TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Council Board and Commission Appointments Committee
SUBJECT:
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Appointment to the Citizen Budget Committee
Ward(s): All Wards
Councilor(s): All Councilors
Neighborhood(s): All Neighborhoods
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ISSUE:
Shall the City Council appoint Vanessa Nordyke to the Citizen Budget Committee to fill the at-large vacancy to a term expiring June 30, 2019?
RECOMMENDATION:
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The Council Board and Commission Appointments Committee recommends Council interview and appoint Vanessa Nordyke to the Citizen Budget Committee to fill the at-large vacancy to a term expiring June 30, 2019.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND:
Citizen Budget Committee
The State of Oregon requires that all local governments establish a budget committee made up of citizen members and elected officials. The purpose of the budget committee in Oregon is to promote transparency, efficiency, and economy in the expenditure of public funds.
Pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) 294.341, the budget committee shall consist of “the members of the governing body and a number, equal to the number of members of the governing body, of qualified electors of the municipal corporation appointed by the governing body.” The Oregon Department of Revenue has provided guidance that an elector is someone residing in the City and registered to vote. In order to maintain a geographic balance on Salem’s Citizen Budget Committee, Council Rule 18 requires the appointive members of the budget committee consist of one elector from each ward and one elector from the City at-large.
The Council Boards and Commission Committee performed a review of applicants for the appointment of the at-large position, and after full deliberation and consideration and upon a unanimous vote, recommend that the Council appoint the candidate listed below in the Facts and Findings.
FACTS AND FINDINGS:
Budget Committee members are appointed to serve a three-year term. The City currently has one vacancy on the Citizen Budget Committee for the at-large representative. The term is set to expire June 30, 2019.
On August 15, 2016, the Council Board and Commission Appointments Committee discussed Ms. Nordyke’s application for the at-large vacancy on the Citizen Budget Committee. An interview was scheduled for September 26, 2016, prior to the City Council meeting. The Council Board and Commission Appointments Committee recommends appointing Ms. Nordyke to the Citizen Budget Committee
Attachments:
1. Vanessa Nordyke: Application for Appointment
09/26/2016