TO: Mayor Bien-Willner and Town Council Members
FROM: Jill Keimach Town Manager
Duncan Miller, Town Clerk
DATE: March 12, 2020
DEPARTMENT: Town Manager
Staff Contact Duncan Miller, 480-348-3610
End
AGENDA TITLE:
Title
Interviews for Committee, Commission, and Board Appointments
Body
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The Town of Paradise Valley has a proud history of volunteer service to the community. In addition to all-volunteer Town Council Members and Municipal Court Judges, more than 50 residents donate their time and expertise to the Town by serving on various committees, commissions, and boards.
Residents are invited to submit applications online throughout the year expressing their interest in volunteering. All applications received by the second week in February are reviewed and considered by the Mayor and Council during the committee appointment and reappointment process. Those applicants not appointed to a committee still have an opportunity to serve if vacancies come up during the year.
Consistent with past practice, committee members whose terms expire this year were contacted to ascertain their interest in being reappointed. The attached Committee and Commission Reappointment Matrix lists the committee members who have requested to be reappointed and the two vacancies that have been identified.
Consideration Process
A total of 9 applications were received by the deadline. All applicants were invited to meet with the Council on either February 27 or March 12. Interviews are scheduled for 15-minutes each.
The process by which volunteers are interviewed and selected is at the discretion of the Mayor and Council. Over the years, the Council has held interviews in public and private, and held subsequent appointment discussions in public and private. Arizona law (A.R.S. ?38-431.03(A)(1)) authorizes the Town Council to adjourn into executive session to discuss or consider employment, assignment, appointment, promotion, demotion, or di...
Click here for full text