CC Resolution No. 8790
RESOliJTICN NO. 8790
A RESOliJTlOO' OF THE CITY axJNCIL OF THE CITY OF aJPERI'INO
RESCINDIN} RESOliJTICN NO. 8357 AND ESTABLISHING RIJIES
GOIIERNING RECRIJI'IMENT, APPOINIMENT AND REAPPOINIMENT
'10 CITY ADVIS<RY OODIES
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Cupertino wishes to establist
unifoD1l teIIns and mnditions of office to advisory Ccmnittees anc'
Ccmnissions; and
WHEREAS, there are within the City of CUpertino many citizens witt
talent, expertise and experience who wish to serve the cx:mnunity; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes it is iIIportant to provide these
citizens the opportunity to contribute to their cx:mnunity;
NCM, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
CUpertino establishes the follCMing rules çpverning recruitment,
awointment and rea¡:çointment to City of CUpertino advisory bcxlies.
A. RECRIJI'IMENT
1. '!\\U IIDnths before regular teIIns expire, or imœdiately follCMinç
receipt of a resignation, the Public Infonnation Officer publishef
notice of vacancies in the CUœrtino Scene and newspapers and puts the
infonnation on cable TV.
2. '!\\U deadlines are included in the notices. The awlication period iE
extended for five days if an inctmtJent has not awlied by the first
published deadline. During the extended period on! y noninctmtJents mal'
awly.
3. Applications will be kept active for a maxiroum of one year after
Council review.
4. 'lhose persons with awlications on file are advised of the vacancy by
the City Clerk and may activate that awlication. The awlication is
not reactivated autanatically. Upon receipt of the notice, the
awlicant IIILISt call the City Clerk's Office and state s/he wishes tc
be considered.
5. An awlicant may file for a maximum of bio cx:.mnissions at anyone
awlication period.
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6. A III8IIDer of an advisory body, having cœpleted biio consecutive t.enns,
must wait one year before being eligible to a¡::ply for the sane
ccmnission or ccmnittee.
7. Notice of vacancies will be distributed by the City Clerk to the
Chamber of Camlerce, service organizations, and other organizations as
a¡::propriate with respect to the openings.
8. Notices of the vacancies will be posted in the City Clerk's office.
9. ~lication fonns will be available in the City Clerk's office and
will be mailed with info:rmation about the openings upon request.
10. When the final deadline has passed, the City Clerk's Office will mail
a¡::plicants the date, tiIœ and location of the interviews along with
sanple questions to consider.
11. The City Clerk's Office will ropy the a¡::plicant's materials for
CounciJmembers. The material will also be available for public review
in the City Clerk's Office and the CUpertino Library.
B. INTERVIEWS AND APPOIN'lMENTS
1. After review of the a¡::plications and other material, any additional
question a Counci1naò:Jer wants to have asked will be forwarded to the
Mayor prior to the meeting. Follow-up questions may be asked by other
CounciJmembers during the interviews.
2. All a¡::plicants shall be present in the roan when the meeting is called
to order. The Mayor will then explain the process and ask that they
leave the roan until it is tiIœ for their interview. '!his is optional
as the meeting is public. After the a¡::plicant is interviewed, sjhe
may choose to remain in the roan.
3. 'lhe order in which interviews are scheduled to take place will be
determined by a drawing of naIæ8. This will be done in advance by the
City Clerk.
4. Interviews are info:rma1 and usually last 5-10 minutes. CouncilIœltiJers
are looking for:
(a) familiarity with the subject;
(b) decision-making ability;
(c) ccmnit:Iænt to the position a¡::plied for
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5. A¡:poinbœnt will be made following a vote in public. Ballots will be
distributed, the Counci1.members will vote and sign the ballots. votes
will be announced by the City Clerk. 'Ihe nUJ1i:)er of ballots will be
determined by the mmiJer of awlicants and vacancies. (Guidelines for
determining the mmber of ballots is attached Exhibit "A".)
6. Following awoinbœnts, all awlicants will be sent a letter am
awlications will be kept for one year.
7. Presentation of Certificate of A¡:poinbœnt will be scheduled for the
next Council meeting.
C. GENERAL PROITISICNS
1. If a vacancy occurs for an unexpired tenn and interviews for
awoinbœnt to that advisory body have been oonducted within the
previous ninety clays, the unexpired tenn may be filled fran those
awlications following the required posting of the vacancy.
2. Restrictions listed in this resolution do not awly to t.aIporary
appoinbœnts for unexpired tenns.
3. A JœIIiJer shall be considered ralDVed fran an advisory body under the
following conditions.
(a) A naId:Jer misses IIDre than three consecutive meetings.
(b) A JœIIiJer misses 25% of the body's meetings in a calendar year.
4. No awlication shall be accepted after the deadline.
PASSED AND ADOPIED at
City of Cupertino this
following vote:
a regular meeting of the City Council of the
2nd day of November , 1992, by the
vote
Ma11bers of the City Council
AYES:
Dean, Goldman, Koppel, Szabo, Sorensen
OOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
ATlEST:
APPRO\1ED:
/s/ Dorothy Cornelius
City Clerk
/s/ Laura1ee Sorensen
Mayor, City of CUpertino
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Ðchibit "A"
c:rTTT'1F.T:nJF..C FOR APPOINIMEN'l'S 'ro ADIlISORY o:::Mou.'J."J.'EJ!:S
3
APDlicants Ballots
1-5 1
6-10 2
IOOre than 10 3
1-7 1
8-12 2
IOOre than 12 3
1-9 1
1a-14 2
IOOre than 14 3
vacancies
1
2
.