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COMMISSION POLICY <br />Section:Category: <br />GovernanceGovernance Policies <br />Policy Reference:Policy Title: <br />G.2gCommission Committees <br />PURPOSE: <br />With this policy, the Commission establishes and communicates its purposes and the means by <br />which it creates and empowers committees to assist the Commission in its work. This policy <br />applies to any group formed by Commission action, whether or not it is called a committee and <br />whether or not the group includes Commission members. It does not apply to committees formed <br />under the authority of the General Manager. <br />POLICY: <br />Commission committees, when created, will be used to reinforce the wholeness of the <br />Commission and never to interfere with the delegation of authority from the Commission to the <br />General Manager or to any officer of the Commission. Commission committees will not have <br />direct involvement with current management and staff employee functions. <br />Consistent with this general statement: <br />1.The Commission will use committees sparingly and only for as long as required to <br />accomplish its purposes. Committees may be appropriate in circumstances where the <br />Commission recognizes the need for more in-depth review of information and issues, and <br />where a committee is the best way to make effective and efficient use of available <br />Commission member expertise and time. Committees may also be appropriate where it is <br />necessary or desirable for the Commission to visibly demonstrate regulatory compliance or <br />accountability to its stakeholders (e.g. Financial Reserves and Investments Committee). <br />2.Committees ordinarily will assist the Commission in the following specific ways by: <br />a.Monitoring organization performance metrics and related information; <br />b.Preparing policy alternatives and their implications for Commission deliberation and <br />action; <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1of 2 <br />47 <br />