Boards and Commissions Committee

Legal basis

• Charter Sec. 9 (2021-11-02) · governs · Meetings of council source source
• BRC Title 2 Appendix, Council Procedure XIII · authorizes · Council Member Appointments source
• Motion approving 2026 City Council Committee Appointments (consent item 4D, January 22, 2026) (2026-01-22) · governs source source
• Agenda memos, 2015 (committee created) (2015) · creates source

Appointed by

City Council. City Council appoints its own members to the committee by motion at a council meeting, as part of its annual committee assignment item; the mayor is ex officio a member of all council committees (Charter Sec. 15). source source as of 2026-01-22

How

Each year (after each election, in December or January) staff list the internal and intergovernmental committee seats and vacancies; council members volunteer at a council meeting, settle contested seats on the Hotline, and council approves the full list on its consent agenda. · annual (2026 list discussed January 8, approved January 22, 2026) · city-council source source source source as of 2026-01-22

Seats

2 source as of 2026-01-22

Seat types

• Council member ×2 council-member

source as of 2026-01-22

Term

one year: assignments are made each year in council's committee assignment item (members may serve again); the Financial Strategy Committee alone uses 1- and 2-year terms source source as of 2026-01-22

Term limit

none set: Charter Sec. 9 and Council Procedure XIII set the size of council committees and how members are appointed, but no limit on repeat service source source as of 2026-01-22

Staggering

not applicable: Council committee seats are all filled together in council's annual assignment item; there are no staggered terms (the Financial Strategy Committee is the exception) source

Powers

advisory. Decides: plans the annual boards and commissions recruitment and directs staff on recruitment, resignations, applicants and process. To council: recommends procedural changes to the boards and commissions program for council approval source as of 2026-01-22

Council liaison

not applicable: A committee of City Council: its members are council members, so council sends no separate liaison source

Staff liaison

City Manager's Office (council committee and board assignments) · Heather Stauffer source source as of 2026-01-22

Relations

• City Council appoints Boards and Commissions Committee · council appoints its members in the annual committee assignments source
• Boards and Commissions Committee recommends to City Council source
• City Manager's Office staffs Boards and Commissions Committee · staff support (council committee assignments) source source
• Boards and Commissions Committee subcommittee of City Council · an internal committee of City Council (Charter Sec. 9) source

History

• 2015 · created · Created by council in 2015 (agenda memos cited in the 2021 authority table): two council members and at least one staff member. source