City Council Announcements
April 26, 2011
B. Information Needed by Council Staff
1. Council meeting
schedule during the budget
The May through June schedule for Council
Meetings is below. Please note, as in previous years, each Tuesday in May is
scheduled.
The Council Chair and Vice Chair would
like to propose starting the meetings at 2:00 p.m. and finishing at 8:00 p.m.
If the Council would prefer to keep the start time at 3:00 p.m., the Chair
and Vice Chair would like to recommend finishing the meetings by 9:00
p.m.
Would the Council prefer to start the meetings at 2:00 p.m. through the budget, or keep the start times at 3:00 p.m.? Council Members were in favor of starting the meetings at 2:00 p.m.
May 3, 2011 – Tuesday – Council Work Session and Formal Meeting
May 10, 2011 – Tuesday – RDA Meeting and Council Work Session
May 17, 2011 – Tuesday – Council Work Session and Formal Meeting
May 24, 2011 – Tuesday– Council Work Session
May 31, 2011 – Tuesday – TENTATIVE Work Session (as needed for Budget)
June 7, 2011 – Tuesday – Council Work Session and Formal Meeting
June 9, 2011 – Thursday – TENTATIVE Work Session (as needed for Budget)
June 14, 2011 – Tuesday –
RDA Meeting and Council Work Session
(Possible budget
consideration)
June 21, 2011 – Tuesday –
Council Work Session and Formal Meeting
(Possible budget
consideration)
2. Changes to the board
appointment process
The Council Chair and
Vice Chair are proposing a change in the board appointment process. They suggest that the
Council to decide on which boards would require an interview (Library Board,
Planning Commission, etc).
The Council could also specify that any individual
Council Member could request that an applicant be interviewed for any board.
On the boards that do not require an interview, a letter from the Council
would be sent to the applicant notifying them that the Council will forward
their name to a consent agenda and thanking them for the willingness to serve
and inviting them to contact the Council with recommendations and feedback. This
could help streamline the process while still allowing the Council to exercise
their advice and consent authority.
Is the Council interested in streamlining the board appointment process? Council Members were in favor of leaving the board appointment process the same.
3. Board of Equalization
Hearings
The Board of
Equalization hearings for the North Temple Viaduct SAA (Job No. 109014) will be
held in August. We will need one Council Member to attend each of the three
hearings. They are scheduled as follows:
§ Tuesday, August 16, 2011 10:00am – 11:00am
§ Wednesday, August 17,
2011
5:00pm – 6:00pm
(Council Member Love has volunteered)
§ Thursday, August 18, 2011 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Staff will need to submit names as soon as possible so that they can be included on the hearing paperwork.
Which Council Members are available to attend? Councilmember Garrott volunteered to attend on Thursday, August 18, 2011 from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Cindy Gust-Jenson said they needed to work out Tuesday, August 16, 2011 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.