On December 4, 2007, the Battle Creek City Commission established the Environmental Policy Study Committee. The purpose of the Committee, as established, is to increase the City's efforts to incorporate environmentally responsible policies in the management of its facilities and services, including initiatives outlined in the Climate Protection Act Policy adopted in August, 2006 and the 15% by 15 renewable energy policy goal adopted in March, 2007.
The current membership of the Committee, many of whom are original members, believe that a refinement of the Committee's purpose statement would be helpful, along with a more reflective Committee name, so on June 18, 2013, the City Commission approved changing the name of the committee from Environmental Policy Study Committee to Sustainable BC Committee, and updated the purpose statement.
On December 19, 2017, the membership guidelines were updated to allow the Mayor and City Commission to appoint one member of the City Commission as an alternate to attend meetings only in the event of the unavailability of an appointed City Commission member.
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