Application Process
Boards and Commissions – Vacancies and Application
The Longmont City Council accepts applications for Boards and Commissions twice a year. Serving on a city advisory board is a great opportunity to make your voice heard and take a more active role in your community. Please consider applying!
The City of Longmont is accepting applications for several vacancies, now through October 17.
HOW TO APPLY: Click on the blue button below to view ALL city board and commissions, then click on each board name to learn more. Boards with openings will display an “Apply for Membership” button in the upper right corner of the page.
- An exception is the Longmont Housing Authority Advisory Board, which has a different application process (but the same deadline). Apply at bit.ly/lhaboard.
Please note: If you don’t receive a confirmation after submitting your application, please call the City Clerk’s Office at 303-651-8649.
Questions? Email the City Clerk’s Office at city.clerk@longmontcolorado.gov or call 303-651-8649.
- Must live in the City of Longmont for one year prior and be a registered voter for one year prior to appointment (except for Master Board of Appeals which has unique eligibility requirements)
- Prior attendance of a meeting of the board for which you are applying
- You may apply to multiple boards at one time but a separate application must be completed for each board
- Current board members re-applying for another term are also asked to complete a new application
- All applicants are required to complete the Conflict of Interest Disclosure
- Go to Longmont’s Boards and Commissions portal.
- Click on each board name to learn more. Boards with openings will display an “Apply for Membership” button in the upper right corner of the page during open recruitment.
- Thoroughly respond to all prompts, even if you are already serving on this board or another board.
- Feel free to attach a resume or additional pages.
- When complete, click “Submit.” You will receive a confirmation of your application. If you do not see this confirmation, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (303) 651-8649 or city.clerk@longmontcolorado.gov.
- Please use Google Chrome as your browser. If you use another browser, you may experience difficulties completing the application form.
- Applications must be submitted before the posted deadline.
Applicants will first be interviewed by members of the board for which they are applying and then, if recommended by the board, will be interviewed by City Council. City Council will make appointments at a regular session meeting following interviews.
With few exceptions, the meetings of City Council and any of its appointed boards are open to the public. Citizen participation is encouraged and welcomed at these meetings. Council and staff believe that the more involved citizens are in the early stages of program and legislation development, the better local government can meet the needs and expectations of the community.
Differences between advisory boards, quasi-judicial boards, task forces and committees are detailed below.
The majority of boards appointed by City Council operate in an advisory capacity to the Council. Most of the boards are made up of between five and seven members with at least one staff liaison and a secretary. Several of these boards also have a Council member sitting on the board as a member.
Advisory boards are standing committees and have specific areas for which they are responsible. Each board reviews, discusses and makes recommendations to Council on a variety of issues associated with its function. The issues reviewed by these boards may deal with City policies, budgets, fees, programs, services, etc. Recommendations from advisory boards are forwarded to the City Council by the staff liaison or Committee Chair.
The City Council has the final decision making responsibility and must carefully weigh board recommendations with citizen, business owner, staff and other interested party comments to arrive at a decision that Council believes is in the overall best interest of the Longmont community.
In addition to advisory boards, the City of Longmont has various quasi-judicial boards:
- The Board of Adjustment and Appeals
- The Master Board of Appeals
- The Liquor Licensing Authority
- The Marijuana Licensing Authority
The Planning & Zoning Commission can also act in a quasi-judicial capacity when it is the decision maker on a development application and when it is the appeal body for decisions of the director (LMC 15.02.030.B.1 & 3).
These boards are given specific powers through State statutes and are created by ordinance. Quasi-judicial boards deal with specific items which, at one time, Council heard and made decisions on at its regular meetings. The ordinances creating these boards delegate Council’s authority to act to the specific boards. Unlike the advisory board recommendations, the decisions made by the quasi-judicial boards are final and can only be appealed to, and overturned by, a court.
Task forces are committees that Council sets up from time to time to focus on a specific item or task. A task force is given direction from Council and serves only until the task for which it was created is accomplished. In the past, Council has created task forces for such items as establishing priorities for Parks and Recreation needs, reviewing potential uses for the Carnegie building, and making recommendations on a solid waste collection program. The size of these committees can vary from a few individuals to many depending on the issue and the scope of the assigned task.
