REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Interviews and Appointments to the Charter Review Committee
Report
BACKGROUND
At the May 7, 2019 City Council meeting, staff presented work plan and charter review committee appointment process alternatives for City Council consideration and recommendation.
The City Council approved (1) directing staff to begin recruitment of a Charter Review Committee with the same eligibility requirements as a Board/Commission applicant, (2) appointing a seven-member commission with one member from each of the current six districts, and one at-large member; if a district does not receive any applicants, then the appointment for that seat opens to at-large, and (3) setting a process for City Council to interview all applicants in each particular district and appoint one member per district and appoint one at-large member from the un-selected applicants.
DISCUSSION
The City Clerk's Office has received a total of 19 applications (attached according to district) from the following candidates by the submission due date of June 28, 2019. The Registrar of Voters Office has confirmed Registered Voter Status for all applicants, therefore they have met the application requirements.
District
Applicants|1010|Cooley, Benjamin
Jerdonek, Robert
Upadhyay, Vandana
Usman, Sameena|1010|Silva, Steven|1010|Cielusniak, Christina
Koltermann, Christine
Sontag, John|1010|Almazol, Katherine
Creger, Paul
Park, Kevin|1010|Bonito, Richard
Evans, Jonathon
Jain, Sudhanshu
Myers, Howard|1010|Arquero, Pilar
Ricossa, Stephen
Sivilla-Jones, Ralph
Sulcer, Teresa
The City Council directed staff to follow the Boards and Commission application process. The City Charter does not allow employees to serve on the Planning Commission, Parks and Recreation Commission, Civil Service Commission and the Board of Library Trustees. However, the Charter does not prohibit City employees from serving on an ad hoc commission for review of a City Charter revision with ...
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