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Loveland clerk outlines boards-and-commissions overhaul: training, background checks and a youth pilot
Summary
City Clerk Ashley McDonald presented a program review recommending clearer definitions, regular liaison training, standardized rubrics for consolidation, mandatory background checks for volunteers and a cautious pilot for expanding youth membership to additional boards.
At a June 10 study session, Ashley McDonald, Loveland city clerk, presented the results of a year-long Boards and Commissions Program Review and proposed a package of updates to the volunteer handbook and program operations.
McDonald said staff used surveys, staff-liaison interviews, a Harwood-model "super meeting," and an independent review panel to evaluate 24 city boards and commissions. The review found broad support for the handbook's clarity but flagged recurring needs: clearer definitions (board vs. commission vs. committee), standardized expectations for liaisons,…
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