Intergovernmental Affairs 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

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

4 source source as of 2026-01-22

Seat types

• Council member ×4 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: nothing on its own: advises staff on state and federal legislation and the city's advocacy. To council: recommends council's legislative positions and the annual Policy Statement on Regional, State and Federal Issues source 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 (Intergovernmental Affairs Officer) · Heather Stauffer source source as of 2026-01-22

Relations

• City Council appoints Intergovernmental Affairs Committee · council appoints its members in the annual committee assignments source
• Intergovernmental Affairs Committee recommends to City Council · legislative positions and the Policy Statement source
• City Manager's Office staffs Intergovernmental Affairs Committee · staff liaison (Intergovernmental Affairs Officer) source
• Intergovernmental Affairs Committee subcommittee of City Council · an internal committee of City Council (Charter Sec. 9) source

History

• 2021 · renamed · The council's Legislative Committee (on the 2016 and 2019 lists) appears as the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee by the November 2021 list, which notes it was formerly the Legislative Committee. source source