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6 <br /> <br />Boards, Commissions, and Committees Handbook| SeptemberMay 2024 2021 <br />CITY VALUES <br /> <br />Building a great community together through collaboratfon between City government, <br />businesses, other partners, and residents is one of the City’s core purposes. The City supports its <br />diverse constftuents, honors its heritage, and celebrates a strong sense of community. BCC <br />Members help realize this core purpose through civic engagement. They hold a special <br />relatfonship to the City. This relatfonship carries with it the responsibility to respectiully interact <br />with, and address, the Council, public, and staff at BCC meetfngs and in all other venues. <br /> <br />In order to achieve the core <br />purpose of building a great <br />community together, the City <br />encourages its staff and BCC <br />members to consider four values <br />to guide their everyday work. <br />These values are Excellence, <br />Integrity, Community Services, <br />Collaboration, Inclusion, and <br />Innovation. As a service organizatfon, the City urges all residents, staff, BCC members, and City <br />Council members to embrace these values to help create a strong and vibrant community. <br /> <br />II. ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />GENERAL OVERIVEW <br /> <br />The City of Redwood City operates under a Council-Manager type of government. The seven- <br />member City Council is elected to four-year staggered terms, and through district-based electfons <br />with seven City Council districts. The City Council consists of seven members and it is the <br />governing body elected directly by the electorate of Redwood City. Every two years, City <br />Councilmember ’s are selected to serve as Mayor and Vice Mayor based on seniority rotatfon. The <br />Mayoral term is two -years in length. As the legislatfve branch of our local government, the City <br />Council makes final decisions on all City matters, sets Citywide prioritfes and policies, and directs <br />the City Manager to implement these prioritfes and policies. The City Council adopts ordinances <br />and resolutfons as necessary for efficient governmental operatfons, approves the budget, and <br />acts as a board of appeals. It appoints the City Manager and, City Attorney, as well as the members <br />of the City’s advisory Boards, Commissions, and Committees (BCCs). <br /> <br />9.B. - Page 14 of 53 <br />170