City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: JUNE 18, 2025
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GLORIA SITTON, CITY CLERK AND CLERK OF COUNCIL /s/
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Update and Recommendations from the Subcommittee on Boards and Commissions.
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ISSUE: Receipt of the update and recommendations of the Subcommittee on Boards and Commissions.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council: (1) receive the report from the Subcommittee on Boards and Commissions; (2) schedule a public hearing in the Fall (September 2025) to receive public comment on proposed recommendations on board dissolutions, composition changes, changes to processes and procedures for City boards, commissions, and committees; and (3) following the public hearing, begin implementation and approvals of proposed changes as outlined in this memo, with completion of all changes by June 30, 2026.
BACKGROUND: In November 2018, Council requested that the City Clerk make recommendations on how to comprehensively review City boards, commissions and committees for any necessary changes. In March 2019, City Council established a committee to review and audit City boards commissions, and committees. City Council received the report from the Committee and approved the recommendations on changes to processes and procedures for City Boards, Commissions and Committees, which have been implemented by the City Clerk's Office.
In November 2024, then Councilwoman Gaskins requested that the Subcommittee on Boards and Commissions be reactivated to "review the process of creating and restructuring existing boards and commissions, while making recommendations on the viability and necessity of all active boards and commissions."
The group was reconstituted with the following members:
* Two members of City Council: Councilman Canek Aguirre and Councilman John Taylor Chapman;
The following persons served as support staff to the Council subcommittee:
* City Clerk's Office St...
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