Overview

Board or commission vacancies are filled by appointment of the mayor with the consent of council. Appointments are made for terms not to exceed four years and will expire the last day of March unless mandated otherwise by state statute. All board members or commissioners shall serve without compensation.  For a detailed description of the City's boards, commission and committees, please refer to the City's Municipal code, Title 2, Administration and Personnel.

Public Safety Advisory Committee

The Public Safety Advisory Committee is established for the purpose of advising and making recommendations to the Chief of Police and City Council regarding public safety needs in the city and its urban growth boundary. The board shall be responsible for, but not limited to, the following activities:

1. Review and make recommendations on community livability concerns related to crime prevention and traffic safety issues that affect public safety and neighborhood livability in Milwaukie and within its urban growth boundary; 

2. Review and make recommendations for police-community partnerships to mitigate the negative influence of crime and traffic on the community; 

3. Promote public education and awareness of the effects of crime and the fear of crime on the community;  

4. Collaborate with local, county and state government agencies to develop strategies to mitigate negative community livability concerns by focusing partnership agency resources to reduce or eliminate specific crime, problem areas or concerns; 

5. Such other activities as the council may assign. (Ord. 1869 § 3, 2000: Ord. 1797 § 3 (part), 1996) 


 

If you are interested in serving on the Public Safety Advisory Committee and a vacancy is announced, download an official application (in Microsoft Word or PDF format), complete it  and submit it to our City Recorder's office.

Public Safety Advisory Committee Members

Public Safety Advisory Committee Meeting Agendas and Minutes

Previous Committee Meeting Agendas and Minutes

Last updated: 08/27/2010

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