10.D.
City Council Meeting - FINAL
- Meeting Date:
- 11/18/2014
- From:
- Elizabeth A. Burke, City Clerk
Information
TITLE:
Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2014-28: An ordinance of the Mayor and Council amending Title II, Boards and Commissions, of the Flagstaff City Code by amending various boards and commissions of the City to provide for consistency in the number of members and their terms.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
1) Read Ordinance No. 2014-28 by title only for the final time
2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2014-28 by title only (if approved above)
3) Adopt Ordinance No. 2014-28
2) City Clerk reads Ordinance No. 2014-28 by title only (if approved above)
3) Adopt Ordinance No. 2014-28
Policy Decision or Reason for Action:
Adoption of this ordinance will amend various chapters of Title II, Boards and Commissions, of the Flagstaff City Code as previously directed by City Council to bring consistency in the number of members and terms of each and eliminate inactive committees/commissions.
Financial Impact:
None
Connection to Council Goal and/or Regional Plan:
COUNCIL GOALS:
8. Review all Commissions
11. Effective governance
8. Review all Commissions
11. Effective governance
Has There Been Previous Council Decision on This:
Yes. The City Council identified the review of all Boards/Commissions as one of its top ten goals at its retreat last year. Since that time, several work sessions were held and on October 21, 2014, the new Manual was adopted. Because all of these boards and commissions are outlined in Title II of the Flagstaff City Code, we were able to create one ordinance to amend them all rather than create an ordinance for each individual board/commission. First reading of the ordinance was held on November 3, 2014, with one correction noted to Section 5 of the ordinance.
Options and Alternatives:
1) Adopt the ordinance; 2) Amend the ordinance; 3) Not adopt the ordinance
Background/History:
Ordinance No. 2014-28 reflects the changes to various boards/commissions of the City as directed by the City Council. After first read of the Ordinance on November 3, 2014, it was brought to staff's attention that Section 14 regarding the Open Spaces Commission needed to reduce the make-up of their commission to reflect the new number of seven. Staff has recommended that the Parks and Recreation Commission representative be eliminated as they have rarely attended the meetings and there is concern that with the reduced number of membership and this representative not attending often that there could be a problem getting a quorum. The attached ordinance has been changed to indicate this proposed change.
Community Involvement:
Inform