The Community Services Advisory Committee acts in an advisory capacity to the City Council with the following purposes:

1. Make reports and recommendations to the City Council concerning community service issues;
2. Bring committee members, leaders and businesses to address issues related to community service;
3. Review City actions which may affect the accessibility or quality of community services available to City residents;
4. Seek volunteers who are interested in performing service in our community;
5. Evaluate funding request and make recommendations on funding human service agencies and organizations;
6. Help volunteers find projects in which that can serve the community;
7. Connect volunteers with agencies or groups who conduct community service projects in the City;
8. Connect agencies or groups with service projects in our community;
9. Address other community service issues as deemed approximate by the Committee;
10. Review and recommend community service plans and policies, including the human service element of the City’s comprehensive plan; and
11. Participate in collaborative planning efforts involving citizen groups, human service agencies and local organizations.