Proposal 4: Limit City Board Members from Serving Beyond Terms and Review Inactive Boards Amendment

Amends the City Charter to limit members of City boards from serving past the expiration of their terms and requires the Common Council to review boards that have been inactive.

A “YES” vote will limit members of City boards from serving more than sixty days after their terms expire and will require the Common Council to review the status of inactive City Boards.

A “NO” vote will maintain the current situation where members of many city boards serve long after the expiration or their terms and dormant City boards remain in existence for years after they are no longer active.

Abstract: Currently many boards, commissions and other public bodies that are in the City Charter remain in existence on paper even though they have not met in years, and many members of City boards have never been reappointed or replaced even though their term expired. This Charter amendment would suspend these dormant boards until the Common Council reviews the need for them and would limit the holdover status of board members to sixty days.