ATTACHMENT A
City Council Intergovernmental Assignments
POLICY PURPOSE:
The purpose of this policy is to provide clarity around the appointment of Councilmembers to intergovernmental (IGR) assignments as well as for Council subcommittees. The first part of the policy establishes the criteria for the appointment and term length of members to IGR bodies.
The second part of the policy establishes criteria for selecting the chair of Council subcommittees.
POLICY STATEMENT:
1. The City Council appoints members to a variety of intergovernmental agencies in order to represent the City’s interests and to influence policies and regulations of the other agencies.
A. For those IGR assignments where the City’s representative serves at the discretion of the Council, the City Council will nominate members to fill vacancies on IGR bodies as part of a noticed agenda item at a regular meeting.
B. For appointments made by outside bodies (for example, the Cities Association or the League of California Cities), the full City Council must ratify the appointment of a Councilmember.
C. The term of office for the Sunnyvale representative shall be in accordance with the by-laws of the intergovernmental agency to which they were appointed. For agencies with no defined terms, the appointments shall be made annually in January.
D. Council shall appoint a member to serve as an alternate to IGR bodies at the request of the agency or when the nature of the assignment requires a representative always be present.
E. Shall a vacancy exist during a term, the Council will select a member to serve the remainder of that term.
F. Staff support is provided to Councilmembers serving on IGR bodies as directed by the Assistant City Manager and in accordance with Council
2 The City Council can establish Council subcommittees as it sees fit. Subcommittees are generally used to provide more detailed review and analysis of complex issues that are often ongoing in nature. Subcommittees can make recommendations to the full Council but cannot take formal action on behalf of the Council.
A. All Council subcommittees shall be established by the full Council and
The membership will be appointed by the full Council.
B. Subcommittees exist, with the set membership, unless and until modified by the full Council.
C. Subcommittees shall select their own chair. If the subcommittee is unable to select a chair, or if the timing requires immediate action, the full Council will appoint the chair.
(Adopted: [No RTC] (6/21/1994); Amended [No RTC, Budget workshop] (5/20/1997))
Approved by City Council on: June 21, 1994
Amended by City Council on: May 20, 1997 (budget workshop)
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