PURPOSE:

The purpose of this report is to request that the Council consider making one appointment to the Burbank Water and Power Board for an unexpired term ending June 1, 2007.  The vacancy was created by the resignation of Board Member Janice Slaby.

BACKGROUND:

On November 10, 2004, the City Clerk�s Office began advertising and accepting applications for the vacancy on the Burbank Water and Power Board. This vacancy was advertised in the local newspapers, posted on the City Website and notices were run on the Channel 6 scroll in order to obtain qualified candidates. As of the December 23, 2004 deadline, seven applications were received from: Jim J. Norris; Rod Kurihara; David B. Ahern; Leonard H. Kushner; Gordon A. Bowers; Mike M.W. Chapman; and, Timothy R. Cherry, who withdrew his application on December 14, 2004.

The Burbank Water and Power Board is comprised of seven members appointed by the Council and meets on the first Thursday of each month at 5:00 p.m. The Board is responsible for reviewing and making recommendations on: capital improvements; purchased power agreements; the annual budget; electric and water rates; contract awards for goods and services; and, public works construction projects.

It should be noted that all Board, Commission and Committee members serve without compensation from the City and no person shall serve on more than one Board, Commission, or Committee (established by the Burbank Municipal Code) at the same time. In addition, any person appointed to be a member of a Board, Commission or Committee must be an elector of, and actually reside in, the City of Burbank.

RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends that the Council consider the six applications submitted and make one appointment to the unexpired term on the Burbank Water and Power Board ending June 1, 2007.

Respectfully submitted,

Margarita Campos

City Clerk

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