Meeting Agenda

CITY OF PORTLAND, MAINE
Agenda

Nominating Committee

DATE:	2/7/2008
TIME:	5:30 PM
LOCATION:	Room 208

AGENDA

1. Interviews 5:30 P.M.
Fish Exchange A – 1 Planning Board – 3

2. Work Plan Discussion 6:15 P.M.

3. Appointments to Committees
1. Committee house-cleaning

a. Inactive committees - examples:

- Merrill Auditorium Advisory Committee

- Waterfront Economic Development Advisory Committee

- Citizen Advisory Committee

b. Synchronizing with other municipalities
- eg, term limits on Harbor Commissioners (South Portland has none)

c. Consistency with ordinance check-in
- eg, Friends of the Parks - 3 councilors required per ordinance

d. Consistent definitions across committees in ordinance
- eg, "resident" inconsistently defined across committees in the ordinance

4.
Outreach strategy for appointed Committees - low responses for many committees

Non-union Personnel topics:

1. Format and content of Council review of the 3 direct hires - review for 2009? (too late for this year?)

2. Recruitment and retention Issues - do we have recruiting and retention issues? if so, why and what strategies to address?

3. Diversity Plan - take stock of our efforts to date to develop workplace diversity and develop prospective plan to address identified shortcomings.

1.	Interviews 5:30 P.M. Fish Exchange A – 1 Planning Board – 3
2.	Work Plan Discussion 6:15 P.M.
3.	Appointments to Committees 1. Committee house-cleaning a. Inactive committees - examples: - Merrill Auditorium Advisory Committee - Waterfront Economic Development Advisory Committee - Citizen Advisory Committee b. Synchronizing with other municipalities - eg, term limits on Harbor Commissioners (South Portland has none) c. Consistency with ordinance check-in - eg, Friends of the Parks - 3 councilors required per ordinance d. Consistent definitions across committees in ordinance - eg, "resident" inconsistently defined across committees in the ordinance
4.	Outreach strategy for appointed Committees - low responses for many committees Non-union Personnel topics: 1. Format and content of Council review of the 3 direct hires - review for 2009? (too late for this year?) 2. Recruitment and retention Issues - do we have recruiting and retention issues? if so, why and what strategies to address? 3. Diversity Plan - take stock of our efforts to date to develop workplace diversity and develop prospective plan to address identified shortcomings.

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