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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />April 16 2019 <br />Page5of8 <br />Commission (LRC) Staff is asking Council if they have a preference for filling those <br />vacancies now or waiting until the annual process in the fall <br />Mayor Muckle stated that last year the Council had agreed to a process for midterm <br />vacancies whereby the board liaison and the Mayor would recommend a person for an <br />interim appointment. He would like to continue to use this process for this year <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked how long these appointments would last. Muth stated <br />midyear appointments last only until the end of the year and then those members can <br />reapply for a full term Councilmember Maloney asked how the LRC positions have been <br />handled Muth stated those appointments were to positions that were not midyear <br />vacancies due to resignation, but were positions Council was unable to fill at the <br />beginning of the year Positions that are unable to be filled in the regular process were <br />considered regular appointments, not midyear vacancies <br />Keany asked if leaving these positions vacant might cause quorum issues for these <br />boards Muth stated that could be more of a problem for the LRC, but for the others it <br />should not. <br />Councilmember Loo stated she would like to fill the positions, leaving them open until <br />December is saying the boards are not important enough to fill positions <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated for several of these boards it can take a while for someone <br />to learn the role and be productive He doesn't feel compelled to put someone in and <br />make them reapply at the end of the year <br />He stated the Recreation Board is working well and appointing a new member now would <br />be disruptive He would prefer to look at the vacancies individually and see how <br />compelling it is to fill them now <br />Councilmember Loo stated she thinks the Planning Commission position should be filled <br />so the person can use the next few months to come up to speed The sooner the better <br />for that and the LRC position There is always the option of not reappointing people in the <br />fall if the Council doesn't like their work. <br />Councilmember Maloney stated the LRC, Planning Commission, Board of Adjustment, <br />and Board of Appeals are more technical in nature and take a while to learn He is <br />reticent to fill positions just to fill them <br />Mayor Muckle stated the Council does have a pool to draw from for the LRC as there <br />were many applicants for the position we just filled He noted Council has appointed <br />members mid -year before and we don't just pick randomly, we pick people we feel would <br />be good at the job and are qualified It would be inefficient to have the entire Council <br />interview for every vacant position He prefers the process Council agreed to last year <br />