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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5982 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1980/03/24April 3, 1978 8c RESOLUTION NO. 5982 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING, POLICIES FOR THE SELECTION OF MEMBERS TO CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SETTING ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS. WHEREAS, in order to provide all citizens the opportunity to participate in the affairs of the community, the City Council has established boards and commissions to advise it on subjects of interest to the community; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to make all commissions representative of the total community and appoint members who are actively interested in the goals of the commission; selection by interviews of interested applicants will better help provide this representation; and WHEREAS, in order to ensure that advisory boards and commissions are not hampered in their ability to advise the Council on matters of importance to the community by poor attendance of members, minimum attendance requirements are deemed necessary; therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park that the following policies shall govern advisory boards and commissions; 1. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Each applicant for appointment to any advisory board or commission, except the Community Relations Commission, the Fire Civil Service Commission, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, and the Police Civil Service Commission, shall be interviewed by a panel of three Council members consisting of: (a) the Council representative on the board or commission for which members are being interviewed; (b) the alternate Council representative of the same board or commission; and (c) the Mayor. The Council representative shall serve as chairman of the interview panel, shall schedule interviews and report on recommendations of the panel. In the event that the Mayor is unable to serve on the panel, an at -large Council member shall be selected to serve in that place. 2. APPOINTMENTS TO COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION: Each applicant for appointment to the Community Relations Commission shall be interviewed by a panel of three Council members as follows: A. ApEointment of Neighborhood Representatives - The interview panel shall consist of: (1) the Council representative; (2) the Council member in whose ward the neighborhood representative being selected lies; and (3) an at -large Council representative. In the event the Council representative and the designated ward Council member are the same person, an at -large Council member will serve in the place of the ward Council member. ra e.1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution No. 5982, adopted April 13, 1978, is hereby repealed in its entirety. Adopted by the City Council March 24, 1980. Revi for adm st 8tion M: nager - /WY, 2,, "7 Ap ved as to form and legality: City torney