Keizer council reviews committee rules, moves to standardize liaison roles and appointment terms

Keizer — Keizer Mayor Clark opened a Feb. 10 work session asking councilors and staff to “review [the] purpose, need, objectives of our boards, committees, and commissions,” and the council then spent the meeting walking through each advisory body’s mission, membership and operating language.

Councilors and city staff emphasized making membership and meeting mechanics consistent across bodies and asked staff to return a revised set of resolutions and website language. City staff described two competing approaches to council appointments: the older model in which volunteers received staggered three‑year terms, and a newer interpretation of council rules that would reset appointments every two years to align with council terms. Council discussion produced majority support for two‑year alignment but not a formal vote: several councilors asked staff to return a resolution drafting that approach for future action.

On liaison status, councilors moved to make several council seats non‑voting liaisons so committees would include more community voting members. Council President Starr and others supported keeping liaison roles non‑voting on panels such as the Volunteer Coordinating Committee and the Public Art Commission; Councilor Kohler noted the…