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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />November 19, 2019 <br />Page 5 of 7 <br />• Commuting Solutions - Leh <br />• Downtown Business Association Street Faire Committee - Lipton <br />• Economic Vitality Committee - Dickinson (chair), Maloney, Stolzmann <br />• Xcel Energy Futures Committee — Maloney, Stolzmann <br />Councilmember Leh asked if there needed to be action by Council to form the Economic <br />Vitality Committee and what the role would be. <br />Mayor Stolzmann noted it was a new committee and those have traditionally been <br />adopted from the mayor's appointments. She noted the Board will be looking for <br />opportunities to be involved in the business community and develop clear policy to bring <br />forward for Council consideration. <br />Councilmember Leh noted economic vitality is of importance to all of Council and he <br />wanted to make sure the entire body gets to be heard. Mayor Stolzmann noted all the <br />committees are important and need to report back to the Council for final decisions. <br />Councilmember Fahey asked if councilmembers not appointed could attend committee <br />meetings. The answer was yes. <br />Councilmember Dickinson stated the Council will work on an economic vitality strategic <br />plan and it will help define the duties of the Economic Vitality Committee. <br />DISCUSSION/DIRECTION/ACTION — BOARD AND COMMISSION APPLICATION <br />REVIEW PROCESS <br />City Clerk Muth noted the City Council will need to make appointments to vacancies on <br />the various boards and commissions by the end of 2019. The annual recruitment period <br />for board and commission applicants ended earlier this month and the City Council has <br />set a special meeting for Thursday, November 21 at 6 pm to review the applications. The <br />Council can either appoint a committee to review the applications and make a <br />recommendation to the full Council regarding which applicants to apply or the full Council <br />can do that as a group. <br />Mayor Stolzmann asked which Council members would like to be a part of the committee <br />to review the board vacancies. After discussion, members decided the entire Council <br />would meeting to review the applications on November 21, 2019. <br />DISCUSSION/DIRECTION/ACTION —PROCESS TO FILL WARD III CITY COUNCIL <br />VACANCY <br />City Clerk Muth stated with the recent election of Mayor Stolzmann to the position of <br />Mayor the City Council has a vacancy for one of the two Ward III seats. The City Charter <br />requires the City Council appoint someone to hold the seat until the next statewide <br />