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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda - City Council - 05/22/2023 AGENDA SOUTH BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL Subcommittee for Committee Interviews South Burlington City Hall 180 Market Street SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT Participation Options In Person: 180 Market Street – Room 301 – 3rd Floor Assistive Listening Service Devices Available upon request Electronically: https://meet.goto.com/SouthBurlingtonVT/citycouncil-committeeinterviews05-22-2023 You can also dial in using your phone: +1 (312) 757-3121 Access Code: 352-692-293 Subcommittee for Committee Interviews 4:00 P.M. Monday May 22, 2023 1. Welcome and Meeting Purpose (4:00 PM) 2. Comments and questions from the public not related to the agenda (4:05 – 4:15 PM) 3. *** Interviews with applicants for appointment to City Boards and Committees (4:15 – 7:00 PM) • Affordable Housing • Charter • Economic Development • Housing Trust Fund • Public Art • Library Trustees • Pension Advisory 4. Other Business 5. Adjourn Respectfully Submitted: Jessie Baker City Manager *** Attachments Included My thoughts on the questions as they pertain to the Charter Committee  What skill sets or professional backgrounds are you interested in adding to the Committee? Applicants should have some length of residency in South Burlington and be familiar with the operation of City government.  Do you have attendance concerns for any individuals who may be reapplying to serve? No  Are there individuals reapplying to serve that you feel do not warrant an interview and should be reappointed? I think that this should be a question for the council. In some instances they might want to interview a candidate who is up for renewal. (This answer is general and not specific to Paul’s reappointment.) Peter Sent from my iPad Peter Taylor 1 Jessie Baker From:jrbipad@gmail.com Sent:Wednesday, May 17, 2023 6:07 PM To:Jessie Baker Subject:'EXTERNAL'RE: Committee Appointment Process - FY24 This message has originated from an External Source. Please use proper judgment and caution when opening attachments, clicking links, or responding to this email. Hi Jessie, Thanks for the note on the commiƩee appointment process. In answer to your quesƟons: What skill sets or professional backgrounds are you interested in adding to the CommiƩee? Anyone that has had an acƟve career or background in business would be preferred such as a lawyer, engineer, business consultant, developer, transportaƟon specialist or ﬁnance. It would also good to have people with experience in retail, manufacturing, planning or economics. Do you have aƩendance concerns for any individuals who may be reapplying to serve? None of the current posiƟons on the ED commiƩee expire this year Are there individuals reapplying to serve that you feel do not warrant an interview and should be reappointed? The idea is that if we have acƟve and producƟve volunteers who want to keep going, no need to pull them in for another night meeƟng. I have no concerns with the current commiƩee members If you would ﬁnd it helpful for me to aƩend some interviews let me know. I am away for a few weeks starƟng the last week of May but will be back for the next ED commiƩee meeƟng in June. Thanks, John John Burton 7 Harbor Ridge Road South Burlington, VT 05403 802‐881‐2088 1 Jessie Baker From:Stacey Pape <papesjda4@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, May 15, 2023 7:57 PM To:Jessie Baker Cc:Jennifer Murray Subject:'EXTERNAL'Re: Committee Appointment Process - FY24 This message has originated from an External Source. Please use proper judgment and caution when opening attachments, clicking links, or responding to this email. Jessie, My apologies for taking so long to respond to your email. We have two trustees reapplying, Anne LaLonde and Margery Vogt, and I don’t feel that is necessary to have City Council interview them. They are diligent, engaged members of our group. As for the question around skills, below are some qualities we are looking for: 1. Ability to meet at night and attend two meetings a month (board meeting and committee meeting) 2. An organized person to help with deadlines and project management 3. Team player 4. Comfortable with personable outreach Jennifer and I would like to attend the interviews. I am wondering if it would be possible to hold the library interviews after 4pm on May 30th as I have an all‐day meeting (I’m trying to get out early)? If not, I will do my best to be there for 3pm. Best, Stacey On May 8, 2023, at 2:45 PM, Jessie Baker <jbaker@southburlingtonvt.gov> wrote: Hello Committee Chairs (or vice chairs) and Staff Liaisons, As you know, with many upcoming appointments to make this year, the Council has amended their process to interview candidates for appointments. They have established two subcommittees for this purpose. These subcommittees will make appointment recommendations to the full Council who will ultimately appoint each volunteer. Below is an outline of the process and some key questions for you. All incumbents who are interested in continuing to serve are asked to reapply. The information on these open seats and the application can be found here. The deadline for all to apply is May 18th. 2 Committee Chairs (assuming they are not up for reappointment – and if so, the vice chairs) and Staff Liaisons are welcome to attend the interviews if you’d like – but are not required. The Subcommittees are interested in hearing from you on the following questions:  What skill sets or professional backgrounds are you interested in adding to the Committee?  Do you have attendance concerns for any individuals who may be reapplying to serve?  Are there individuals reapplying to serve that you feel do not warrant an interview and should be reappointed? The idea is that if we have active and productive volunteers who want to keep going, no need to pull them in for another night meeting. NOTE: I will share these names with the relevant Committee Chairs/Vice Chairs and Staff Liaisons on May 18/19. If you could send this information to me by May 19th we can include this information in the materials for the subcommittee’s interviews. Subcommittee #1 is Helen, Meaghan, and Tim. They will interview candidates for:  Affordable Housing  Charter  Economic Development  Housing Trust Fund  Public Art  Library Trustees  Pension Advisory They will hold these interviews on:  May 22nd from 4:00 to 7:00  May 30th from 3:00 to 6:00 Subcommittee #2 is Helen, Tyler, and Andrew. They will interview candidates for:  Bike & Ped  Common Area for Dogs  Energy  Natural Resources & Conservation  Recreation & Parks  Sextons They will hold these interviews on:  May 25th from 3:00 to 6:30  May 30th from 6:00 to 9:00 Full Council – Due to their policy and regulatory nature, the full Council will interview for:  Planning Commission  Development Review Board They will hold these interviews on:  June 5th at their regular Council meeting Finally, while I have you, the City Attorney and I will be holding the annual Committee orientation on July 13, 2023 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. We encourage all new and continuing committee members to attend and ask questions! We will also record this session in case folks aren’t able to attend that evening. If you have any questions about this process, please feel free to reach out. Thank you for all you do for good governance in South Burlington! 3 Jessie Jessie Baker City Manager City of South Burlington 180 Market Street South Burlington, VT 05403 jbaker@southburlingtonvt.gov (802) 846‐4107 southburlingtonvt.gov City of South BurlingtonFY24 Committee Appointment ProcessEach candidate shall be asked the questions below. This scoring matrix is provided to assist the Councilors through the process.Committee Candidate Please explain your interest in this specific appointment. What do you hope to accomplish with this service? Tell us about how you work as part of a group. What skills to do bring to the table?Each candidate commented on the draft values/goals from the Comprehensive Plan development to date. How do their responses align to the values in the Comprehensive Plan?