TO:City Council
FROM:David Newman, Mayor
DATE:January 14, 2025
SUBJECT: Proposed 2025 City Councilmember Committee Assignments RECOMMENDATION:
1. Approve proposed 2025 Calendar year City Councilmember Committee Assignments.
2. Find that this action is not a project as defined under the California Environmental Quality Act.
LEVINE ACT ITEM: No
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
No Additional Funding Requested. Minimal costs associated with City Councilmember and staff time to attend commission, board, and committee meetings are included in the Adopted FY 2024-25 General Fund Budget.
BACKGROUND:
In compliance with Standards of Operations Resolution No. 2023-008, each year the Mayor sends the previous year’s City Councilmember Committee Assignments list to each City Councilmember to review and request potential revisions. The Mayor then reviews and discusses City Councilmember responses and prepares a proposed list of City Councilmember Assignments for the new calendar year.
Section 3 (Committee Assignments) of Resolution No. 2023-008 states that, “The Mayor will make all appointments to City Council Committees, with concurrence of City Council.”
DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS:
The 2024 City Councilmember Committee Assignment list was reviewed and
Proposed 2025 City Councilmember Committee Assignments
January 14, 2025
1 1
8 3
amended by the Mayor and those changes are reflected on the Proposed 2025 City Councilmember Committee Assignments List (Attachment #1).
For disclosure purposes, two commissions provide meeting stipends. The Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) provides a stipend of $100 per meeting, not to exceed $200 per month.
The Ventura Regional Sanitation District (VRSD) provides a stipend of $186 per day (including board meetings, ad hoc committees, or attendance at conferences), with a maximum of six days ($1,116) per month. None of the other commissions, boards, and committees provides any form of monetary compensation.
COUNCIL GOAL COMPLIANCE:
Meets the following City Council goal:
B. Provide municipal government leadership which is open and responsive to residents, and is characterized by ethical behavior, stability, promoting public trust, transparency, confidence in the future, and cooperative interaction among civic leaders, residents, business representatives, and staff, while recognizing and respecting legitimate differences of opinion on critical issues facing the City.
PREPARED BY: Katie Morris, Administrative Support Supervisor Attachments:
Attachment #1 – Proposed 2025 City Councilmember Committee Assignments List
CMO:120-20:H:\COMMON\City Council\Council Items\2025\011425\011425 Proposed 2024 Council Committee Assignments Staff Report.docx