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What are thc benefits of serving on a policy committee? Sen-in.g on a VML policy committee offers local officials an opporcunlt), to karo about current and emerging state~fide Issues that affect local go~'emmenrs, to develop through policy statements the broad ~ ~cal frarneu..ork that es the league, and to nenvm, k w:th local officials wnh sinular cv ~x"hat ate ateet~ng committees, and bow do they relate to policy committees? Policy conUrarlccs can be relafvely large, making it difficult to tackle tasks such as developing an agenda or crafting specific policy language. For this reason. VMI, cstabhsbed a steeling cornnfiTtce for each pohcv committee based on the National l.cague of Cities model. The steering committee el appointed by the Ptesid.ent, and is headed b)' thc chaix of thc pohcy commlttcc. '['ypicalJ}. 10 to 12 members of the policy comnunec sen-e on the steering comntiztee, l~.lembe~hip is lunited to elected officials and chief appointed officers. The steering committee meets prior to the meeting of the full pnlicy committee to idcntifi,., potential statement language] ' "~ ]low many policy committees ate there? There ate five pohc¥ commlttces: cnvironmenlal c~ualitv, finance, gene~l hws, gu~n developm~.m and education, and uan~afion. ' ~at iasuel does each pog~ committee cove~? ~e issues c~-e~ed b)- each co,tree are a~ · Envbonmental Quails: Nam~l respects and die authon~ of I~1 gove~en~ to ~nage ~e envbonment. ~d~g wa~er resources and quah~, solid an~ hazardnu~ ~ste ~nagement. air and ~e Chesapeake Bay. Finance: Powers, ox~zafon and administration of I~al govemmen~ financing, mclu~g ~u~ofi~, debt financ~g, stale aid to I~al governments and fede~l ~des affcc~g I~al finance Geneeal ~wa: Powers, duties, zesponsib~fie~, o~n~adon and a~s~afion ofl~al governments. ~clu~g state-local and ~ted~al ~clafions, conics-ur-rose,est, feccdom-of-~fo~afion, in foden mamgement and pc~so~el; I~al plan~g and zonhg issues, ~u~g ccono~c developmcm, hou~g and b~gh~ and bw en fo~ement, jails and couiss hsues. ' ' · ~an O~elopment and ~ucafion: ~{aRage~m tn~ f~d~g of a~al ~'kc~, eduction, health. mental heE~. juve~e justice, zec~eafion, ~ehabili~fion and pt~ms for tbe · T~n~tion: D~.~op~nL maintenance and ~n~g of a comprehensive bad, sea and~ ~ns~n ~)'~tcm for the ~mmonweahh, and f~e~L ~ute and I~a] tole~ ~ ~e pr~.i~ion and ~e~afion of ~spo~zafon. ~t ~ a po~ autemen~ ~ ~]icy co~ec ~'c]ops a ~cy atatemeflt ~at coven isqu~ in (~ ~specfive ar~. ~e stat~nt expresses the a~eement of VML'~ mem~n~p on mattc~ oflmeeest lo ~al govem~nts. l~e~nt b ~ted to broad, ]ong-te~, p~o~p~cal ~i~fl~, as opposed to ~sifions that ~c~ate, short-term bsucs. ~u V~ membership appeoveq the ~cy amtemems al its annul mee~g Ilow do ~g~ a~tcmen~ d~ffer from VML'a le~s~live program? Po~ lu~menu ate gene~l ~ nacre. ~cy ~flect I~ g~vemmenrs' ~ifi~s on a range oflssues. f~ of~e ~buve Pt~m h mote t~cific ~d ~me~ate. h is ~ced to b~sh~'e ~fions that V~ expels to ~bby on during ~e u~o~g bg~shfiee ~ss~on.