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Council motion to expand Commission on the Status of Women moves toward ordinance and dedicated staff; council and staff disagree on timing and housing of the X
Summary
Council members and staff discussed implementation of a March 18 motion to give the Commission on the Status of Women a dedicated full‑time staffer and expanded powers; the city attorney has drafted an ordinance and staff are identifying funding.
Council members revisited a March 18 motion directing the city manager and city clerk to identify funding and resources for a full‑time staff position dedicated to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and directing the city attorney to prepare an ordinance amending the Glendale Municipal Code to expand the commission’s powers and responsibilities.
At the meeting staff reported the ordinance had been drafted and would return to council for adoption. Several council members emphasized that the council had previously given direction for a dedicated full‑time staff member to support the commission and that the city manager and city clerk should identify a funding source that could allow the hire as part of the budget or through alternative funding.
Council members disagreed about where that staff position should be housed and about whether additional programming tied to CSW should be a precondition to filling a full‑time staff position. Council member Satrian (name as recorded in the transcript) said the council previously approved the direction; the city manager and city clerk said they had begun discussions but that justification for a full‑time position depends on anticipated programming and the budget impact. The city manager described the current process as conversations underway to identify funding and said departments were assessing whether additional programming made the case for a dedicated hire.
The motion from March 18, as read into the record at this meeting, directed the city manager and city clerk to identify funding and resources needed to assign a full‑time position dedicated to the commission, and directed the city attorney to prepare an ordinance amending the Glendale Municipal Code to expand the commission’s powers (regular programming, fundraising, community partnerships and monthly meetings). Staff said the ordinance draft is prepared and will come back to council for consideration; staff also said the timing for hiring depends on whether additional programs are approved and whether funding can be allocated in the June 24 budget process.
Council asked the city manager and city clerk to continue their conversations and return with a concrete funding recommendation; staff said they were waiting on additional information from the city clerk and would continue work before the June 24 hearing.
