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Sunset Commission Report Page 2 General Recommendations The Sunset Advisory Commission makes the following recommendations: 1. Council should appoint a Sunset Advisory commission to review and critique each city department with relation to service and performance and recommend areas of improvement. This Commission, working with the City Manager, would evaluate each city department every three (3) years in conjunction with its review of each city board and commission. Commission members should have expertise in the area or department to be evaluated. 2. Attendance should be stressed for each new appointee to a commission or board. Commissions or boards which are limited in time (Le. Sunset Advisory and Charter Review) should have appointees who realize the necessity of attendance at meetings. 3. All new members of boards or commissions should go through an orientation process and receive materials (i.e. ordinance creating) prepared by the city staff liaison. 4. The citizens of San Marcos need better notice of board and commission meetings than the present posting system affords. Publication in the newspapers and inserts in the utility bills are suggested. 5. All boards and commissions should file a brief report with the Council at least once a year in January stating their past year's accomplishments, goals for the coming year, and areas of concern on a form provided by the City Council. 6. City Staff should prepare a brochure to inform citizens of what all the boards and commissions do. The brochures should be available at City Hall and at the Library with an application attached for citizens interested in serv~ng on a board, commission, or committee. 7. Each board or commission which does not meet regularly should be required to have at least a yearly meeting with the staff person assigned to assure its viability.