilmember
Maple, District 5
Policy Considerations: None.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): This action is not a project that is subject to CEQA because it is an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. (CEQA Guidelines §15378(b)(5)).
Sustainability: None.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
Rationale for Recommendation: The Personnel and Public Employees Committee has nominated for appointment vacancies identified on several of the Boards and Commissions. After consideration, candidates were nominated, which now require Council confirmation. Confirmation of appointment by the City Council finalizes the process.
Financial Considerations: None.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): None.