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Audit committee reviews proposed framework to evaluate and possibly sunset boards and commissions

5418322 · July 16, 2025
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Summary

City Clerk and staff presented a five-step framework for reviewing boards and commissions, including legal review, self-assessments, public input and a pilot of selected commissions. Committee members asked staff to include a clear staff recommendation and to refine survey language and approval processes.

City Clerk Stephanie Hollis and Jess Ferrer, assistant to the city manager, briefed the Audit and Finance Committee on July 16 on a proposed framework to review the city's boards and commissions. The framework is intended to help the committee and full City Council decide whether to continue, restructure, merge or sunset particular bodies.

Staff outlined five steps in the proposed process: identify active boards and commissions using criteria in city code; conduct a legal review to identify statutory or other legal requirements; expand the existing annual report into a structured self-assessment for boards and for the staff liaisons; solicit public and stakeholder input (for example by adding a public-input item on…

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