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SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE: December 21, 2011 AGENDA ITEM:
DEPARTMENT: City Manager’s Office CITY MANAGER: Dave Anderson
PREPARED BY: Crystal Morrow DIRECTOR: Dave Anderson
City Clerk
SUBJECT: Commission Qualifications and Expiring Terms
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Accept the list of Commission qualifications and terms expiring in the 2012 calendar year.
BACKGROUND:
As required by the Maddy Act (Government Code Section 54970-54974) and as stated in
Municipal Code Section 2-12.010(f), “on or before December 31 of each year, the City Clerk
shall prepare and the City Council shall adopt a list of all Commissions containing the following
information:
1. A list of the qualifications necessary for each Commissioner position; and
2. A list of all Commissioner terms which will expire during the next calendar year,
including the name of the incumbent Commissioner, the date of appointment, the date the
term expires and the qualifications necessary for the position.
This list shall be made available to the public and shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk
and at the Saratoga Library.”
All Saratoga Commissioners are required to be residents of Saratoga and a registered voter in the
City of Saratoga, with the exception that one member of the Library Commission must be a
resident of Monte Sereno and Youth Commissioners are not required to be registered voters.
Additionally, each Commission applicant must attend at least one meeting of the Commission he
or she is applying to before being interviewed by the City Council. Commissioners may not hold
an elected public office and cannot be employed by the City of Saratoga.
Commission terms are 4 years and Commissioners are limited to two full consecutive terms on a
single Commission. Partial terms are not considered full terms. Youth Commission terms,
however, are 2 years and there are no restrictions on the number of terms a Youth Commissioner
can serve.
Attached is a list detailing special qualifications for each of the City’s Commissions and terms
that will be expiring in the 2012 calendar year. Commission attendance records are also noted in
Attachment B.
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FISCAL IMPACTS:
N/A
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
N/A
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
N/A
FOLLOW UP ACTION(S):
Implement Council direction.
ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT:
Pursuant to Government Code 54954.2, this item was properly posted as a City Council agenda
item and was included in the packet made available on the City’s web site in advance of the
meeting. A copy of the agenda packet is also made available at the Saratoga Branch Library each
Monday in advance of the Council meeting.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment A: Commission Qualifications and Terms Expiring in 2012
Attachment B: Commission Attendance Records