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San Mateo council sets recruitment rules: most incumbents to reapply, wider council participation on key interview panels
Summary
City Clerk presented the 2026 boards and commissions recruitment plan; council directed that most incumbents reapply and be interviewed (with a narrow one‑year carve‑out for very‑recent partial appointments and attendance exceptions), invited all five council members to participate in Planning and Sustainability & Infrastructure subcommittees, and requested further refinements to outreach and interview questions.
City Clerk Martin McTaggart presented the framework for the city’s 2026 boards and commissions recruitment cycle and asked council for direction on three policy questions: whether eligible incumbents should be automatically reappointed or required to reapply and interview, the composition of appointment subcommittees, and outreach strategies to broaden applicant diversity.
Staff said the 2026 recruitment cycle covers 25 positions (16 regular commission seats and 9 youth commissioner seats) and summarized an increase in…
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