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SUBJECT: BOARD COMMUNICATION, TERMS & GENERAL PROCESSES <br />DATE: JULY 22, 2014 <br />PAGE 2 OF 5 <br />consent agenda at a regular meeting. Mid -year appointments last until the end of the <br />calendar year and appointees may apply for a full term during the annual appointment <br />process. <br />Currently there are no term limits for members. Members may reapply to serve on a <br />board for as many terms as they are willing. Reapplying members go through the same <br />application process as new applicants, are reviewed against all applicants, and can be <br />reappointed by the City Council. City Council may implement formal term limits if there <br />is an interest in doing so. <br />Removing a member from a board <br />Section 10 -2(b) of the Home Rule Charter provides that during the term of office, a <br />member of a board or commission may be removed only for cause. As defined by <br />Resolution No. 16, Series 2009, cause shall include but not be limited to: <br />A. Violation of city or state ethics laws; <br />B. Conviction during the term of office of a felony or of any other crime <br />involving moral turpitude; <br />C. Unexcused absence from more than 25 percent of the regular meetings in <br />any 12 -month period; <br />D. Neglect of duty or malfeasance in office; <br />E. Knowing violation of any statute, ordinance, resolution, rule, policy or bylaw <br />applicable to the board or commission; <br />F. Knowing disclosure of confidential information, which is defined to mean <br />information which is not available to the general public under applicable laws, <br />ordinances and regulations, and which is obtained by reason of the board or <br />commission member's position with the City; <br />G. Failure to maintain the qualifications of a board or commission member for <br />the board or commission on which the member serves; <br />H. Behaving in a harassing, hostile, threatening or otherwise inappropriate <br />manner, or unreasonably disrupting or interfering with the conduct of any <br />meeting of a board or commission; or <br />I. Other grounds constituting cause as established by law. <br />The procedure for removing a member of a City board or commission is as follows: <br />A. Any person who believes that there is cause to remove a member of a City <br />board or commission as provided in section 2 [items A -I] above shall present <br />the evidence of such cause to the City Manager. <br />B. The City Manager shall review the evidence presented and conduct additional <br />CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION <br />3 <br />