Department of Community Development
Reference: Boards and Commissions Compensation
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Chair Chris Maslanik and Members of the Planning Commission
Through: Michael P. Martinez, City Manager
Prepared By: Mike Tylka, AICP, Assistant Director of Community Development
Stephanie Iiams, Assistant Planner
Date Prepared: January 9, 2023
PURPOSE
With open positions on the Planning Commission not attracting many applicants, with positions sitting vacant for longer than desired, and with a workload that is attracting an increasing level of public involvement, certain Members of the Planning Commission recently discussed the possibility of compensation and expanded recognition efforts. In response to these points being raised, City staff conducted a review of what other jurisdictions have implemented in these areas. A portion of these findings were shared previously with the Planning Commission, and at this time, City staff and the Chairman of the Planning Commission would like to share their expanded findings with the City Council.
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
Compensation:
Staff reached out to ten nearby jurisdictions city clerk's offices to ascertain as to whether their Planning Commissions are compensated or not. As you will see demonstrated in the chart below, financial compensation is provided to the majority of the nearby jurisdictions' Planning Commissions, on a per meeting basis, with a range of $50 to $100. For the most part, all jurisdictions that offer financial compensation have a population of 100,000 or more with the exception of Commerce City and Northglenn. As for other boards and commissions, not many receive financial compensation. Three jurisdictions did note that they compensate their Board of Adjustment, and one municipality stated that their Liquor Authority Board receives compensation. The outlier in the collected data is Thornton where all boards and commission members are paid. The parties contacted ...
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