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HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL .~
CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: City Manager’s Office
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RATIFICATION OF MAYOR’S APPOINTMENTS TO COUNCIL
STANDING COMMITTEES AND STANFORD LIAISON AND
COUNCIL/COUNCIL APPOINTED OFFICERS COMMITTEES
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Council ratify the Mayor’s appointments to the three Council
standing Committees (Finance, Policy and Services and City/School Liaison); and to the
Stanford Liaison Committee and Council!Council Appointed Officers (CAO) Committee.
DISCUSSION
Staff has recently been advised by counsel that two Council ad hoc committees - the
Stanford Liaison Committee and CAO committee - should be treated as Council standing
committees. Both committees have become committees of "continuing jurisdiction," in
terms of issues for which they are responsible. All future meetings will be noticed
according to the requirements of the Brown Act. Both committees may meet in closed
session where appropriate, as will be the case when CAO evaluations and compensation
issues are agendized for discussion.
Counsel has also advised that confirmation of the Mayor’s appointment to those two
committees, as well as to the Council Finance, Policy and Services and City/School
Liaison Committees is also required. Those appointments are:
Finance Committee
Kleinberg, Chair
Freeman
Ojakian
Mossar
Policy and Services
Committee
Kishimoto, Chair
Burch
Morton
Cordell
City/School Liaison
Committee
Mossar, Chair
Burch
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Stanford Liaison
Committee
Beecham, Chair
Ojakian
Kishimoto
Council/CAO
Committee
Mossar, Chair
Burch
Kishimoto
Ojakian
RESOURCE IMPACT
This recommendation has no resource impacts.
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
This recommendation is consistent with existing City policy regarding open meetings.
PREPARED BY
Assistant City Manager
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL
Frank City Manager
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