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Council reorganizes committees, restores mayor appointment power and sets new schedule for police advisory and oversight panels
Summary
Salinas council reorganized several committees May 6, restored the mayor’s authority to make annual appointments, and set new meeting rules for the Police Community Advisory Committee and sales‑tax oversight committees to promote continuity and accessibility.
The Salinas City Council on May 6 approved a package of changes to its commissions, committees and boards, replaced several ad hoc panels, restored the mayor’s authority to make annual committee appointments, and set a standing meeting cadence for oversight bodies including the Police Community Advisory Committee (PCAC) and the Measure E and Measure G oversight committees.
Council action and scope: Staff presented a review of standing and ad hoc committees and recommended discontinuing several ad hoc panels that had not met or whose functions had been incorporated into departmental work (staff recommended discontinuing the fireworks subcommittee, litter & debris subcommittee,…
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