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Council weighs renaming energy committee and adding climate language to housing charge; sets June 17 working meeting for FY27 priorities
Summary
Councilors discussed renaming the energy committee to 'Climate and Energy' and adding explicit climate/energy language to the housing committee charge; staff outlined a timeline for FY27 policy priorities and scheduled a June 17 working meeting to finalize recommendations following public and committee input.
Council members used the April 20 meeting to discuss potential changes to committee charges and the schedule for FY27 policy priorities. Councilor 4 proposed renaming the energy committee to 'Climate and Energy' and expanding that committee’s charge to include mitigation and resilience, and recommended adding language to the housing committee charge to emphasize energy-efficient and climate-friendly housing approaches.
Staff (Anna, data manager) described the proposed process: collect committee and council proposals by May 20, compile staff recommendations, and hold a full-day working meeting on June 17 with the leadership team to set FY27 priorities. Councilors suggested staff provide capacity assessments (rollover priorities and resource commitments) ahead of the working meeting and recommended including committee liaisons in charge revisions and attendance policy discussions.
Council agreed to return committee charge edits and possible attendance expectations for additional consideration at a future meeting; no formal charter changes were adopted on April 20.
