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Board and Commission Guiding Principles
1) City po6c~es are established by the City Counc~l W~th the exception of I~mtted (often
charter-based) c~rcumstances, the role of $oards and Comm~ss~ons is advisory to the c~ty
Counc~l
2) All pohcy expressions on nat~onal, mternahonal and statewide issues should come from
Counc~l and not from mdividual Boards and Comm~sstons, Boards and Comm~s5ions
may suggest that Council take policy posihons by resolution, but should not
mdependently tssue such resolutions
3) When several Boards and Commiss~ons review elements of a given proposal or issue,
staff ieports to Counctl should reflect the perspectives of all reviewmg Boards and
Commiss~ons
4) When members of a Board or Commiss~ons d~saa ee about a g~ven issue or pohcy,
Council expects to be appraised of the disa~reements and of the reasonma underlymg the
vanous pomts of vtew
5) Crty staff ulumately is responsible for supportmg Crty Council, Council expects staff to
prov~de the 6est professional ~udgment regardmg issues and pohc~es, whether or not
Boards and Commiss~ons agree with those protessional ~udgments Statf should mform
Council when a Board or Comm~ss~on disagrees wuh the statf s posit~on and, when
posstble, explatn the bas~s of that dtsagreement.
6) It ~s Council's desire to use Boards and Comm~ssions as the first step for gathermg
commumty feedback on controversial issues as a means ot creatmg viable ophons
7) The crty manager is respons~ble for the budget recummendation to City Council. When u
Board ar Commission disagrees wuh the ctty m~nager's bud;et, the munager should be
not~fied as a matter ot courtesy pnor to the Bourd or Commission members addressmg
Council
3) Board and Commission membe~s who w~sh to explam or udvocate posrt~ons to Council
should idennfy themselves as a board members and clunty whether they are Speakm~ 1br
~ personal posit~on or on behalf ot the ma~onty or minonty posrtion that the Board has
taken
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9) Counctl members should refram from discussm~ wrth Board members any quas~ ~udic~al
issues commg before the Board For matters that are not quast ~ud~cial, Council members
may dtscuss a potnt of v~ew with Board members but should clanfy that th~s perspective
may not represene the position of the Council as a whole
10) Staff takes d~rechon from the c~ty manager, except as authonzed by the Charter
Boards und Comm~sstons may request research or other work of staff, but it the work
reqwres more than what staff determmes ~s reasonuble, the Board or Commiss~on,
supported by a ma~onty of inembers at a meetmg, must make a direct request of the city
coancil
In addrt~on the ctty mamtams a Board and Commiss~on Websrte as an add~honal resource to rts
Boards and Comm~ss~ons. The site is located at
httn //www c~ boulder co us/emo/boards/bcmdee html
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