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D9IR~UT~S <br />City Coi.incil <br />Jan. ~, 1 S~36 <br />P1anninn <br />Comnzission <br />Appointments <br />(Cont.) <br />Chainpion renlied that he 'nas no ne^d For a phone and that he is <br />ernployed in Littie Canad.a at, the Sinclair Station. <br />P~s. Plardini asked if ~he Counci1 was goinc~~to consider reducing the <br />si r..e of the Comr,ii ssi on. Fahr.y noi nt-r.rl out that the Co!~uni ssi on has <br />been reduced from 11 rnembers to 9 and oerhaps 9 me;nbers~vere too many <br />as well. <br />Scaize Felt that tnis ~,~~as not the time to recluce the size and pointed <br />out that tne City advertised. three po~it9ons on the Cominission. <br />~ahey statecl that he clitl not feel obligated to appoint three p~opl~ <br />because three positions U~ere advertised. Fahey felt that tf~e Courisil <br />should consider reducing the size and also lool< at the attendance <br />record. of thr~ Cominission's ineml~ers. <br />Plles~ner felt that if the Counci1 wantecl to reduce ~t4ie size of the <br />Commi ssi on, i t SYtOUI d hdV~ be@t1 done before the three vacanci c~s urere <br />ac!verti sed. Co11 ova aureecl. <br />~dardini sungested that the positions be appointed for one year and <br />the Council revieev attendance at the end of that time. ~ahey felt <br />that ~;~as a reasonabl2 s~.iggesti on. lio~raever, Fahey ~~ras sti 11 ~vi 11 i ng <br />to reduce the size of the Commission to seven at t,t~is time. <br />P"r. 3ob De[3ace commente<! that he believetl the coinmission v~as seven <br />at nne time, but there were problems iri c?etting a quorum, so the <br />si ze ~~ras i ncreasecl. <br />P~ir. i;l esener asked the Peel i nrs of the Counci 1 i n r,iaki ng the ap~~oi ntments <br />for one year or three. <br />Fahey and '~lar<iini felt that the appointments sYiould he made fvr one <br />year. <br />Fahey suggested ttia~t the Council fill out an individual ballot on <br />each of the applicants. <br />The Clerk renortetl. tnat he would chec'~ ~vith othar cities on the size <br />of their Planninn Commissions. <br />Scalz~~ asked if the City ~r!i11 reacivnrtise any of the positions, if <br />an applicant does not net a majority vote oS the Co~mcil. Fahey <br />sugge,ted tl~at any ~,infilled seats could remain open. <br />h1r. ,3lesener introduced the Polloaiinc~ resolution and nioved its adoption: <br />R[SOLlJTIO~! N(1. 8ri-1-3 - DECLARING THA7 TFIF <br />FlPPOIl~JTP1EDlTS TO F3F h1ADE TO TN~ PLANNING <br />CO"r4~'IISSIOP! bIILL 3F FOR 1-YEAR Th:RP+iS RATHER TI~IAN <br />TFI{tF~-Y~AS2 TER;~1S AN[1 I)ECLAf2ING Tt~lA7 Tli~ COUPICII_ <br />~r~ILL CO~ISIS)ER RFf)UCI;dG THF SIZE OE 7HE CO~~1f~lISSTON <br />Page -3- <br />