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City Council seeks citizens for boards, commissions, committees and task forces
The Richmond City Council is seeking individuals to serve on boards, commissions, committees and task forces. Richmond City Council appoints members to 55 local/regional government bodies, 1 federal body and 5 non-governmental organizations, and have 28 vacancies for 37 individuals to fill. All citizens interested in being appointed to serve are invited to review the descriptions, purposes and individual membership requirements and apply online.
From the press release:
(Richmond, Virginia) – Critical to the foundation of our citizen-run government, Richmond City Council regularly establishes and/or appoints members to serve on local and regional government boards, commissions, committees and task forces to assist with providing oversight on various topics, programs and services. Appointments are made throughout the year as vacancies occur and new entities are created. Richmond City Council currently appoints members to 55 local and regional public bodies; most of which are volunteer/non-paid positions. There are currently 37 individual vacancies to fill on 28 entities.
Appointed public bodies provide needed intellectual assistance on subjects that shape the quality of our lives, neighborhoods and city and increase government openness, inclusion and transparency. Membership on these entities offers citizens an opportunity to learn more about their local government and to use their education, experience, skills and abilities in service of the public good. All citizens are invited and encouraged to apply to serve.
Individual membership requirements are different for each public body, which range from advisory to policy to governing. Appointed terms include project-oriented ones that exist for a few months and more long-term ones that last up to four years. Time commitments vary from a couple hours a year, up to 20 hours a month. Meeting times, dates, locations and frequency are scheduled as needed. Incumbents are also considered for reappointment at the conclusion of their terms.
In addition to the 55 current local and regional public bodies, Council appoints members to five (5) non-governmental organizations and one (1) federal government entity; for a total of 61 entities (governmental and non-governmental).
All citizens interested in being appointed to serve as a member of a local or regional public government body or non-government organization (a list of which follows below), that Richmond City Council appoints members, to are invited to review the descriptions, purposes and individual membership requirements and apply online at: http://eservices.ci.richmond.va.us/applications/boardscommissions/index.aspx
CONTACT For more information, please call 804.646.7955.
Richmond City Council Appointments
Richmond Council appoints members to the following (current 3.29.10) Governmental Public Bodies and Non-Governmental Organizations. As functioning government entities, all meetings of Local and Regional Governmental Public Bodies are open to the public. Entities having current vacancies are noted with an asterisk.Richmond Local Government Public Bodies (39) _____________________________________
Port of Richmond Commission
Richmond Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board *
Richmond Ambulance Authority Board *
Richmond Architectural Review Commission *
Richmond Architectural Review Commission Task Force
Richmond Arts and Cultural Funding Consortium Board *
Richmond Assessment of Towing Fees and the Storage of Vehicles Advisory Board
Richmond Audit Committee
Richmond Behavioral Health Authority Board *
Richmond Broad Street Community Development Authority Board
Richmond Building Code Appeals Board – Building Related Mechanical Division
Richmond Building Code Appeals Board – Electrical Division *
Richmond Building Code Appeals Board – General Division
Richmond Building Code Appeals Board – Plumbing Division *
Richmond Career and Technical Education Commission
Richmond Carillon Advisory Committee *
Richmond City Charter Review Commission
Richmond Clean City Commission
Richmond Community Criminal Justice Board *
Richmond Community Policy and Management Team *
Richmond Disability Services Board *
Richmond Economic Development Authority Board
Richmond Fire Appeals Board *
Richmond Green City Commission *
Richmond Health Advisory Board *
Richmond Highway Safety Commission *
Richmond Minority Business Advisory Board *
Richmond Monroe Park Advisory Council
Richmond Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities Advisory Board *
Richmond Personnel Board *
Richmond Planning Commission
Richmond Public Library Board
Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority Board *
Richmond Retirement System Board *
Richmond Sister Cities Commission
Richmond Slave Trail Commission *
Richmond Social Services Advisory Board *
Richmond Urban Design Committee
Richmond Urban Forestry CommissionRegional Governmental and Quazi-Governmental Public Bodies (15) _________________
Central Virginia Waste Management Authority Board *
Greater Richmond Convention Center Authority Board
Greater Richmond Lead Planning Organization Board
Greater Richmond Partnership Board
Greater Richmond Transit Company Transit System Board
Peumansend Creek Regional Jail Authority Board
Richmond Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Board *
Richmond Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee *
Richmond Metropolitan Authority Board
Richmond Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau Board
Richmond Regional Competitiveness Committee
Richmond Regional Planning District Commission *
Virginia Capital Area Alcohol Safety Action Program Policy Advisory Board *
Virginia Capital Region Airport Commission
Virginia Community Colleges Board J. Sargent Reynolds Community College BoardFederal Governmental Public Body (1) ______________________________________________
U.S. Federal Combined Sewer Overflow Partnership BoardRichmond City Council appoints members to the following Non-Government Organizations
Non-Governmental Organizations (5) _______________________________________________
J. Fulmer Bright Memorial Foundation Board
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Board
Maymont Foundation Board
Richmond Capital Area Agency on Aging
Richmond Capital Area Partnership Uplifting PeopleAppointment Process
The Richmond City Council appointment process for local or regional public government bodies or non-government organizations includes the following:
Application completed and submitted
Richmond City Council Standing Committing providing oversight over that entity/appointment reviews application and makes recommendation
Application recommendation is forwarded to Richmond City Council Organizational Standing Committing
Richmond City Council Organizational Standing Committing makes recommendation to appoint or not appoint
Richmond City Council Organizational Standing Committing has Richmond City Council Resolution for Appointment prepared for chosen appointment
Applicant is invited to attend Richmond City Council Formal Meeting where Council Resolution will be considered for official approval
Richmond City Council holds Formal Meeting, which includes a public hearing, and votes on Resolution of Appointment (applicant must be in attendance)
Applicants approved by Resolution of Appointment are sworn in
Member’s service begins
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What board, commission, committee, or task force can we be on to oppose the mayor’s attempt to raise utility costs? The news this monring said he was asking to raise the fees for water, sewer, and gas…
The costs for these utilities are already some of the highest in the country!
http://www.nbc12.com/Global/story.asp?S=12259015
SEW #1 & 2, I think it’s disgraceful he’s even thinking about it, given our already high rates (agreed, I’ve heard too that they are among the highest in the country). In scanning the list, I’m not sure, but if you’re serious perhaps these would be a possibility:
Richmond Community Policy and Management Team *
Central Virginia Waste Management Authority Board *
(although I think that’s probably involved with recycling)
U.S. Federal Combined Sewer Overflow Partnership Board
(I don’t have a clue what that does, but it sounds like it’s involved with sewers)
Other than that, I have no suggestions except that I’ll sign any and all petitions anyone starts to protest a rise in water and sewer rates! Also, if he follows through, there’s always public comment time at council, and letters to our council rep.
crd: Thanks. You know, I wouldn’t mind higher prices if I actually got something of value (besides water and gas) for my money. Every time…every single time I have to call DPU for any reason (or any other city service for that matter) I am met with the most ridiculous level of incompetence that I have ever seen. My bills have been screwed up time and time again due to worthless city workers not doing their job but it’s never their fault according to them. They don’t make mistakes. When I moved to Church Hill over 6 years ago I called DPU to have my utilities cut off at my old residence. A forwarding address was given and I thought all was fine. Two and a half years later I got a utility bill for over $3000.00…the idiot that I spoke with at DPU never cut off my utilities at the other place, never forwarded the bills, etc. Whoever was living at my old place was getting free water and gas…for two and a half years! Of course, since I didn’t have the name of the idiot that I spoke with two and half years earlier, it was MY fault and I had to pay. My gas was cut off in Church Hill until I paid a huge amount of the bill and set up payment arrangements that, by the way, were finally paid off last summer. Typical for the city…that’s just one horror story. I have many more. I contacted my council member…no response. Contacted the mayor at the time…no response. They just don’t give a shit unless it would benefit them.
I tired of seeing rates increase in this city and our services just keep getting shittier and shittier…it’s disgraceful.
crd, the Community Policy and Management Team deals with the provision of MH/MR services.
david #5, thanks for that info. Given that, it doesn’t look like there is a board for SEW to be on to oppose an increase in fees. That’s a shame.
SEW #4 that’s an incredible story.
Thanks guys!
Yep…SOL once again! Story of my life…anyway, I gave it a shot!
I may get the details of this wrong, but the explanation I have heard from the city over the past several years is that several factors are involved in utility rates, and they differ slightly, depending on which utility. For water, it is a necessity to upgrade the treatment facility to meet higher state/federal standards. For waste-water, it is the result of an agreement with EPA/DEQ to devote a larger portion of the city budget to cleaning up the discharge into the river/bay. At the same time, the residential (small user) water water is decreasing, as the rate five years ago favored the large user at the expense of the small user. Over a five year period, large user rates are going up, and small user rates are coming down. When you factor the proportionality factor against the environmental factor, actual increase for residential customers amounts to about one half a percent. It has been said here that Richmond rates are higher than the national average. That may be; I have no information to contradict that, but if so, it is the result of a 30 year effort dating back to the Marsh ascendancy to invest in social programs rather than the city infrstructure. Now it is catch-up time. Yes, we do pay for the sins of our fathers, even if our fathers did not live in Richmond