Ordinance 14-26

This ordinance brings forward changes to the City’s boards, commissions, andcouncils at the request of the Office of City Clerk after consultation with the Officeof the Mayor and a positive recommendation of the Council Rules Committee. Italso makes other minor housekeeping changes that arose after a staff review of theaffected provisions. The changes proposed by the City Clerk conform themisalignment of expiration dates to the requirement of staggered terms (BMC2.08.020[2]) and conform the expiration date of the Commission on Aging to thosefor other local commissions (January 31st). Given the long history of resignations,vacancies, appointments, and re-appointments, the reinstitution of staggered termsis accomplished by the adoption of a Proposed Board and Commission TermExpiration Dates which is incorporated by reference into the BMC. ↨ ↨The housekeeping changes proposed by staff affect Section 2.08.020 (GeneralProvisions). These changes revise the first sentence to rephrase the generalexception for statutes and ordinances that specify a different manner for exercisingpowers regarding boards, commissions, and councils and remove a redundantreference to this exception in BMC 2.08.020(8) (Parliamentary Procedure). Thesechanges also remove an out-of-date reference to “areas-intended-for-annexation”in BMC 2.08.020(3) (Residential Requirements) and authorize boards,commissions, and councils to appoint a non-member to serve as secretary.