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<br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Action: Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees <br /> <br />Meeting Date: October 23, 2006 Agenda Item Number: 4 <br />Department: City Manager’s Office Staff Contact: Mary <br />Walston <br /> <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5406 <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br />This is an action item to appoint members to the Budget Committee, Human Rights Commission, <br />Planning Commission, Police Commission, Toxics Board, Whilamut Natural Area Citizen Planning <br />Committee, and Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC). <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />Each year, the council makes appointments to boards, committees and commissions. The last <br />major recruitment and appointment process occurred in October 2005. Chapter 2 of the Eugene <br />Code addresses standing committees to the City Council and the appointment process for those. <br />For most standing committees created in the Code, the council is the appointing authority. <br /> <br />The annual recruitment for boards, committees and commissions was initiated on July 17, 2006, <br />and concluded on September 8, 2006. The recruitment was publicized on the Internet, through <br />press releases, council newsletter items, City offices, and at City-related meetings and events. <br />Notices of the vacancies were mailed to a number of community organizations and a list of <br />interested parties. <br /> <br />Members of the council were provided with copies of the applications. From this, the council <br />selected those persons who were to be considered as finalists and who were subsequently <br />interviewed by the council. If an applicant received five or more votes to be appointed, that <br />person was presumed to be appointed and thus the motion to appoint reflects that presumption. <br /> <br />The City Council appoints members to the Budget Committee, Human Rights Commission, <br />Planning Commission, and Toxics Board. For the Police Commission, MWMC, and Whilamut <br />Natural Area Citizen Planning Committee, the Mayor nominates and the City Council appoints. <br /> <br />The terms on these boards, committees and commission begin on November 1, 2006. <br /> <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 />L:\CMO\2006 Council Agendas\M061023\S0610234.doc <br /> <br />