Item 4: Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Action: Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees Meeting Date: October 27, 2008 Agenda Item Number: 4 Department: City Manager’s Office Staff Contact: Mary Walston www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5406 ______________________________________________________________________________ ISSUE STATEMENT This is an action item to appoint members to the Budget Committee, Historic Review Board, Human Rights Commission, Lane Regional Air Protection Agency, Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission, the Planning Commission, Police Commission, Toxics Board, and the Whilamut Natural Area Citizen Planning Committee. BACKGROUND Each year, the council makes appointments to boards, committees and commissions. The last major recruitment and appointment process occurred in October 2007. Chapter 2 of the Eugene Code addresses standing committees to the City Council and the appointment process for those. For most standing committees created in the Code, the council is the appointing authority. The annual recruitment for boards, committees and commissions was initiated on July 14, 2008, and concluded on September 19, 2008. The recruitment was publicized on the Internet, through press releases, council newsletter items, City offices, and at City-related meetings and events. Members of the council were provided with copies of the applications. From this, the council selected those persons who were to be considered as finalists and who were subsequently interviewed by the council. If an applicant received five or more votes to be appointed, that person was presumed to be appointed and thus the motion to appoint reflects that presumption. The City Council appoints members to the Budget Committee, Human Rights Commission, Planning Commission, and the Toxics Board. For the Historic Review Board, Lane Regional Air Protection Agency, Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission, the Whilamut Natural Area Citizen Planning Committee, the Mayor nominates and the City Council appoints. Included in these appointments is also the new Human Rights Commission representative on the Police Commission. The Human Rights Commission designates a member and the City Council formally approves this designation. With the exception of the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission, the terms on these boards, committees and commission begin on November 1, 2008; the term on this body begins on February 1, 2009. Z:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M081027\S0810274.doc