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Walnut Creek council advances candidates for interviews to fill nine commission openings
Summary
The City Council voted Feb. 3 to interview select candidates from a pool of 47 applicants to fill nine commission openings, approving specific interview lists for Iron Horse Corridor, Board of Appeals, Design Review, Arts, PROS and Transportation commissions.
The Walnut Creek City Council on Feb. 3 moved to advance candidates from a 47-person applicant pool for interviews to fill nine commission vacancies and completed balloting to determine interview slates for Arts, Park, Recreation & Open Space (PROS) and Transportation.
City Clerk Susie Martinez told the council the recruitment attracted 47 qualified candidates for nine openings across seven commissions and outlined the standard practice of selecting three interviewees per opening where possible. Mayor Kevin Wilk proposed interviewing all applicants for the Iron Horse Corridor Advisory Committee and all Board of Appeals applicants and to interview a single available Design Review candidate while exploring further recruitment for a landscape architect.
Councilmember discussion focused on interview counts, reappointments and whether to require a minimum number of votes to advance a candidate. The council voted on a motion that Mayor Wilk described as "interviewing the five Iron Horse Corridor advisory committee applicants, the four board of appeal applicants, and the one design review applicant"; the motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
The council conducted ballots for Arts (one opening), PROS (two openings) and Transportation (two openings). The council used the ballot results to identify the top candidates and approved motions to interview the selected candidates for each commission by majority vote. For the motions captured on the record, the roll-call responses recorded were unanimous 'aye' by the mayor and council members present.
Susie Martinez said group interviews will be scheduled on Feb. 17 unless the council gives alternate direction. Council members discussed scheduling and the possibility of additional presentation by RecycleSmart leadership next year regarding franchise agreement changes; no appointments were finalized at the Feb. 3 meeting — candidates were advanced to a scheduled interview stage.
