HomeMy WebLinkAbout8-10-21 Board Consolidation Ordiances and Resolutions ActionBoard Consolidation May 25, 2021
Strategic Plan
•City Commission Priority for 2021
•Complete Strategic Plan Item 1.2.a
o Enhancement of City committees and boards
Recommendation:
•Motion 1: I move to adopt and Resolutions 5326, 5327, 5328, 5329, and 5330, and therefore Approving and Establishing the Transportation Board, the Sustainability Board, the Urban Parks and Forestry Board, the Economic Vitality Board, and the Community Development Board.
•Motion 2: I move to provisionally adopt Ordinance 2085 to consolidate the City's advisory boards.
What’s Been Done:
•City Commission priority 2021
•City Commission Work Session February
•Engagement with Board Chairs April – May
•City Commission presentation May
•City Commission Work Session June
•Staff develop resolutions/ordinance
Two Key Components:
•High Performing Boards
•Board Consolidation
Why Consolidate Boards?
•Keep “the work” of all current boards
•Create significant efficiencies
•Increase transparency
•Improve collaboration
•Equitable and inclusive to all
•Modernized structure
Engagement with Board Chairs
•Survey of over 20 Board Chairs
•Based on priorities, most board duties
were put into the Board that Chairs
selected
•Regular communication and space to
answer questions!
How current duties fall:
•Economic Vitality
o Community Affordable Housing Advisory Board, Economic Development Council, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Public Art
•Urban Parks & Forestry
o Cemetery Board, Recreation and Parks Advisory Board (Parks), Tree Advisory Board
•Transportation
o Parking Commission, Bozeman Area Bicycle Advisory Board, Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee
•Community Development
o Planning Board, Zoning Commission, Design Review Board, Impact Fee Advisory Committee
•Sustainability
o Climate Partners Working Group, Bozeman Beautification Advisory Board, Library Board, Recreation and Parks Advisory Board (Recreation)
40 Independent City Boards
Community
Develop-
ment
Economic
Vitality
Urban
Parks &
Forestry
Transport-
ation
Sustainab-
ility
Library Board
Ethics Board
Inter-Neighborhood
Council
Downtown Urban Renewal District
Other Urban Renewal
Districts
Historic Preservation
Advisory Board
Transportation
Coordinating Committee
Fire Board of Appeals
Building Board of Appeals
Police Commission
5 Consolidated Boards 10 Independent Boards
High Performing Boards
•Establish Standards for Recruitment and
Selection of Board Members
•Establish Standards for Communications
•Establishing Expectations, Duties, and
Norms of Behavior for All City Boards
•Establish Rules of Procedure for All City
Boards
High Performing Boards
•Membership
o Defined by Board establishing Resolution
o Limited to one City appointed position
•Recruitment
o Open, biannual solicitation period, as needed by vacancies
•Review
o Three-person panel
o Ensure applicants receive fair comparison
o Evaluation criteria related to City’s DEI goals and board requirements
High Performing Boards
•Board direction from City Commission
•Creation of annual work-plan and progress
reports
•“One Body, One Voice” principle
•Board minutes to be provided to City
Commission and available to the public
High Performing Boards
•Creation of standardized onboarding and
training
•Six month check-in with new members
•Specified duties
•Norms of behavior based on Res. 5124
Next Steps
•City Commission action on
resolutions/ordinance
•Advertise/Interview/Appoint/Train Board
Members (Fall)
•New Boards Start (December)
•New Boards meet prior to City Commission
priority setting (December/January)
Recommendation:
•Motion 1: I move to adopt and Resolutions 5326, 5327, 5328, 5329, and 5330, and therefore Approving and Establishing the Transportation Board, the Sustainability Board, the Urban Parks and Forestry Board, the Economic Vitality Board, and the Community Development Board.
•Motion 2: I move to provisionally adopt Ordinance 2085 to consolidate the City's advisory boards.