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Board discusses committee structure and membership; asks policy review and clearer procedures
Summary
Trustees discussed the board committee structure, whether special advisory committees should be treated like standing committees and the need to clarify membership, sunset and representation rules; the board asked administration to add a policy agenda item to clarify procedures and to solicit written proposals before the next meeting.
Board members discussed the structure and membership of standing and special advisory committees and asked the policy committee to revisit the rules that govern board representation on ad hoc groups.
Trustee Bartlett Durant proposed aligning committee responsibilities more closely with the district strategy map, suggested making the treasurer’s committee responsible for resource alignment and asked whether legislative and policy duties could be consolidated. Board President Bob Hesselbaum and others discussed the practicalities of volunteer sign‑up and how many board members should serve on each committee.
Administrators and trustees noted existing policy (IE‑5) describes standing committees (policy, legislative/community engagement, teaching and learning) and allows special advisory committees for discrete tasks, but the policy does not prescribe a uniform membership sunset for those special committees. Several trustees asked the administration to place a follow‑up agenda item for the next board meeting that would propose clearer membership and reappointment procedures and provide a checklist of common ad hoc committees (negotiations, handbook, sustainability, wellness) that the board can confirm or revise.
Ending: The board directed staff to circulate Bartlett Durant’s suggested changes and add a policy follow‑up item to the next meeting agenda so the committee structure and membership procedures can be clarified and, if needed, revised.
