Bill No. 32-11
Concerning: Boards, Committees, and Commissions – Committee Evaluation and Review Board – Report
Revised: 11/8/2011 Draft No. 6
Introduced: October 4, 2011
Enacted: November 8, 2011
Executive: November 21, 2011
Effective: February 20, 2012
Sunset Date: None
Ch. 21 , Laws of Mont. Co. 2011
County Council
For Montgomery County, Maryland
By: Councilmembers Navarro and Rice, Council President Ervin, and Councilmember Riemer
AN ACT to:
(1) establish a deadline for the Committee Evaluation and Review Board to issue its report to the Executive and Council;
(2) require the Board to consider scenarios to reduce County staff time supporting boards, committees, and commissions;
(3) require the Board to review and make recommendations on certain advisory boards, committees, and commissions that request continuation; and
(4) generally amend County law regarding the membership, structure, and functions of boards, committees, and commissions.
By amending
Montgomery County Code
Chapter 2, Administration
Section 2-146
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The County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland approves the following Act:
Sec. 1. Section 2-146 is amended as follows:
2-146. Terms of committees.
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(c) Committee Evaluation and Review Board.
(1) The County Executive must appoint and convene at least every 10 years, subject to confirmation by the Council, a citizens review committee comprised of [no fewer than] at least 11 members.
(2) [This committee] The Committee must review the committee system and each then-existing committee and report to the Executive and Council its recommendations for changes in individual committees and the committee system as a whole. The Committee must submit an interim report to the Executive and Council within 6 months of appointment and submit a final report within 12 months of appointment.
(3) The County Executive must designate the review committee’s chair and vice-chair.
Sec. 2. Contents of Committee Evaluation and Review Board Report. As part of its report, the first Committee Evaluation and Review Board appointed [[in 2011]] after November 8, 2011 must:
(a) develop scenarios for reduction of County staff time used to support the committees[[. The report must include]][[, and consider reduction scenarios of 25%, 50%, and 75%]]; and
(b) [[estimate]] [[provide the number of hours spent by volunteers for each board, committee, and commission, including by members and other volunteers. Each board, committee, and commission, must provide the number of volunteer hours spent to the Committee Evaluation and Review Board]] include a discussion of advisory board member workload.
Sec. 3. Continuation of certain board, committees, and commissions:
(a) Purpose. The County has many boards, committees, and commissions that provide a valuable service to the County with the work they perform. These boards, committees, and commissions require significant personnel and operating costs to function. In Fiscal Year 2011, the County spent an approximate $1.4 million on personnel and operating costs to support the County’s boards, committees, and commissions. While these boards, committees, and commissions provide a valuable service, there may be opportunities for consolidation.
(b) Continuation.
(1) In this section, the following words have the meanings indicated:
Advisory board means the following boards, committees, and commissions:
Advisory Committee on Consumer Protection
Agricultural Advisory Committee
Airpark Liaison Committee
Cable and Communications Advisory Committee
Commission for Women
Commission on Aging
Commission on Child Care
Commission on Children and Youth
Commission on Health
Commission on Juvenile Justice
Commission on People with Disabilities
Commission on Veterans Affairs
Committee for Ethnic Affairs
Committee on Hate/Violence
County-wide Recreation Advisory Board
Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission
Department of Permitting Services Advisory Committee
Dickerson Area Facilities Implementation Group
Domestic Violence Coordinating Council
Down County Recreation Advisory Board
East County Citizens Advisory Board
East County Recreation Advisory Board
Energy and Air Quality Advisory Committee
Fire and Emergency Services Commission
Forest Conservation Advisory Committee
Friendship Heights TMD Advisory Committee
Library Board
Mental Health Advisory Committee
Mid-County Citizens Advisory Board
Mid-County Recreation Advisory Board
Montgomery Cares Program Advisory Board
Noise Control Advisory Board
Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Advisory Committee
Rustic Roads Advisory Committee
Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board
Silver Spring Transportation Management District Advisory Committee
Silver Spring Urban District Advisory Committee
Solid Waste Advisory Committee
Sustainability Working Group
Taxicab Services Advisory Committee
Technology Investment Fund Loan/Grant Committee
Upcounty Citizens Advisory Board
Upcounty Recreation Advisory Board
Victim Services Advisory Board
Water Quality Advisory Group
Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory Board
Wheaton Urban District Advisory Committee
Committee Evaluation and Review Board means the Board appointed under §2-146.
(2) Each advisory board must indicate to the Committee Evaluation and Review Board, within 60 days after the Committee Evaluation and Review Board is appointed, if the advisory board should continue. Each advisory board that so indicates must provide the Committee Evaluation and Review Board with the following:
(A) a description of the work the advisory board does;
(B) justification for why the advisory board should be continued;
(C) a list of accomplishments from the prior 2 years, including any direct service provided by volunteers to residents;
(D) a discussion of advisory board member workload;
(E) a 2-year work program; and
[[(E)]] (F) an explanation of the amount of government resources, including County employee staff time, used and a plan to reduce the use of those resources.
(3) In addition to the duties in §2-146, as part of its report, the first Committee Evaluation and Review Board appointed [[in 2011]] after November 8, 2011 must review each advisory board that requests continuation under subsection (b)(2) and recommend to the Council whether the advisory board should continue.
Approved: