1. Application for Appointment

   Apply for an appointment to a City board, commission, or committee.

2. Architectural Design Review Board

   Projects located within one of the City’s historic districts involving exterior work may require a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Hamilton Architectural Design Review Board (ADRB).

3. Board of Zoning Appeals

   The Board of Zoning Appeals is responsible for hearing and deciding appeals and variances to the City of Hamilton zoning ordinance.

4. Civil Service Commission

   The Hamilton City Charter places most of the positions in the city government within the classified civil service. To supervise the affairs of the civil service, the Charter establishes a Commission of three Hamilton residents.

5. Diversity and Inclusion Commission

   The purpose of the Diversity and Inclusion Commission shall be to study internal and external barriers to diversity and inclusion and provide recommendations regarding such barriers.

6. Hamilton Community Authority

   The Hamilton Community Authority will be instrumental in the redevelopment efforts of the Champion Mill.

7. Nuisance Appeal Board

   Nuisance Appeal Board renders a decision to either accept the Health Commissioners Nuisance Declaration, or accept the appeal with the conditions appellant has requested.

8. Ordinance Review Commission

   The Ordinance Review Commission is responsible for reviewing and discussing proposed ordinances that may have a significant impact on quality of life in the City of Hamilton and to provide additional opportunities for Council and public input in the development stage.

9. Planning Commission

   The Planning Commission is responsible for reviewing rezoning, planned unit developments, preliminary and final subdivision plats, street and alley vacations, street name changes, and then forwarding recommendations to the City Council for final action.

10. Records Commission

    The Records Commission is responsible for reviewing retention schedules of each department.

11. Tree Board

    An ad hoc group of citizens worked with City staff to create an ordinance that established the Hamilton Tree Advisory Board in January 2000.

12. Utilities Commission

    The City of Hamilton Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is charged with advising the City Council and administration on matters related to the City’s municipal utility operations. The PUC provides advice, opinions and recommendations to City Council and the administration on a number of topics.

13. Hamilton Youth Commission

    The Hamilton Youth Commission shall provide a proactive and responsive voice for the youth of the community, and further grant to them the opportunity to secure and maintain a formal role in planning the future of the City.

14. Utility Appeals Board

    The Utility Appeals Board may hear cases regarding utility billing and penalties and affirm, reverse, or modify the decision made by the Utility of Finance Director on the appeal. Meetings are held at 1:15 p.m. on the 2nd Thursday of each month in the Hamilton Municipal Building, 7th Floor Video Conference Room. This is a Subcommittee of Council. Codified Ordinances 927.15

15. 17Strong Advisory Board

    The purpose of 17 Strong is to provide a framework for communication and sense of identity and to rally individuals, groups, and other organizations to take pride in their particular corner of our city. This is a Subcommittee of Council.

16. Board of Health

    The Board shall study, advise, and record the prevalence of disease within the City and as to all matters pertaining to all local public health and sanitation.

17. Traffic Commission

    It is the responsibility of the Traffic Commission to coordinate traffic activities, carry on education activities in traffic matters, supervise the preparation and presentation of traffic reports, receive complaints having to do with traffic matters, and recommend ways and means for improving traffic conditions. Codified Ordinances 147.01.

18. Income Tax Review Board

    The Income tax Review Board shall hear appeals of the assessments of Tax Administrators. Codified Ordinances 191.13.