City Council Meeting Date: November 26, 2024
To: City Council
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
Title
Consider Approval of Mayoral Board and Commission Appointments.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council approves the following board/commission appointments.
Summary Report:
The City Council is being asked to approve the following board, commission, and committee appointments as nominated by Mayor Pownell. The City's boards and commissions, and their appointed members, serve in an advisory role to the City Council who determine all matters of policy. Each board and commission and their individual members should be working collaboratively to accomplish the policy agenda as articulated by the elected leaders through all Council approved plans, the strategic plan, and the 2045 comprehensive plan.
Starting in summer of 2021 for 2022 appointments, the current board and commission timeline was shifted up to earlier in the year, allowing time for newly appointed members to go through onboarding with staff prior to starting their terms and to keep from finalizing appointments during the busy holiday season.
The new timeline has been incorporated into the City Council and Board and Commission Member Guide, which was drafted by staff and reviewed by the City Council and a Board and Commission Governance Review Committee, consisting of current board and commission members. This was concluded with adoption back in August of this year and this process was discussed during that time. There was a second round of edits to the ordinances that were going to be completed for individual board sections of code but has been delayed. Those sections is where the final codification of the process was and is intended to be clarified through codified policy of the City code. With other work underway that work will continue into 2025 and be completed then. The timeline was also approved by the City Council and Hospital Board and incorporated into the Hosp...
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