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Date: October 6, 2026
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Rebecca Poirier, City Clerk | [email protected] Subject: City Clerk – Review Applications and Appoint Members to Fill Commission Vacancies. Expenditure: None.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation of the City Clerk that City Council review applications and appoint members to fill vacancies on various Commissions from a list of qualified applicants. The City Clerk will administer the Oath of Office to the newly appointed Commissioners present.
FUNDING
None required.
DISCUSSION
All current eligible certified individuals were notified of the vacancies by email. Public notices were posted on the City’s notice boards, the City’s website, and the Daily Breeze. Community groups were also notified of the vacancies and encouraged to share the notice.
The following qualified applicants have submitted applications. This office has verified that all meet the criteria of being electors in the City of Torrance and have completed, and are current on, the required Torrance Commission Certification Training. For current eligible Commissioners, applicants are current on Ethics AB 1234 and Non-Supervisory Harassment Prevention Training as well as Commission Certification Training. The applicants are:
1. Michelle Brooks 5. Nicholas Kurugian 9. Paul A. Thompson
2. John Clifford 6. Rick Marshall 10. Hilda Weintraub
3. Gene Higginbotham 7. Norma Martinez 11. Melissa Wright
4. Mary Hileman 8. Cindy Scotto
Delay of Appointments
In the past, the City Council has delayed appointments if there were not sufficient applicants for any one Commission. The Civil Service Commission has several upcoming hearings and will need a full panel of commissioners.
ATTACHMENT
1. 2026 Commission Applications (Redacted) (Limited Distribution) 1 2
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