HomeMy WebLinkAbout6524 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1980/03/24MARCH 24,' 1980
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RESOLUTION NO. 6524
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING POLICIES FOR THE SELECTION
OF MEMBERS TO CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS;
SETTING APPLICATION EXPIRATION, ATTENDANCE REQUIRE-
MENTS, AND TERMS AS CHAIRMAN.
WHEREAS, to provide all citizens the opportunity to participate in the
affairs of the community, the City Council has established boards and com-
missions 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 and believes 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, 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 the Mayor is unable to serve on the panel, an at -large Council member
shall be selected to serve in that place.
a) Interviewing of Candidates - The interview panel for any
advisory board or commission may decide to rank candidates
beyond the number required thereby enabling future appoint-
ments to be made without further interviewing of the same
candidates. Such ranking of candidates shall be subject
to the concurrence of the interview panel for the particular
advisory board or commission having a vacancy.
b) Expiration of Applications - Applications for all
candidates to any advisory board or commission shall be
maintained for one year. At the end of one year, each
candidate shall be advised of the expiration of his or
her application and requested to reapply if he or she
still desires appointment to any advisory board or
commission.
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) Appointment 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.
b) Appointment of At -Large Representatives - The
interview panel shall consist of: (1) the Council
representative; and (2) two at -large Council members.
In the event the Council representative and an at -
large Council member are the same person, the Mayor
will serve in the place of that at -large Council
member.
The Council representative shall serve as chairman of
the panel.
3) APPOINTMENTS TO FIRE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION: Each applicant for
appointment to the Fire Civil Service Commission shall be interviewed by a
panel of three Council members consisting of: (a) the Mayor and (b) two at -
large Council members. The Mayor shall serve as chairman of the interview panel.
4) MINIMUM ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS: All members of all boards and com-
missions shall attend no less than 60 percent of all regular meetings each
year. Attendance records for all boards and commissons shall be reviewed by
the City Council annually, and any regular member not meeting this minimum re-
quirement shall have the appointment terminated.
5) CHAIRMANSHIP: No member of any board or commission shall serve more
than two terms as chairman of that particular board or commission. Any person
elected to fill an unexpired term of a previously elected chairman of six
months or less shall be eligible for two full additional terms. All elections
for chairman shall be conducted annually by secret ballot with at least two
candidates being considered by the members.
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