Consideration of Appointments: Citizen Commission on Council Salaries. 

Due to a request from a majority of Council, the City Manager is establishing a Citizen Commission to review Council salaries. The Commission consists of nine members as follows:
 

• Member of the Planning and Zoning Commission
• Member of the Parks and Recreation Commission
• Member of the Tourism Commission
• Member of the Water Commission
• Member of the Transportation Commission
• Two community members who are Human Resource professionals
• Two community members at large. 

The Human Resource professional and the at-large seats are currently available for appointment. There are four five applications on file. They are:

• Allison Eckert (HR Professional)
• Deborah Harris (At-Large)
• McKenzie Jones (At-Large)
• Kyle Nitschke (At-Large)
• Jim Wine (HR Professional)

In an effort to reduce exposure to personal information the applicant roster and applications will be submitted to the City Council separately.
 
COUNCIL APPOINTMENT ASSIGNMENTS: Councilmember Shimoni, Vice Mayor Sweet, Councilmember McCarthy, Mayor Deasy

These are voluntary positions.

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• Foster community pride & civic engagement by increasing opportunities for public involvement, in line with best practices & legal requirements
• Enhance community involvement, education & regional partnerships to strengthen the level of public trust

During the October 22, 2019 Council meeting, the City Council gave staff direction to bring an ordinance to amend City Code Section 1-07-001-0005, Salaries, to increase the number of members of Citizen Commission that makes recommendations related to potential City Council salary adjustment(s) by including two community members who are Human Resource professionals and two community members at large, in addition to the five commissioners already on the Citizen Commission under existing City Code. The Council expressed a desire for the City Manager to convene the Citizen's Commission at the request of the majority of Council rather than waiting every four years.  The amendments were approved by ordinance on January 7, 2022. 

1) Appoint four Commissioners: by appointing four members at this time, the Citizen Commission on Council Salaries will be able to convene. 
2) Table to action to allow for further discussion or expand the list of candidates. 

The City's boards, commissions, and committees were created to foster public participation and input and to encourage Flagstaff citizens to take an active role in city government.

INFORM: Board members and City staff have informed the community of these vacancies through word of mouth in addition to the posting on the City's website.