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ity of <br /> <br />· <br />,lver <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Item 5.6. <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Mayor & City Council <br /> <br />Pat Klaers, City Administrator <br /> <br />November 23, 1998 <br /> <br />Board and Commission Terms <br /> <br />The issue before the City Council, besides a general update, is for the Council <br />to decide when to interview applicants and when to make appointments to <br />the boards and commissions. <br /> <br />City Clerk Sandra Peine has a memo attached regarding terms which expire <br />at the end of the year for various members serving on city boards and <br />commissions. In addition to the list in Sandy's memo, please note that we <br />have recently received the resignation of Linda Ritchie from the Library <br />Board (term expires at the end of 1999) as she has recently been elected to <br />the School Board. <br /> <br />It should be noted that in January 1993, when the City Council had three <br />new members (Mayor Duitsman and Councilmembers Farber and Scheel) <br />that all the city appointments were made in January for calendar year 1993. <br />Prior to 1993 there were a number of years when appointments to city <br />commissions and boards were made in December for the following year. <br />However, it should be noted that most of these appointments were actually <br />reappointments of existing members. Since January of 1993, all of the <br />appointments to city boards and commissions have been made in January <br />with the exception of the HRA in December 1995, (appointment made by the <br />Mayor with City Council concurrence) and the November 1997 <br />reappointments to the Planning Commission and Park and Recreation <br />Commission for three year terms beginning in 1998. <br /> <br />There is nothing stated in the city ordinances or in the commission and board <br />pohcy regarding when appointments are to be made. There are two different <br />philosophies regarding appointments, the first of which is that the <br />appointments should be made before the end of the year so that the full <br />commission or board can be available and present at the first meeting of the <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br /> <br /> <br />