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The City Council appoints members to the Budget Committee and the Toxics Board. For <br />LRAPA and the Police Commission, the Mayor nominates and the City Council appoints. Finally, <br />for the Historic Review Board, the Mayor and President of the Planning Commission nominate <br />and the City Council appoints. <br /> <br />The terms on these boards, committees and commission begin on November 1, 2004. <br /> <br />RELATED CITY POLICIES <br />The boards, committees and commissions serve as advisory bodies to the City Council in the <br />development of various city policies. <br /> <br />COUNCIL OPTIONS <br />The City Council may <br />1. Appoint applicants who have been nominated; or <br />2. Appoint other applicants from the pool, or <br />3. Seek additional candidates for these positions. <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION <br />The City Manager has no recommendation on this item; the appointments are made by the City <br />Council. <br /> <br />SUGGESTED MOTIONS <br />Budget Committee <br />There are two vacancies on the Budget Committee. Thirteen applications were received, <br />including one current member who wished to be reappointed. From this pool, the council chose <br />to reappoint one member in the initial round and to interview eight other applicants on October <br />12-13, 2004. <br /> <br />Move to reappoint Terrance McDonald to Position 2 on the Budget Committee for a three-year <br />term beginning November 1, 2004 and ending on October 31, 2007. <br /> <br />Move to appoint to Position 7 on the Budget Committee for a three-year term <br />beginning November 1, 2004 and ending on October 31, 2007. <br /> <br />Toxics Board <br />There are four vacancies on the Toxics Board. One is for a "right-to-know advocate" position <br />and two are "business required to report" positions, as one member resigned. In addition, the <br />terms of the neutral position on the Toxics Board expires on October 31, 2004, thus requiring <br />another appointment. There was one applicant for the "right-to-know advocate," three applicants <br />for the "business required to report" positions, and one applicant for the neutral position. None <br />of these applicants received five or more votes to appoint and therefore to that his/her name <br />placed in nomination. The current members of the Toxics Board addressed a memo to the City <br />Council to make recommendations on these appointments. A copy of this memo is attached. <br /> L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M041025\S0410254.doc <br /> <br /> <br />