City Council Preview: Restructuring of the Open Government Commission

The City of Gilroy has quite a few issues to tackle at Monday's 6 p.m. meeting, including approving the minutes from the council's meetings on , and 12.

A few anticipated highlights from Monday's meeting are below.

• Under new business, the council will motion to approve a Gilroy Housing Trust fund award of $21,000 to the Gilroy Compassion Center.

• Also under new business, the council will motion to appoint members of the community to serve as council representatives. There are that the council opened in late 2012.

• There will also be a discussion about the make-up of the City's Open Government Commission. The city is considering opening recruitment for two positions within the commission, according to the agenda document, with the objective of getting more members of the community involved. A report detailing the Open Government Commissions in the cities of San Jose, Berkeley, Milpitas and the city and county of San Francisco are included as a sampling of the different commissions, the agenda states. More information about this item can be found on pages 318 through 330 of the attached agenda packet.

Background information on all items to be discussed at Monday's meeting are available in the attached agenda packet. The agenda packet from the council's special meeting on Dec. 12 is also attached.

City Council meetings are held in the Council Chambers at 7351 Rosanna Street.