In Breezy Point, much like other cites, there are various
citizen committees that assist with policy and decision making. Typically these include a Planning Commission
and a Park Committee. In Breezy Point we
also have a Cemetery Commission. Volunteers
are appointed to these groups for three year terms. They provide direction and valuable feedback
in managing the policies of the city.
The committees and commissions also have a city council member liaison
assigned to each. This helps with greater
communication between the council and the citizen committees. Liaisons don’t have a vote in committee
settings. Their vote lies at the council
meeting.
The boards have memberships that are rotated so one or more
individual terms expire annually. This
year all current members agreed to be reinstated with a new term however we had
a vacancy in the Cemetery Commission with a new Commissioner being appointed
there. The committee and commission
appointments for 2015 include the following:
Cemetery Commission – Barbara
Donavon and Wanda Sonderby. Council
liaison is Diane Williams.
Park and Recreation Committee –
Linda Gronholz and Deborah Simmons. Council
liaison is Diane Williams.
Planning Commission – Amy Gitchell. Council liaison is Gary Bakken.
The city also has working committees of the city
council. These committees guide
operations and assist staff with decision making in managing the affairs of the
city. They make recommendations to the
full council as needed. The committees
and the appointments for 2015 are as follows:
Finance
Committee – Tom Lillehei and Gary Bakken
Personnel
Committee – Michael Moroni and Otto Schmid
Roads
Committee – Otto Schmid and Michael Moroni
This year a special task force was named to assist the Planning
Commission with a review of the Comprehensive Plan. The current Comprehensive Plan was adopted in
2010 so 5 years have lapsed since adoption.
The idea is to review where we have been, where we might be going, and
are there goals or changes in thinking that need to be revisited. Two of these individuals are council members;
Michael Moroni and Gary Bakken. The
other task force member assigned is a Planning Commissioner, Carol
Metzger.
Comprehensive Plans typically have a life of 10 to 20 years
with amendments coming at the 10 year period.
A full rewrite of the plan generally is considered at the 20 year time
period. With the 5 year review we hope
to keep the plan as current as possible by recognizing the current state of
affairs of the city in its planning efforts.
