DATE: September 17, 2024
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 five (5) appointments and ten (10) reappointments to the City's Commissions and Task Force as follows: Community Services Commission (1); Keep Hayward Clean and Green Task Force (8); Library Commission (3); Personnel Commission (2); and Planning Commission (1). The resolution also identifies one alternate for the Planning Commission. Table 1 provides information by meeting body.
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SUMMARY
The annual recruitment for City commissions was conducted from May 14, 2024, to August 2, 2024. This year, recruitment for the Community Services Commission and Keep Hayward Clean and Green Task Force (KHCGTF) was not conducted as the Council is currently evaluating the membership size of both groups. There were five vacancies: Library Commission (2); Personnel Commission (2); and Planning Commission (1). A total of twenty-six applications were received by the submission deadline, with twenty-four applicants qualifying for consideration. Following a process for evaluating requests for reappointment, reviewing attendance records and overall performance of eligible members of the City's commissions and KHCGTF, the Council recommended advancing ten requests for reappointment as presented in Table 1. Certain members' requests were recommended to continue contingent on completion of required trainings by September 11, 2024, and compliance with the attendance policy within the next six months. Following a pre-screening process and twelve interviews on August 27, 2024,...
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