(A) At the annual organizational meeting of the Mayor and City Council, the Mayor shall appoint members to such standing committees as the City Council may by ordinance or resolution create. Except as provided in § 33.07 of this title, membership of each standing committee shall consist of three Council members. The Mayor shall attempt, through appointment, though it shall not be mandatory that there be one Council member from each of the three wards of the city on each Council committee. The Mayor shall be an ex-officio member of each standing committee. Members of the standing committees shall serve a term of office of two years. The purposes of the various standing committees shall be to recommend policy for consideration by the City Council; to allow the various Council persons on the committees to develop expertise in a specified area; to review specific problems or situations with the assigned areas; to provide recommendations to the Mayor and Council, as a whole. It is not the purpose of the committees to usurp the administrative powers of the Mayor or City Administrator. The various standing committees shall meet on a periodic basis and shall keep accurate minutes and records of their meetings. Staff of the city shall be available to lend assistance to the various committees. The minutes and records of the various committee meetings shall be presented to the Mayor and Council at a regular monthly meeting. (’72 Code, § 2-101)
(B) The following shall constitute the standing committees of the Council of the city and their statement of purpose.
(1) General Committee. This committee's responsibility shall be to serve as a liaison with the City Planning Commission, Board of Adjustment, and Police Department, fire Department and Emergency Medical Services Department. City staff to assist this committee shall consist of the Building Inspector, the Chief of Police, Fire Chief, and/or EMS Director, and City Administrator.
(2) Personnel and Finance Committee. This committee's responsibility shall be to review the nonproprietary city budget, recommend financing, taxes and fees, review the nonproprietary funds audits, recommend investment policies, review the Mayor's recommendations regarding employee wage and benefit packages, and review personnel policies which are city-wide in scope. City staff to assist this committee shall consist of the City Clerk, City Treasurer, and City Administrator.
(3) Park, Recreation and Cultural Committee. This committee's responsibility shall be to serve as a liaison with the Parks and Recreation Departments, and Library Board. City staff to assist this committee shall consist of the Clerk Parks and Recreation Director, Librarian and City Administrator.
(4) Streets and Sanitation Committee. This committee's responsibility shall be to review capital improvement projects, operating policies, and procedures regarding streets, cemeteries, solid waste disposal, and storm sewers. City staff to assist this committee shall consist of the Street Commissioner and/or Cemetery Sexton, and the City Administrator.
(’72 Code, § 2-102)
(5) Economic Development Committee.
(a) The duties of the members of this committee shall be to review and recommend policies regarding housing and economic development in the city. In addition, two members of this committee shall serve on the Wahoo Economic Development Committee as described in division (b) of this section. City staff to assist this committee shall consist of the Utility General Manager and City Administrator.
(b) The Wahoo Economic Development Committee shall be a committee of the Board of Directors of the Greater Wahoo Development Foundation, a Nebraska nonprofit corporation, and shall be comprised of two representatives of the Council of the city, two representatives appointed by the Greater Wahoo Development Foundation, one representative appointed by the Wahoo Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, and one representative appointed by the Board of Directors of Wahoo Industries, Inc., a Nebraska profit corporation. Said individuals shall constitute the governing body of the Wahoo Economic Development Committee whose purpose shall be to promote economic development in the city and surrounding area. At the annual organizational meeting of the City Council, the Mayor, subject to the approval of the City Council, shall appoint two voting representatives and one alternate representative of the Mayor and Council of the city to serve on the Wahoo Economic Development Committee. The alternate representative may vote only in the absence of one of the other representatives of the Mayor and Council of the city.
(’72 Code, § 2-103) (Ord. 1445, passed 12-9-93; Am. Ord. 1815, passed 10-24-02; Am. Ord. 2269, passed 2-8-18; Am. Ord. 2302, passed 3-14-19)