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rei ---\j ( )j ~li< Item # 4 . 5 . River MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor & Council FROM: Sandy Peine, City Clerk DATE: November 8,1999 SUBJECT: Board and Commission Appointment Policy Attached for your review are the existing Board and Commission Appointment Policy and a revised policy. Following council review of the revised policy, staff is proposing that the council consider adopting a revised policy. . The policy sets out a specific procedure for board and commission appointments. The council originally adopted this policy in 1993 to allow new applicants to apply for positions and so that existing commissioners did not assume that they would be automatically reappointed. Last year the council made some changes to term dates of some boards and commissions. The Planning, Park and Recreation, Utilities, and Ice Arena Commissions terms have been changed to run from March 1 to the last day of February. This change is spelled out in the policy under number 8. The HRA, EDA and Library Board terms run from January 1 to December 31 mainly due to state statute requirements. State law also requires that the Mayor upon approval of the City Council appoint these positions. According to the draft policy, the Mayor should decide whether or not to advertise for these positions. The winter edition of "The Current" will be published on December 1. I will be including an article requesting applications for board and commission members. I need to know whether or not to include the HRA, EDA and Library Board in this article. Listed below is the status of those commISSIOns. . 13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330. TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 . Fax: (612) 441-7425