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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.
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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.
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