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COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 14, 2002 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAN TESCH Approve Appointments to City Boards, Dan Tesch — Administration Director Tesch advised there are a number of vacancies to be filled on City Boards due to resignations or expiration of terms of office. Vacancies were advertised, applications accepted and applicants interviewed. In December 2001, the City Council reached a consensus to appoint or reappoint the list of individuals included in the staff report to serve on the various boards. The City Council now needs to take formal action to make these appointments official. Administration Director Tesch advised staff recommends that the City Council approve the appointments to City Boards as listed in the staff report. Mayor Bergeson stated outstanding candidates had been considered for the City Board vacancies and the decisions had been difficult to make. Councilmember O'Donnell moved to approve the Appointments to City Boards as listed in the staff report. Councilmember Carlson seconded the motion. Councilmember Carlson agreed that many good applicants had been considered and selecting new Board Members had been difficult. Because of the qualit y 'of the applicants and the fact that the City loses Board Members throughout the year, she novedto amend the motion to approve the Appointments to City Boards to state that if a Board 1VIem er leaves within the next year before new positions are scheduled to be advertised, the next topia plicant for that position fill the vacancy. Councilmember Dahl seconded the motion for'?discussion purposes. Councilmember Carlson noted ti e nviroental =Board had lost two members and went for three to four months without those positions being filled. She stated during the previous round of interviews for Environmental Board positions, the C ty received a very well - qualified applicant who had involvement in international organizations- However, this applicant had not been chosen at that time and one applicant that had been appointed resigned from the Board within one month and moved out of the City. She felt that appointing the next highest qualified candidate to fill this type of vacancy would be an efficient way of appointing well - qualified Board Members. Mayor Bergeson was opposed to this amendment. He felt the long -term vacancies on the Environmental Board were unfortunate. He felt this was a responsibility the City Council should have addressed and they could have filled those vacancies in a timely manner. He stated he would favor advertising for Board vacancies. Mayor Bergeson called for a vote on the proposed amendment to the original motion. Motion failed 2 -3 (Mayor Bergeson and Councilmembers O'Donnell and Reinert opposed.) 41) Mayor Bergeson called for a vote on the original motion to approve the Appointments to City Boards as listed in the staff report.