Health Equity Advisory Committee

Researcher's note: Allocates the Health Equity Fund (sugar-sweetened beverage tax revenue). Appointed by the city manager; not a council board.

Legal basis

• Ordinance No. 8181 (2017); BRC 3-16-11 (2017-06-06) · governs · Sugar Sweetened Beverage Product Distribution Tax: Dedicated Revenues source source
• City of Boulder Ballot Issue 2H (November 8, 2016) (2016-11-08) · authorizes source
• Health Equity Advisory Committee Policy and Procedures Manual (updated July 2019) (2019-07-01) · governs source

Appointed by

City Manager. The city manager appoints the members from applicants assessed and recommended by HHS staff. source source as of 2026-10-29

How

Vacancies are posted on the city website; applications (online, English or Spanish) are accepted on a rolling basis. Staff check applications for completeness, disqualification and conflicts of interest, assess them against the manual's criteria and recommend appointees to the City Manager. · rolling, as seats become vacant · City Manager source source source as of 2026-10-29

Seats

7 source as of 2026-10-29

another source differs

9 source source

The 2019 manual and 2019 page said nine; the current city page (2026-10-29) says seven. The manual linked from the current page is still the July 2019 edition, so the change is not documented in it.

Seat types

• representatives of underserved populations (at least two positions reserved) ×2 designated
• members with expertise in health equity, nutrition, food systems, health and related fields; at least half City of Boulder residents where possible qualified

source source source as of 2019-07

Term

2 years source source as of 2026-10-29

Term limit

three consecutive two-year terms source as of 2019-07

Staggering

Terms generally run July 1 to June 30; the City Manager or a staff designee may extend some members' terms by one or two years to stagger turnover. source source as of 2019-07

Powers

advisory. Decides: Nothing final. It scores Health Equity Fund proposals, may interview applicants, and in deliberation meetings sets preliminary funding recommendations, which staff present to the City Manager; it also helps define outcomes and indicators.. To council: Nothing directly; awards are approved by the City Manager, and the money available depends on council's annual budget approval. source source source as of 2026-10-29

Council liaison

not applicable: The HEAC is appointed by the city manager and is not one of the council's boards and commissions, so council assigns no liaison; HHS staff support it. source

Staff liaison

Housing and Human Services · Allison Bayley, Markisha Key-Hagan source source source as of 2026-10-29

Relations

• City Manager appoints Health Equity Advisory Committee source
• Health Equity Advisory Committee recommends to City Manager · Health Equity Fund grant allocations source
• Housing & Human Services staffs Health Equity Advisory Committee · staff support (Human Services Investments) source source

History

• 2017-06-28 · created · After voters approved Ballot Issue 2H (Nov. 8, 2016) and the tax took effect July 1, 2017, the newly appointed HEAC held its orientation meeting on June 28, 2017. source source