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Lafayette reviews board-and-commission reforms; council backs removing alternates and asks staff to study term limits
Summary
City staff reported on a year of improved recruitment and training for Lafayette’s boards, commissions and committees and presented options on term limits, board sizes and alternates; council asked staff to survey boards on term limits, move toward removing alternates, and return with code/bylaw changes.
City staff on Tuesday reported on the city’s first full year using a semiannual recruitment process for Lafayette’s boards, commissions and committees and asked council for direction on term limits, board sizes and alternates.
Staff said the yearlong pilot included an open house, coordinated recruitment materials (brochures in English and Spanish), recorded trainings on open-meetings laws and procedures, and more consistent liaison meetings. Staff reported that several boards were fully seated for the first time in years and that standardized training sessions were completed and recorded for members who could not attend.
The presentation outlined several policy questions for council: whether to adopt term…
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