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RESOLUTION NO. 91-179
RESOLUTION DEALING WITH CITY POLICY ON APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 87-151
WHEREAS, in order to provide all citizens with 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 aof the commission; and
WHEREAS, 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 by members, minimum
attendance requirements are deemed necessary,
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. The City Council shall interview interested citizens when openings on
boards and commissions occur. The interview and a review of each citizen's
background and experience will be used to develop a list of candidates
available for appointment to boards and commissions. All Councilmembers
shall be advised in advance of the day and time of interviews. Any member
of Council may attend said interviews.
2. The Council shall use the following criteria, not to be considered
all inclusive, in making appointments to boards and commissions: geographic
distribution, background training and skills, experience, availability
to serve on the board/commission and whether or not the appointee meets
the special needs of the board/commission to which they are being appointed.
3. Members of all boards and commissions shall attend no less than 60 percent
of all regular meetings each year. Attendance records for all boards
and commissions shall be reviewed by the City Council annually and any
regular member not meeting this minimum requirement shall have their
appointment terminated. If any member is unable to attend a scheduled
meeting, the absence will be noted as excused if either the board or
commission chairman or the secretary is contacted no later than 4:00
p.m. the day of the meeting. Any meeting from which a member has been
excused will not be counted when the percentage of meetings attended
is computed.
4. Effective with the, adoption of this resolution, no member of any board
or commission shall serve more than two terms as chairman of that particular
board of commission provided, however, that all current chairmen are
to be considered in their first term, and any person elected to fill
an unexpired term of six months or less shall be eligible for two full
additional terms. All elections for chairmen shall be conducted annually.
Be it further resolved that Resolution No. 87-151, adopted September 21,
1987, is hereby rescinded.
Adopted by the City Council September 16, 1991
Attest:
Reviewed for Administration:
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City Manager
Approved as to form and execution:
City Attorney