REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Oliver Chi, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Travis K. Hopkins, Assistant City Manager
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Adopt Resolution Nos. 2021-65 and 2021-66 and approve for introduction Ordinance Nos. 4239, 4240, 4241, 4242, 4243, 4244 to update the Huntington Beach Municipal Code to reform, consolidate, and dissolve a select number of the City's Boards, Commissions, and Committees
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Statement of Issue:
As part of the 2021 Strategic Planning session, City Council identified the streamlining of its Boards, Commissions, and Committees (BCCs) as a key priority and formed an Ad-hoc Council Committee. The ad-hoc Committee subsequently met with City Staff on April 27, May 24, June 8, July 29, August 10, and September 27, 2021 and developed ten recommendations for City Council's consideration.
On October 19, the City Council approved ten recommendations to reform, consolidate and/or dissolve a select number of BCCs. Per the Council's direction, Staff prepared the appropriate Resolution(s) and Ordinances necessary to implement adjustments approved by the Council.
One of adjustments was to modify Personnel Commission's scope to refocus primarily on the critical matters related to investigations, appeals, and impasse matters, and leave job classification reviews to the City's administrative function. Staff is currently in the process of reviewing and updating current Personnel Rules adopted in 1974, including duties of the Personnel Commission and will bring a resolution back to the City Council for its consideration and adoption upon the completion of updating Personnel Rules. Separately, the City Council directed Staff to form the Disability Advisory Committee as a separate stand-alone committee with potentially seven at-large citizen appointees, rather than having it as a subcommittee of the Citizens Infrastructure Advisory Board/Public Works Commission to address n...
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