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COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No.4
'EM TITLE: ReSolution/Ji'7?~etting forth a
Boards, Commissions, Committees (B/C/C) Absences
Date: 8/16/88
Council Policy on
SUBMITTED BY:
Ci ty Cl erk~
4/5s Vote: Yes
No X
At the meeting of July 19,1988, the City Clerk submitted to the
City Council a report on the B/C/C Attendance Policy. It was the
unanimous decision of the Council to direct the City Clerk to
bring back a policy incorporating the concurrence of a majority of
the B/C/Cs as to the percentage of absences which shall be
permitted before the seat is declared vacant.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve
Absenteeism Policy for
di recti ng the Ci ty C1 erk
Handbook.
the resolution setting forth the
the Boards, Commissions and Committees
to incorporate the Pol icy in the S/C/C
DISCUSSION: In December 1987, a memo was sent to all the B/C/Cs
explaining that the Council proposed a policy whereby any member
o f a B I C I C m i s sin g 2 5 % 0 r m 0 rem e e tin 9 s \>J i tho uta val ide xc use
~u1d have his/her office vacated.
~e majority of the B/C/Cs responding concurred with the new
policy requirements recommending certain types of excuses they
felt would be IIva1idll and acceptable
The present Charter provision states that if a member misses three
(3) consecutive meetings without an excused absence, his/her seat
will be declared vacated.
The new Pol icy will now require attendance at 75% of the meetings
and this will apply to special meetings and workshops as well.
The only added requirement as directed by the Council was that any
member who is nearing the percentage of missing 25% of the
meetings be fi rst given written notification so that s/he can
respond to the B/C/C.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
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