The purpose of the committee is to recommend to the City Commission the policies and objectives for the overall partner cities program; make recommendations to the City Commission regarding the selection of partner cities; plan, develop, promote, and coordinate partner city activities, including, but not limited to, visits of individuals and exchanges of delegations, educational and informational exchanges and events with partner city communities, their nations and their cultures; develop goals and work plans regarding activities of the committee; review proposals from individual associations or other institutions for joint programs and assist in effective coordination of such activities; and when applicable, conduct fundraising for partner city activities and programs.

The purpose of the Social Services Advisory Board is to establish and recommend a framework, which the City government may use to determine guidelines for providing funds to social services agencies, which serve the City and the amounts to be allocated to each of these agencies. The Social Services Advisory Board evaluates the social service needs of the City, evaluates what role the City should play in funding those needs, establishes guidelines for determining whether or not a particular activity is a social service in order to determine if City funds should be used to fund the activity, makes written reports to the governing body as requested, and provides on-going review of all social services funded by the City to determine the effectiveness, quality of service, ongoing needs and other matters the board deems appropriate.