DEPARTMENT: Office of the County Manager
FILE TYPE: Regular Action
TITLE
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Adoption Of Amendments To Policy 1015 Citizen Advisory Committee Membership And Retirement Of Policy 1014 Open Appointments And Policy 1550 Volunteer/Advisory Committee Reimbursement
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Adopt amendments to Policy 1015 Citizen Advisory Committee Membership (Policy 1015) and retire Policy 1014 Open Appointments (Policy 1014) and Policy 1550 Volunteer/Advisory Committee Reimbursement (Policy 1550).
SUMMARY
Since 1997, the County has had in place Policy 1015. It has outlined the purpose, rules, direction and overall guidance on the use and operations of citizen advisory committees. The policy has meet the needs and requirements of the County Board, the County, and its citizens.
Over time there was the creation of two additional policies which deal only with Citizen Advisory Committees. Policy 1014 addresses appointments to the Citizen Advisory Committees and Policy 1550 regulates compensation for citizen advisory committees. Both policies currently exist in parallel to Policy 1015.
The amendments to Policy 1015 are proposed for two primary reasons. The first is to combine the three separate policies that manage citizen advisory committees into one. Policy 1014 and 1550 will be retired in order to eliminate the repetition of information and remove possible conflicts created among multiple policies, all of which address Citizen Advisory Committees.
The second reason for amending the current policy is to incorporate division or department level committees established and managed by County staff into the parameters of Policy 1015 and to allow those committees to receive per diems if approved by the County Board. The purposes of these committees, managed by divisions or departments, are the same as those listed under the previous version of Policy 1015 which applied to County Board appointed committees. The purposes of both versions of citizen advisory committ...
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