Various types of committees assist LCOG to provide public services to member governments and Lane County residents:

• Board and Board-related committees,
• Citizen advisory committees appointed by the agency’s Board,
• Inter-agency advisory committees to which the LCOG Board has delegated certain responsibilities,
• Inter-agency staff committees, and
• Other related committees.

The Board Executive Committee and the LCOG Budget Committee are examples of the first group listed above. The following groups comprise the second type: Senior Services Advisory Council (SSAC), Disability Services Advisory Council (DSAC), Special Transportation Fund Advisory Council, Metropolitan Policy Committee (MPC), Loan Advisory Committee, and Lane Economic Committee. Committees of the third type include the Metropolitan Policy Committee and the Joint Planning Commission Committee. The Transportation Planning Committee (TPC) is the only current example of an inter-agency staff committee.

At present, each citizen advisory committee is required by state or federal law. For example, the Special Transportation Fund Advisory Committee is mandated by state law, while the agency’s obligation to create and maintain the SSAC is derived from federal law. These six committees are advisory to the LCOG Board, the Executive Director, and staff. In addition, LCOG provides staff support to the committees.

Inter-agency advisory committees are creatures of local government and are formed to facilitate joint planning among the units of local government in central Lane County. Members are appointed or selected by the jurisdictions involved in the committee and LCOG’s Planning Services provides staff support.

The TPC is required by the Federal Highway Act and is comprised of personnel from the larger units of local government in Lane County.

In addition to the committees noted above, LCOG provides staff support to a large number of other committees, including the:

• Regional Cable Television Commission;
• Lane County Local Government Boundary Commission (a state agency with members appointed by the Governor);
• Public Safety Coordinating Council (state-required with membership determined and appointed by Lane County);
• Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) (four in Lane County, required by the state for 9-1-1 activities);
• Regional Strategies Board (required by the state, created and appointed by four counties);
• Economic Development District Board (required by the Economic Development Administration, made up of the LCOG Executive Committee and six members of the Lane Economic Committee (LEC) and their counterparts from Cascades West Council of Governments);
• Common Mapping Steering Committee (CMSC) (staff committee from participating agencies);
• Regional Executive Group (ORS 190 entity consisting of the CAO of the five Resource Information System agencies);
• Regional Information Officers (RIO) (staff committee created by Regional Executive Group); and
• Wetland Executive Team (created by partnership statement of the participating entities, which are local, state, federal, and non-profit).