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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET <br />Submittal Date: <br />Originating Department: <br />Presented By: <br />Agenda Item No.: <br />06/03/09 <br />Council Date: <br />City Council <br />City Council <br />15. <br />06/03/09 <br />RECOMMENDED MOTION: <br />Move to appoint Council Members to serve as liaisons on city boards, committees and commissions <br />POLICY ISSUE(S): <br />City boards and commissions <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The City's standing boards, commissions, and committees provide valuable input into city issues and <br />also act as an incubator of ideas. Each committee is suppose to have a Council Member to act as a <br />liaison between the committee and the City Council. The role of the Council Liaison is to be an <br />observer at the committee meeting and provide background information to the City Council when a <br />committee issue comes before the City Council. So as not to have a chilling effect on committee <br />discussions, limit the number of ideas, or to have an unfair advantage over other Council Members, <br />Council Liaisons are not suppose to take active roles in their committees or otherwise directly or <br />indirectly influence committee discussions. Additionally, Council Members should rotate to a different <br />committee each year to increase their knowledge and eliminate the potential perception that a Council <br />Member has undue influence over a committee. <br />At the meeting on May 26`h Council Members each selected a board or committee to serve as liaison. It <br />was a consensus of the Council to complete the process at this meeting, allowing Council Member <br />McCarthy to select a committee and then each Council Member would select an additional committee. <br />Remaining committees include: Housing Authority, Main Street, Municipal Band, Board of Health, <br />Library, Traffic, Board of Adjustment, Ark-Tex Council of Governments, and the Visitors and <br />Convention Council. <br />BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br />EXHIBITS: <br />ACTION: <br />BUDGET INFO: <br />❑ Financial Report ~ Minute Order <br />Expense <br />❑ Department Report ❑ Resolution <br />Budgeted Amt. <br />❑ Presentation ❑ Ordinance <br />y'I'D Actual <br />❑ Public Hearing ❑ Other <br />Acct. Name <br />Acct. Number <br />FISCAL NOTES: <br />REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: <br />~ Administration Z City Clerk ❑ Community Development ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Finance ❑ Fire <br />❑ Municipal Court ❑ Legal ❑ Library ❑ Police ❑ Eng./Public Works ❑ Utilities <br />City of Paris Revised 2/04/08 <br />ob 0 0 G01 45* <br />