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Page 1 of 2 AGENDA ITEM – 1E MEMORANDUM DATE: December 20, 2021 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Dave Perrault, City Administrator SUBJECT: Committees and Commissions Discussion Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: N/A N/A N/A For Council Consideration Council should provide direction on any requested changes to future Committees and Commissions. Background Following November’s work session on Committee/Commission members tenure, the Council also requested a discussion be brought back to a work session on Committees and Commissions. The City ordinance regarding Committees and Commissions is attached (see Attachment A). Specifically, the Council wanted to discuss the Financial Planning and Analysis Committee, and transition the group to more of an ad-hoc working group. This would require an ordinance amendment to dissolve FPAC or change the structure of it. The Council may want to consider changes to the Communications Committee and Economic Development Committee. The Communications Committee is still structured in the ordinance as it was when we had community volunteers. Today, the Communications Committee is comprised of the Communications Coordinator, City Clerk, and at least one Council Liaison. This could be an official committee in ordinance, or it could be an informal working group. The Economic Development Committee has not met consistently over the last few years, this is partially due to COVID, but prior to COVID the committee was not meeting regularly either. The group did work on the Business Expansion and Retention project in 2015, and previously assisted with the State of the City. However, there are no projects planned for the EDC, and the State of the City is primarily put together by City Staff as directed by the City Council.