Current Boards and Commissions
The Boards, Commissions, and Committees listed below are made up of citizen volunteers. We are always looking for new volunteers willing to give back to their community.
- Audit and Finance Committee
- Board of Adjustment Vacancy
- Board of Building and Engineering Appeals
- Board of Ethics
- Charter Review Commission
- City Judicial Commission
- City Planning Commission
- Employee Advisory Committee (Councilmembers Only)
- Heritage Commission
- Housing Authority Commissioners
- Human Relations Commission
- Independence Advisory Board of Health Vacancy
- Independence Economic Development and Incentive Commission
- Independence Economic Development Council
- Independence Harry S Truman Award Commission Vacancy
- Independence Park Commission Vacancy
- Independence Square Advisory Board
- Industrial Development Authority Vacancy
- Jackson County Animal Welfare Committee Vacancy
- Jackson County Board of Equalization Vacancy
- Japanese Sister City Committee Vacancy
- Land Trust of Jackson County
- Mayor’s Advisory Commission on Ethics Reform
- Personnel Board Vacancy
- Public Safety Tax Oversight Committee
- Public Utilities Advisory Board Vacancy
- Slovak Sister City Committee
- Storm Water Control Oversight Committee
- Street Improvement Oversight Committee
- Sustainability Commission
- Tax Increment Financing Commission Vacancy
- Tourism Commission
- Tree Commission Vacancy
- Truman Memorial Scholarship Fund Candidate Selection Committee
- University of Missouri Extension Council