Job Description
Please note: Appleton residency is required for this appointment.
The Advisory Panel on Sustainability & Climate Resilience will act as an advisory group to the Mayor, City Department Directors, and the Common Council providing feedback and advice on a range of matters related to sustainability, climate action, and resiliency.
The Panel will convene quarterly and may be convened more frequently at the request of the Mayor, City Department Directors, and/or the Common Council to review and provide advisory input on active proposals as they are being advanced and implemented by the City through legislation, executive orders, policy changes, and practices. Panel members will meet as called upon and in accordance with city government meeting requirements.
The following are examples of the types of issues on which the Panel may be called upon to provide feedback and advisory input:
- Receiving and monitoring outcome measures for sustainability programs and initiatives
- Areas for improvement of the City’s sustainability and climate initiatives, programs, and performance
- The review of plans, ordinances, actions, and policies as relevant
- Goal setting and budgeting processes as relevant
- Ways to promote and communicate the principles of sustainability and climate resilience broadly among stakeholders
- Affordable strategies associated with climate change, resource use, conservation, renewable energy, and energy efficiency, considering ecological, economic, and social equities
- The adoption, prioritization, and implementation of initiatives, actions, policies, and public outreach and education programs to support and promote aspects of sustainability and climate resilience
- Financial initiatives and resources to offset costs such as grants and cost savings
The City’s Project and Resiliency Manager, housed in the City’s Facilities and Construction Management Department, will serve as the liaison to the Panel, and any requests to engage the Panel will be made through the Project and Resiliency Manager.
The Panel will consist of seven individuals, Appleton residents who have experience or expertise, professional or lived, in the following or other related subject matters: energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy efficient building, environmental justice, equity in environmental stewardship and sustainability, alternative transportation and mobility, energy policy, environmental policy, forestry, water resources, ecology, other life sciences, carbon emission reduction, environmental law, education, architecture, engineering, science, environmental design, sustainable construction, and other related areas. Panel members will draw on their experience and knowledge of best practices to advise the City regarding the types of issues described above.
The Panel members will be appointed by the Mayor, subject to approval by the Common Council, and without compensation. Initial appointments will stagger terms, with three of the seven members appointed for one-year terms, and four of the seven members appointed for two-year terms. Members may be appointed to successive terms. Following the initial appointments, all appointments and reappointments will be for two-year terms.
Panel members will serve in an advisory role only and will not have the authority to speak for the City or otherwise commit the City to any course of action or inaction.
Term: Two-year term (December 2024- December 2026).
Meetings: The Advisory Panel on Sustainability & Climate Resilience will meet quarterly and/or at the Mayor’s request.
Supplemental Information
Appleton residency is required for this appointment.
