The City offers diverse opportunities to participate in serving the community through its appointed boards (i.e., boards, commissions, committees, and task forces).  Appointed members help develop recommendations reflective of the community and provide the City Council with perspectives to make policy decisions that enrich Palm Desert. Other appointed boards make decisions, which are only reviewed under defined procedures.

For more information regarding each appointed board, including agendas and minutes, please select from the links below. If you have questions about appointed bodies, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (760) 776-6487 or cityclerk@palmdesert.gov. 

To get started, please complete the online application.

Click Here for the Meeting Agenda Calendar.

This page will give you access to a list of upcoming meetings and all posted agendas. You can use the category tool to sort by appointed body and review past meeting agendas. 

Applications are welcome year-round with interviews and appointments occurring in May or June annually. With few exceptions, appointed members must reside in Palm Desert. Certain appointed boards may also require specific experience in a technical field or have other qualifying criteria. Your application will remain on file with the City Clerk for a period of one year and will be considered when a vacancy occurs and interviews are scheduled

To get started, please complete the online application. If you need a paper application, please contact the City Clerk's Office or email cityclerk@palmdesert.gov.

In compliance with the requirements of Government Code Section 54972 (Maddy Act), the local appointment list is posted on the City’s website annually.

Meeting Videos

Appointed body meeting videos are available through the City's online records management system. The City continues to strive to make more meeting videos available online. If you are seeking a specific meeting's video or audio file not available online, please submit a request for public records and the City Clerk's Office will provide you with the file as soon as practicable.

Would you like meeting agendas sent to your inbox when they're posted? Click here to sign up for our eNotifications. Select the envelope next to the committees you're interested in and agendas will be sent to you when our team posts them to the website, which will typically occur at least 72 hours before the regular meeting takes place.

You may submit your public comment via our online form. Once submitted, the City Clerk's Office or designated staff will ensure that it is distributed to the appointed body as soon as practicable and retained for the official record.

 E-Public Comment Form