2F, Roles and Responsibilities of Council Liaisons

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Attached are the draft policies for the six Council liaison positions. The most unique part of each policy is the Commission Summary section. This section comes from City Ordinance 385 (an Ordinance related to Boards, Committees, Commissions and Appointed Bodies - adopted on 3/12/07), from material on the City website, and from articles in the City newsletter. The section of the draft policies on "Selection of Commissioners" comes mainly from the City Commission, Committee, and Task Force: Recruitment, Appointment, and Term Limit Policy as adopted by the City Council on June 25, 2007. I expect that the Council discussion with these Liaison Policies will concentrate on the section dealing with "Participation." What the Council decides for participation will impact both how the liaison acts and how the Committee interacts with the liaison. The City Council can have the liaison be very involved in the Committee discussions (and work activities in the case of the Communications Committee) or can have the liaison function more as an observer that simply responds to questions and makes reports back to the Council. I think that the participation section is the essential element in all of the policies. The staff liaisons have reviewed and offered feedback on the draft policies. The Committees have not seen the draft policies.