You can help your community by serving as a member of a City Advisory or Advocacy Board. Advisory and Advocacy Board members are appointed by the City Commission. Details on each Advisory or Advocacy Board are described below. If you have been asked to apply, nominated or wish to apply, please complete an Advisory and Advocacy Board Application.
Please review meeting times and general information on a board before applying, this information can be seen on the "MEETING" tab. Once there, for more in-depth information on a board, you can click "MEMBERS" which will bring you to specific information regarding that Board or Committee.
General rules for each board is as follows:
Section 1: That Legislative Policy 1-4, Eligibility Criteria and Attendance Requirements for Advisory Board, Advocacy Board and Ad Hoc Committee Members, is hereby created to read as follows:
Unless otherwise specifically provided for by law, all members of the City’s advisory boards, advocacy boards and ad hoc committees shall be permanent residents of the City, own real property in the City, or work or maintain a business in the City. All such board and committee members shall have good reputations for integrity and community service in the City.
No such board or committee member may be a former employee of the City who was terminated for cause, who entered into a severance agreement with the City, or who otherwise was determined not to be eligible for rehiring by the City.
To remain eligible, an advocacy board, advisory board and ad hoc committee member may not have excessive absences. A board or committee member has excessive absences if they are not present at or excused by their board or committee from at least seventy-five percent of their board’s or committee’s meetings over the course of twelve months.
Section 2: That Legislative Policy 1-5, Removal of Advisory Board Members, is hereby created to read as follows:
All advisory board members serve at the convenience of the City and may be removed at any time by the City Commission. A board member is automatically removed if they no longer meet the eligibility criteria or attendance requirements of Legislative Policy 1-4.
