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CITY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM |
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City Manager’s Office |
Commission Meeting Date: Sept. 19, 2017 |
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Staff Contact: |
Diane Stoddard, Assistant City Manager |
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Recommendations/Options/Action Requested: |
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Adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9396, repealing the Joint Economic Development Council, and adopt on first reading, Ordinance No. 9397, assigning the former Joint Economic Development Council’s responsibilities to the Public Incentives Review Committee and removing the Mayor and Vice Mayor from service on the Public Incentives Review Committee |
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Executive Summary: |
One of the priority initiatives adopted with the Strategic Plan was the review of advisory boards and commissions with a desire to create more standardization of the various advisory boards and commissions. On August 8, 2017, the City Commission received a staff report which made certain recommendations regarding potential eliminations and consolidations of advisory boards.
One such recommendation was to eliminate the Joint Economic Development Council (JEDC) and fold its responsibilities into the Public Incentives Review Committee (PIRC), which already had much of a similar function. Also, the Commission discussed not having City Commissioners serve on advisory boards, such as the Public Incentives Review Committee, because the City Commission was responsible for taking formal action on items recommended by the Public Incentive Review Committee. The draft ordinance relating to the Public Incentives Review Committee removes the Mayor and Vice Mayor and increases the number of at-large city representatives to three, keeping the overall number of members on PIRC at eight (8). The draft ordinance relating to the JEDC simply repeals the section of the code addressing the JEDC. Since the JEDC is a joint board, similar action would need to be taken by Douglas County. County officials have noted that they would consider action after the City Commission takes action.
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Strategic Goal Area: |
Effective Performance & Professional Administration- advisory board review was one of the priority initiatives under this critical success factor. |
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Fiscal Impact (Amount/Source): |
There is no fiscal impact to the City, except the reduction of staff time in attendance at JEDC meetings. |
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