2.50.110 Municipal Council Committees.
(1) Pursuant to Utah Code Section 10-3b-203, the Municipal Council may appoint a committee of Council members or citizens to conduct an investigation into any matter relating to the welfare of the municipality.
(2) For each committee, the Council shall:
(a) Designate the name and mission statement;
(b) Designate whether the committee is standing or ad hoc;
(c) Appoint all voting members or designate the method of their appointment, subject to the following:
(i) No more than three (3) Councilors shall be appointed, unless the Council expressly directs otherwise with respect to a given committee, in which case meetings of the committee shall be noticed and recorded in accordance with the Open and Public Meetings Act; and
(ii) No citizens shall be appointed as voting members unless the Council makes a finding that the purpose of the committee is to conduct an investigation in accordance with Utah Code Section 10-3b-203(1)(b)(iv), as amended;
(d) Appoint a chair and a vice-chair; and
(e) Have the authority to remove any voting member from the committee by majority vote.
(3) Council staff and administrative staff, if permitted by the Mayor, may provide support, but are not voting members of any such body. A committee may ask private citizens to assist and provide counsel as needed as nonvoting advisors.
(4) The chair, vice-chair, or a person designated by the chair or by the committee shall report findings to the Council, assisted as needed by others.