Council Agenda Committee

Legal basis

• BRC Title 2 Appendix, Council Procedure III.b · creates · Council Agenda Committee (CAC) source
• Charter Sec. 9 · governs · Meetings of council source

Appointed by

City Council. The mayor and mayor pro tem sit by office; council designates the third member in rotation from a sign-up list; if more members want a slot than there are vacancies, the mayor makes the appointment. source source as of 2026-10-29

How

A sign-up list circulates among council members; the third seat rotates every six to seven weeks (numbered rotations in the CAC summaries); replacements are solicited from the other members when one cannot attend. · rotation every six to seven weeks source source as of 2026-10-19

Seats

3 source as of 2026-10-23

Seat types

• Mayor ×1 ex-officio
• Mayor Pro Tem ×1 ex-officio
• Rotating council member ×1 council-member

source as of 2026-10-23

Term

mayor and mayor pro tem: while in office (mayor pro tem one year); rotating member: six to seven weeks source as of 2026-10-29

Term limit

none set: Council Procedure III.b sets the rotation but no limit on repeat turns source as of 2026-10-29

Staggering

only the third seat rotates (every six to seven weeks); the mayor and mayor pro tem are constant source as of 2026-10-29

Powers

decision-making. Decides: the agenda for council meetings and study sessions (what is scheduled, when, on consent or for hearing), when boards and commissions address council, and who drafts responses to correspondence; no other decisions. To council: controversial scheduling goes to the full council; a member may appeal a scheduling decision, which needs a nod of five source source as of 2026-10-29

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 (staff attendance at the city manager's discretion) source as of 2026-10-29

Relations

• Council Agenda Committee appeals to City Council · a CAC scheduling determination can be appealed to council (nod of five) source
• City Council appoints Council Agenda Committee · council appoints its members in the annual committee assignments source
• City Manager's Office staffs Council Agenda Committee · staff attend at the city manager's discretion source
• Council Agenda Committee subcommittee of City Council · an internal committee of City Council (Charter Sec. 9) source