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City Council appointees to boards and commissions must live within the city limits of Tulare. If you would like to apply for appointment to any of the boards or committees described on this page, you must complete a candidate application form and return it to the City Manager's Office. When a vacancy occurs on any of the boards you have indicated an interest in, the City Council will conduct interviews of all candidates on file prior to making a selection. For your information, application forms are kept on file for a period of two years from the date of receipt or until appointment, whichever occurs first.

Because the Council recognizes that the time of its citizen volunteers is very valuable, a policy has been adopted regarding attendance requirements for all Council appointed members of boards, commissions and committees. Members who are absent from three consecutive regular meetings or 50% or more of all meetings within any consecutive twelve month period will be automatically removed from the committee upon which they are serving, unless the Council determines there was good cause to excuse those absences. By adopting this policy, the Council hopes to eliminate problems with meetings that cannot be held because of a "lack of a quorum". For more information regarding this policy, please contact the City Managers Office.

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