DATE: September 12, 2023
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Clerk
SUBJECT
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City Commissions and Keep Hayward Clean and Green Task Force: Adopt a Resolution Confirming the Appointment and Reappointment of Members of the Community Services Commission, Keep Hayward Clean and Green Task Force, Library Commission, Personnel Commission and Planning Commission
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) confirming eighteen (18) appointments and fourteen (14) reappointments to the City’s Commissions and Task Force as follows: Community Services Commission (9); Keep Hayward Clean and Green Task Force (13); Library Commission (3); Personnel Commission (3); and Planning Commission (4). The resolution also identifies one selected alternate for each City commission. Table 1 provides information by meeting body.
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SUMMARY
The annual recruitment for City Commissions and the Keep Hayward Clean and Green Task Force (KHCG TF) was conducted from May 4, 2023, through August 4, 2023. There were thirteen vacancies at the beginning of the recruitment and by the end, there were twenty-three due to the resignation of additional members. Seventy (70) applications were received by the submission deadline and fifty-nine (59) applicants qualified to be considered for appointment. Following a process for evaluating requests for reappointment, reviewing attendance records and overall performance of eligible members of the City’s Commissions and KHCG TF, the Council approved fourteen requests for reappointment as presented in Table 1. Following a pre-screening process and twenty-five interviews, on August 22, 2023, the Council selected twelve applicants for service on the Community Services Commission, Library Commission, Personnel Commission, and Planning Commission. The Council also accepted six recommendations from the KHCG TF Subcommittee for service on the KHCG TF. The resolution confirming the appointment and reappointment of members (Attachment II) contains the names by meeting body.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution