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Resolution 2021-3225 for this Committee

Purpose:    To act in an advisory capacity to the Keizer City Council and to advise on action for community engagement by:

1. Listening to understand.  Keizer wants to let everyone know we are all included when we talk about the Keizer community and are important for our community to thrive holistically,
2. Using what is heard to create recommendations for action plan(s) for increasing community engagement and communication on progress in civic processes,
3. Acting on the values included in the Resolution for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

Tasks:  To assist in developing action recommendations for community engagement in civic processes in the following areas:

1. Collaboration with Council, other city committees, commissions and neighborhood associations to increase active participation and recommend culturally responsive actions,
2. Collaboration with other organizations (historical/cultural/arts, business organizations, faith community, community based organizations, education, and additional sectors not usually included),
3. Collaborating in community opportunities to have conversation, celebration, relationship building,
4. Recommending additions or subtractions of national observances/ commemorative/heritage months,
5. Help develop metrics and yearly report on tasks identified and the data needed to better understand culturally responsive provision of services and public participation,
6. Assist in identifying leaders and build leadership capacity of underrepresented and underserved communities.

Membership: The Committee shall consist of nine voting members. Two (2) members shall be Keizer City Councilors to be appointed by the Mayor and announced at a regularly scheduled Council meeting, six (6) citizen-at-large members and one (1) youth member who is under 19 years of age at the date of appointment. Appointed members will be expected to think broadly in terms of how issues of racism, sexism, ableism, and other discriminatory and prejudicial biases that impact all residents in Keizer. The Committee will be staffed by a non-voting staff liaison to be appointed by the City Manager.

Term of Office: Each Councilor member shall be appointed for a two-year term by the Mayor pursuant to the Council Rules of Procedure. Each non-Councilor member shall be appointed for a three-year term, except for the initial terms. The initial terms of the non- Councilor members shall be staggered so that not more than three will expire in the same year. Each Councilor shall directly appoint one citizen-at-large member following the same process as appointments of Volunteer Coordinating Committee members.  The Mayor shall appoint the youth member.  Members may be reappointed.

Chair and Vice-Chair: The Committee will elect the Chair and Vice-Chair at the first meeting of each calendar year.

Meetings: Members of the Committee shall establish a regular meeting date and shall meet as deemed necessary by the Chair. All meetings of the Committee shall follow Robert Rules of Order Newly Revised and the Oregon Public Meeting Laws.

Attendance: It is the duty of each member to attend at least 75% of the meetings each calendar year. When a member is unable to attend a meeting, the member shall notify the Chair. Members of the Committee may be removed by a two-thirds majority vote of the City Council.