Agenda Date: 03/07/2017
Subject:
Title
Motion to approve authority, board, and commission appointments
Body
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Presented By: |
Bruce Beckman, Mayor |
POLICY QUESTION:
Does city council support the appointment and reappointment of authority, board and commission applicants?
BACKGROUND:
In accordance with Section 2-2-3 (B) (1) and (2) of the Littleton City Code, the city clerk's office published notice in the Littleton Report, Facebook, Twitter, Next-door and on the city’s website announcing authority, board and commission vacancies. Forty-nine applications were received. City council interviewed 44 applicants on February 27th and 28th and March 1, 2017. One applicant withdrew their application before interviews were held, one applicant did not live in the city and three applicants did not attend their interviews.
STAFF ANALYSIS
City Council asked Clerk Heffner to meet with the city attorney to find out if an employee of the city could/could not be a member of an authority, board or commission. The Littleton Municipal Code and Littleton Charter are silent on this issue, except for the election commission, the Charter states in Article II, Section 11: Elections Commission
There is hereby created an Election Commission consisting of the city clerk who shall be the nonvoting chair, and five qualified electors of the city. Said electors, during their tenure in office, shall not be city officials or employees or candidates for elective office in City, County, State or Federal elections.
City council needs to determine a preference and provide guidance on the matter to staff.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
Members of city authorities, boards and commissions serve on a volunteer basis.
PROPOSED MOTION:
Proposed Motion
I move to approve the appointments identified on the attachment, with terms of office beginning April 1, 2017.