City Council Minutes 2017 07 25 SP

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City Council Meeting Minutes July 25, 2017 Page 3 of 5 Councilmember Maloney does not want to consider dissolving the Golf Board until the new Recreation Board has been created. He would like to appoint the two remaining Golf Board members to the Recreation Board for the remainder of their terms. Mayor Pro Tern Lipton stated he wants the focus of this new board to be on recreation facilities and programs and golf. It should have a general membership and the Council can decide if members should represent certain recreation groups. He agreed the board should start in January 2018. He would like to see the board focus on mid to long-term planning for the Recreation Center. Mayor Muckle agreed with the earlier comments and that the board should start in January. He stated there may be a time in the future we want to merge this board with the Parks Board, but not right now. He also thanked the Golf Board for their work. Members decided the board should be seven to nine members but that can be finalized when the resolution is brought back to Council. Staff will bring a resolution to Council for consideration in September. DISCUSSION/DIRECTION — BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENT PROCESS & TERM LIMITS City Clerk Muth stated Council is interested in changing the process for reviewing applicants for appointments to the various boards and commissions. Based on earlier conversations with the City Council, staff recommends a new process. She stated for applications staff will create an application specific to each board with questions related directly to each board's duties and area of oversight. For advisory boards staff will draft the questions and have them reviewed and approved by the Council liaison to that board. For quasi-judicial boards staff will draft the questions and have them reviewed and approved by the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem. Mayor Muckle requested that each board also review the questions. Muth suggested allowing residents to apply for as many boards as they wish. She noted that in earlier conversations about term limits discussion centered around limiting to two terms. Staff suggests members may serve up to two consecutive terms for all boards except Planning Commission. Members may serve up to 12 consecutive years on Planning Commission (equal to two of the Commission's six -year terms). There would be a required one-year respite from serving on a board before reapplying. Council may recruit/appoint a member beyond the two -term limit if there are no other qualified candidates for the position. She noted that frequently people are appointed to shorter one or two-year terms to fill a vacancy on a board and asked Council how those years should be counted as they relate to the term limits.