City of Salina Seeks Civic-Minded Individuals for Board & Commission Openings

Jennifer Lamer -

The City of Salina is actively seeking community members to express their interest in serving on various citizen boards, commissions, and committees. Vacancies currently exist or will soon arise in the following civic bodies:

  1. Accessibility Advisory Board
    • Citizen-at-Large with a Disability
    • Youth Member*
  2. Animal Control Advisory & Appeals Board
    • Youth Member*
  3. Arts & Humanities Commission
    • Youth Member*
  4. Board of Zoning Appeals
    • Youth Member*
  5. Building Advisory Board
    • Design Professional (architect or engineer)
    • Youth Member*
  6. Business Improvement District Design Review
    • Property Owner within the Business Improvement District
    • Design Professional
    • Citizen-at-Large
  7. Disciplinary Advisory Board
    • Citizen-at-Large within City Limits
  8. Heritage Commission
    • Citizen-at-Large (preferably in real estate/legal, historian, urban planner, architect, or archaeologist)
  9. Human Relations Commission
    • Citizen-at-Large
    • Member of an ethnic/minority group
    • Youth Member*
  10. Law Enforcement Citizen Review Board
    • Citizen-at-Large with experience in police/community relations, reflecting the city's racial and ethnic diversity
  11. Library Board (term to start 5/1/24)
    • Citizen-at-Large within City Limits
  12. Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
    • Citizen-at-Large
    • Youth Member*
  13. Planning Commission
    • Citizen-at-Large
    • Youth Member*
  14. Salina Airport Authority (term to start 3/1/24)
    • Citizen-at-Large
  15. Salina Community Economic Development Organization
    • Citizen-at-Large
  16. Solid Waste Management Committee
    • Citizen-at-Large
    • County Unincorporated Resident (County nominated)
    • Resident of a 3rd Class City (Smolan, Gypsum, Brookville, Assaria, or New Cambria)
    • Youth Member*
  17. Tree Advisory Board
    • Citizen-at-Large
    • Youth Member*

*The Youth on Board program invites individuals aged 15-20, attending secondary or post-secondary school, to serve on specified boards.

To contribute to your community by joining any of these esteemed boards, commissions, or committees, please complete an expression-of-interest form. Submissions are due by January 8, 2024, for SCEDO positions and February 9, 2024, for all other positions.

Obtain the expression-of-interest form or gather more information from the City of Salina website or visit the City Clerk’s Office at 300 W. Ash, Room 206. For inquiries, please call (785) 309-5735. Your commitment makes a difference in shaping the future of Salina!