Boards & Commissions

Economic Development Advisory Committee

Discusses and implements measures to attract, support and retain commercial businesses to expand Summit's tax base and contribute to the city's economy. Advises the governing body and city administration on availability of grant programs and economic initiatives.

Environmental Commission

The Environmental Commission oversees the protection and development of Summit's natural resources. It maintains an index of all open areas in the city and makes recommendations about their use for inclusion in the Summit Master Plan.

Historic Preservation Commission

The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) has the responsibility to promote historic preservation in Summit maintaining and updating a survey of historic sites.

Hometown Heroes Program Committee

The Summit Hometown Heroes program recognizes and honors local veterans. Through the program, the names, images and dates of service of participants will appear on banners displayed along city streets from mid-May through mid-August. The program is funded through private donations; there is no fee to participate.

Planning Board

The Planning Board adopts a master plan for the physical development of the city, reexamines the plan every six years, and acts as a consultant to the common council and other local government agencies on potential projects covered by the master plan.

Recycling Advisory Committee

The Recycling Advisory Committee assists the City in improving its recycling efforts to reach its goal to increase recycling rates in Summit by 50%.

Shade Tree Advisory Committee

The Shade Tree Advisory Committee is charged with creating an inventory of the City's significant and landmark trees. Members of this committee are appointed by the Common Council. The committee also makes recommendations for the preservation of landmark trees and to provide input on the City's Tree Management Program.

Summit Board of Health

The Summit Board of Health is responsible for assessing the status of public health in the community, developing policies and programs to meet public health needs.

Summit Free Market

The Summit Free Market is a student-run, reuse initiative that keeps yard-sale quality items out of the waste stream. Events are held at the City of Summit Transfer Station on two consecutive Saturdays in the spring and fall.

Summit Public Art

Summit Rent Commission

Silver Summit Senior Citizen Advisory Committee

The mission of the Silver Summit Senior Citizens Advisory Committee is to coordinate, communicate, and deploy volunteers and organizations in an efficient and collaborative way, and to help provide a social safety net for our senior citizens, alleviating the burden of food insecurity in our senior population. It will provide information to senior residents on available resources provided by non-profits and the city, county, state, and federal governments to ensure the needs of seniors are being met. The committee will encourage communication among organizations to enhance collaboration and to eliminate gaps and duplicative efforts among organizations.

Zoning Board

The Zoning Board of Adjustment is a quasi-judicial body that interprets the zoning laws, and hears and decides the following cases: 1) Appeals of alleged errors in any order, requirement, decision, or refusal made by the Zoning Officer in enforcing the zoning regulations. 2) Interpretations of the zoning map. 3) Applications for bulk variances for properties where no other review is involved. 4) Applications for use variances.