Quarterly Updates on Outside Committees

Councilmembers Buscher and Riley requested this discussion.

In addition to the Ramsey boards and commissions, the City appoints either City Councilmembers or staff to a number of other boards.  These boards and their decisions do not always require local approvals as they are governed through a joint powers agreement with their own by-laws.  The suggestion is to receive regular updates from the liaisons of these boards.

These updates are likely best suited for sharing during the regular council meetings as those meetings are televised to the public.  These updates could either be verbal updates during the Council/Staff input section at the end of the meeting, or we could prepare prepare a written update and attach the case as an FYI in that same section.  City Councilmembers would need to provide some insight from boards where staff is not in attendance.

Provide consensus direction on support for routine quarterly updates and format.