Item 3.3
Financial Need-Based Stipends for
Boards and Commissions
Rosalynn Hughey, Deputy City Manager
November 8, 2022
1 Background
April 11, 2022: City Council Special Meeting General Charter Review Commission Recommendations • Recommendation. To provide a stipend to all members of boards and commissions • Result. Create a Manager’s Budget Addendum on costs and staff impacts May 25, 2022: Manager’s Budget Addendum #20
• Analysis. To consider the cost and staffing impacts of implementing recommendation June 14, 2022: City Council Approval of Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Operating Budget • Result. Manager’s Budget Addendum #20 was not included in the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Operating Budget approved by City Council (Budget adopted on June 21, 2022) August 30, 2022: City Council Discussion on Stipends – San José for All • Result. Administration committed to return to City Council with analysis and recommendation by which stipends could be provided to all boards and commissions to reduce barriers 2 Goal: Remove Barriers for Residents to Serve
Equity-centered: power and justice
Diversity: multiplicity of identities
Inclusion: engaging traditionally
excluded identities
Desired outcome: More
perspectives in shaping the City’s
policies, programs, and budgets
3 Housing and Community
Development
Commission
Community Stabilization
+ Opportunity Pathways
Fund Commission
San José for All
(formerly Equity
Roundtable)
14 seats
One seat for person
with lived experience
with homelessness
+ $200 stipend
monthly, dependent on
meeting attendance
Five seats for persons
with lived experience in
program areas
+ $200 stipend
monthly, dependent on
meeting attendance
13 seats
Ten to twelve seat
Advisory Body
+ $100 stipend every
two months,
regardless of meeting
attendance
10-12
seats
Existing Models
4 Recommendation
Provide Financial Need-Based Stipends of $200 per month to each member of a board or commission established under Chapter
2.08 of the Municipal Code or the City Charter:
• Who is not currently receiving a stipend
• If they have attended a monthly meeting
• Members to receive stipend if monthly meeting is canceled • Who is a member of a low-income household
• Low-income household defined for Santa Clara County
• Up to $92,250 for one-person household
• Up to $105,400 for two-person household
• Up to $118,600 for three-person household
• Up to $131,740 for four-person household
5 Recommendation and Next Steps
Direct the City Clerk’s Office to develop financial need-based stipend application form; post information on Boards and Commissions website
Direct the City Manager’s Office to work with departments who staff boards and commissions, ensuring that stipend budgeting and administration are coordinated
6 Item 3.3
Financial Need-Based Stipends for
Boards and Commissions
Rosalynn Hughey, Deputy City Manager
November 8, 2022
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