Title
Approval of Social Justice & Equity Commission Applicants for Consideration by the Community Livability and Public Safety Committee
Recommended Action
Move to approve recommended applicants for consideration by the Community Livability and Public Safety Committee to fill three Social Justice & Equity Commission vacancies in 2025.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve applicants to recommend to the Community Livability and Public Safety Committee for consideration to fill three Social Justice and Equity Commission vacancies in 2025.
Staff Contact:
Stacey Ray, Assistant City Manager, 360.753.8046
Presenter(s):
Stacey Ray, Assistant City Manager
Background and Analysis:
The City of Olympia is in the process of recruiting community members to fill vacancies on City Advisory committees, commissions and board, including for three vacancies on the Social Justice and Equity Commission (Commission). The City received ten applications from community members expressing interest in serving on the Commission.
The City Council's Community Livability and Public Safety Committee requests that current Commission members review the applications and recommend consideration of two applicants per vacancy, for a total of six recommendations.
Attachment A includes the ten applicant submittals with names redacted. Attachment B is a form Commissioners can use to rank the applications from 1-10, with one being the highest recommended applicant. Staff will combine the commissioners' rankings and share the results at the meeting to support discussion of whom to recommend.
The purpose of this agenda item is for Commissioners to confirm which six applicants to recommend to the Community Livability and Public Safety Committee for further consideration and appointment to the Social Justice and Equity Commission's three vacant positions in 2025.
Climate Analysis:
This is not expected to have an impact on greenhouse gas emissions.
Equity Analysis:
The Commission's purpose is ...
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