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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />July 25, 2017 <br />Page 4 of 5 <br />City Attorney Light stated it is possible to craft regulations that term limits can be <br />bypassed if no other candidates are interested in serving. He added State law does not <br />count partial terms against a term limit for City Council members. <br />City Attorney Light recommended the Council not impose term limits on the <br />Revitalization Commission (LRC) as it is a separate legal entity from the City recognized <br />by statute. The Council could ask the LRC to adopt term limits as a part of their bylaws <br />rather than do so by ordinance. Mayor Pro Tern Lipton noted the Council can control <br />LRC terms by appointing new members so he is comfortable not asking them to change <br />their bylaws. <br />Mayor Pro Tern Lipton proposed any new term limits begin with the 2017 appointees. <br />He stated his support for limiting all board members to 12 years. <br />Mayor Muckle noted he is not supportive of term limits in general, but as it is part of the <br />discussion he would not want to count partial terms towards a maximum number of <br />years. He supports the one-year respite and the ability to appoint a term -limited member <br />if there are no other interested applicants. If there term limits, he suggested the limit be <br />12 years. <br />Councilmember Leh arrived at 8:40 pm. <br />Members discussed if partial terms should be counted towards the term limit. Mayor <br />Muckle suggested not counting them; Councilmember Maloney suggested they be <br />included. <br />Councilmember Stolzmann stated it is important to get engagement of a cross section <br />of residents and allowing people to serve for many years limits community participation. <br />Councilmember Leh stated he does not support term limits in general as the institutional <br />knowledge members bring to a board is important. <br />Staff will come back with a suggestion on how term limits could be handled. <br />Muth stated staff recommends keeping the existing practice for mid -year appointments. <br />Staff will keep applications on file for one year following the appointment process. For a <br />mid -year vacancy staff will first look for a candidate from the applications from the <br />previous year. If there are no applicants from the previous round of appointments or <br />none are interested, staff will post the opening for new applicants. Mayor will interview <br />applicants by phone and make a recommendation to the full Council for appointment. <br />Mid -year appointments last only until the end of the calendar year. Appointees may <br />reapply for the board during the annual appointment process. Mid -year appointments <br />will not count towards the term limit <br />