HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 5g. Advisory Body Appointment to Citizens Revenue Enhancement Oversight Commission (REOC) Item 5g
Department: Administration
Cost Center: 1021
For Agenda of: 1/9/2024
Placement: Consent
Estimated Time: N/A
FROM: Greg Hermann, Deputy City Manager
Prepared By: Kevin Christian, Deputy City Clerk
SUBJECT: ADVISORY BODY APPOINTMENT TO THE CITIZENS' REVENUE
ENHANCEMENT OVERSIGHT COMMISSION FOR AN UNSCHEDULED
VACANCY
RECOMMENDATION
Confirm the appointment of Kenny McCarthy to the Citizens’ Revenue Enhancement
Oversight Commission (REOC) to fill an unscheduled vacancy with a term ending date of
June 30, 2026.
POLICY CONTEXT
The Advisory Body Handbook, last adopted by City Council in September 2021, outlines
the recruitment procedures, membership requirements, and term limits for all City
advisory bodies. Additionally, the City Council Policies and Procedures Manual, last
updated May 2023, describes the “Appointment Procedure” and “Process” for Advisory
Body appointments. Recruitment and appointment recommendations were performed in
conformance with all recruitment procedures, processes, and bylaws found in these
resources.
California Government Code Section 54972, Local Appointments List (Maddy Act),
requires that on or before December 31st of each year, each legislative body shall prepare
an appointments list for their boards, commissions, and committees whose membe rs
serve at the pleasure of the legislative body. This obligation was met and is ongoing.
DISCUSSION
The current unscheduled vacancy on the REOC was created in November 2023 when a
member moved out of town and was therefore no longer eligible to serve on the
commission. The Annual Advisory Body Recruitment is to open December 6, 2023.
Standard process would be to fill the vacancy using this recruitment. However, the REOC
bylaws call for just four meetings per year with the meetings dates tied to the Financial
Plan process. Two of those meetings are scheduled prior to the finalization of the annual
recruitment appointments which occur at the end of March , thereby creating an urgency
to this appointment.
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Per the Advisory Body Handbook, Section C, Membership Qualifications and
Appointment Process, the applicant being recommended for appointment interviewed
previously for a vacancy on the REOC during the 2022-23 Annual Recruitment process.
Public Engagement
Notices that the City was accepting applications f or City Advisory Bodies Annual
Recruitment were placed on the City’s website and “e-notification” service, listed in the
annual Local Appointments List (Maddy Act Notice – GC 54972) on the City Website and
City Information kiosk, and distributed via City social media outlets, in late November
2022. A notice that the City was specifically recruiting for the current unscheduled
vacancy was posted in the City Information kiosk outside City Hall and on the Advisory
Body Vacancies page of the City website on November 8, 2023, following Maddy Act
guidelines.
CONCURRENCE
The Council liaisons for the REOC concur with the recommendation.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The California Environmental Quality Act does not apply to the recommended action in
this report, because the action does not constitute a “Project” under CEQA Guidelines
Sec. 15378.
FISCAL IMPACT
Budgeted: N/A Budget Year: 2023-24
Funding Identified: *N/A
Fiscal Analysis:
Funding
Sources
Total Budget
Available
Current
Funding
Request
Remaining
Balance
Annual
Ongoing
Cost
General Fund $ $ $ $
State
Federal
Fees
Other:
Total $ $ $ $ N/A*
*Advisory body members serve as volunteers and donate their time. The costs related to
recruitment are accounted for in the annual budget appropriation in the City Clerk
program.
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ALTERNATIVES
Council could recommend changes to the subcommittee’s recommended
appointment or direct staff to open recruitment as part of the annual recruitment
cycle for additional candidates. This is not recommended as it will leave an open seat
on the REOC for half their scheduled annual meetings and the Council Liaisons for the
committee have interviewed the recommended candidate and feel that they have been
quite thorough in their consideration of the applicant and the Council’s needs in their
selection process.
ATTACHMENTS
The candidate application is available in the City Clerk’s office.
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