Discuss the Policy for the Recruitment, Application, and Interview Process of Appointing City Board and Commission Members and Chair Member Term Rotations

Councilmembers Riley and Stewart requested this discussion.  The purpose is to revisit the policy language which was included in the adopted policy dated February 14, 2023 regarding Chair member term rotations.

Page three of the policy, under "selection", bullet number 4, states "Chair and Vice-chair selections are generally decided by each board or commission in April.  The City Council desires to offer members the opportunity to grow their experience on the commission; therefore, following a maximum of two consecutive terms as Chair of the respective commission, a new Chair will be selected.  The outgoing Chair may be appointed to the Vice-chair role."  As a result of this case being brought forward, staff are seeking feedback from the City Council to either keep, remove or revise this section.

A case is on tonight's consent agenda to remove the above-listed language from the policy and to revise the title to "Discuss the Policy for the Recruitment, Application, and Interview Process of Appointing City Board and Commission Members".   In the event that unanimous City Council consensus is not achieved to move forward with this action, the consent case may be pulled from the consent agenda and placed under Council Business for consideration, or time would allow for the case to be tabled for further discussion on April 8th.

Up to 10 minutes.

Not applicable.

Based on discussion.

Based on discussion, however, if the consensus of the City Council is to do anything other than to remove said language in full, the case on this evening's consent agenda should be pulled.  Staff would then update the language per direction and bring it back to the April 8th meeting.