ACTION:
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Clerk/Secretary
Department: City Clerk Item No: D1
Prepared by: Kathy Valdez, City Clerk Meeting Date: October 13, 2026 Approved by: John Conley, City Manager Agenda Location: Discussion SUBJ
ECT: AMENDMENTS TO CITY COUNCIL POLICY 200-06, APPOINTMENTS TO CITY BOARDS,
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS
RECO
MMENDATION: Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2026- , amending City Council Policy 200- 06, Appointments to City Boards, Committees and Commissions.
CORRE
LATION TO CITY COUNCIL GOALS: Routine operational item not directly corresponding to a specific City Council goal.
PR
IOR ACTION: On August 25, 2026, discussed the Commission appointment process and directed staff to draft amendments to the commission appointment procedures for consideration (No vote taken).
See E
xhibit 2 for a complete list of prior City Council actions.
ST
ATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT: On August 25, 2026, the City Council directed staff to revise City Council Policy 200-06, Appointments to City Boards, Committees and Commissions , to establish a procedure that transfers the responsibility of making a recommendation of appointment to another member of the City Council if a recommendation has not been made within a designated period of time. Based on direction provided by the City Council, staff is proposing the following process:
“If
the City Council Member making the recommendation of appointment fails to provide a recommendation to the City Clerk within 45 days of the closing of the posting seeking applicants, the member of the City Council with the highest rank (i.e. Mayor, Deput y Mayor, most senior Council Member, etc.) shall be transferred the responsibility to make a recommendation of appointment. Upon transfer of the appointment responsibility, the Council Member with the original responsibility for appointment will no longer be able to appoint for that open position. The City Clerk shall provide the qualified applicant list and notify the City Council member next in succession that they have 30 days to make a recommendation of appointment for the respective position. If a recommendation is not received by the City Clerk within that 30 day period the member of the City Council with the next highest rank or seniority will then be designated by the City Clerk the authority to make a recommendation of appointment. When a successive City Council member is notified by the City Clerk that they are responsible for an appointment, concurrently, the prior City Council member shall lose the right if appointment.” AGENDA
REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT
JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY
Approved above recommendation, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2026-176. Vote: 4-1 (Franklin opposed)