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The City Council shall use the following appointment process, except as may otherwise be determined by majority vote of the City Council, as to the appointment of City Commission/Committee members:
A. Applicants must complete an application for each Commission/ Committee he/she is applying for and submit the application(s) to the City Clerk’s Office. All qualified candidate applications will be forwarded to City Council for review. In order to be considered a qualified candidate, an applicant must, at a minimum, be a resident of the City and be at least 18 years of age.
B. City Council will ratify direct appointments prior to making at-large appointments. All directly appointed Commission/Committee members will serve four-year terms with terms running concurrent with the appointing City Council member’s term or remainder of term.
C. At-large Commission/Committee applicants shall be interviewed by a panel consisting of the Mayor, or his/her designee from the City Council; a member of the City Council designated by the Mayor; and the chair (or his/her Commission/Committee designee) of the appropriate Commission/Committee. The interview panel will provide a ranked list of qualified at- large candidates to the City Council for appointment. At-large Commission/Committee members will be appointed by City Council majority vote. At-large Commission/Committee members’ appointment will be staggered two full consecutive four-year terms.
D. All Commission/Committee members shall continue in office until their successors are appointed.
E. City Council shall make appointments for unscheduled vacancies in the same manner as appointments for full terms. The person appointed to fill an unscheduled vacancy will serve for the remainder of the term. Partial terms do not count as a term for the purposes of term limits.
F. No person shall concurrently serve on any Commission or Committee at anytime.
G. City employees are not eligible to serve on any Commission or Committee, except for the Investment Advisory Committee as set forth in the City’s investment policy.
H. All appointed Commission/Committee members shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council unless otherwise provided by law. Any Commission/Committee member may be removed at any time by the City Council member appointing that member or by a four-fifths vote of the City Council.
I. Effective May 7, 2021, all Commissions and Committees will consist of five directly appointed members with the exception of the Infrastructure and Natural Resources Advisory Committee which will have five directly appointed members and four at-large members, the Library Board of Trustees which will have appointments as required by state law and the Investment Advisory Committee, Parks and Recreation Commission, Transportation and Circulation Commission and Active Transportation Committee which have membership set by resolution and/ or City Investment Policy. (Ord. 3297 § 1, 2021; Ord. 3258 § 3, 2018)
No Commissioner/Committee member appointed by the City Council shall serve more than two consecutive terms, except where specific technical expertise is required for membership, and will be eligible for reappointment after a waiting period equivalent to one full term. A partial term does not constitute a full term. In the event that the city receives no applicants for a Committee, City Council may reappoint a member who has served two full terms. (Ord. 3258 §4, 2018; Ord. 2890 § 1, 1996).
Removal of a Commissioner requires a 4/5 vote of the City Council, except that a Commissioner may be removed by the City Council member who appointed him or her without a vote of the entire Council. Where a City Council member leaves office before the expiration of his or her term, his or her successor to serve the remainder of the term may remove his or her appointed Commissioner during the remainder of the term without a vote of the entire Council. (Ord. 3167 § 2, 2011; Ord. 3060 § 4, 2005: Ord. 1650 (part), 1970).
All vacancies occurring on Commissions and boards shall be announced by news releases to the local press. The expiration of the term of an incumbent Commissioner or Board member shall be considered a vacancy within the meaning of this section. (Ord. 2032 (part), 1975).
Upon the expiration of the initial full term, the incumbent may be offered the opportunity to be considered for one additional term and, in the event of an affirmative response, the Council shall consider the incumbent with other applicants. When a Commissioner has served two full terms, in addition to any partial term, they are eligible for reappointment after a waiting period equivalent to one full term. The waiting period shall not apply, however, to Commissions where specific technical expertise is required for membership. In the event there are no applicants for a Committee and a member who has served two full terms wishes to be reappointed, it is Council's prerogative to reappoint that member. (Ord. 2890 § 2, 1996: Ord. 2032 (part), 1975).
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