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Item Number: 5 Meeting Date: January 5, 2009 Type of Business: WS Administrator Review: _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Desaree Crane, Assistant City Clerk-Administrator Item Title/Subject: Review Appointment Process for Commissions and Committees Background: During the December 22, 2008, City Council Meeting, the City Council requested to discuss the process of appointing members to various commissions and committees. Below is the process of the various Commissions and Committees in accordance with the City Code: Planning and Zoning Commission §401.02 Subd. 1. Membership; Terms: The Planning and Zoning Commission shall consist of seven (7) members from the resident population of Mounds View, other than persons elected to a public body, to be appointed by the City Council, and based on the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission, from the applications submitted. The appointees shall have three (3) year staggered terms; at least two (2) of these terms, but not more than three (3) terms, shall expire each year on December 31. Based upon the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission, the City Council, shall appoint a chairperson. Police Civil Service Commission §404.02., Subd. 1: Membership; Oath; Term; Compensation: Appointments and Terms: Each member shall be appointed by the City Council from applications submitted. When first appointed, one (1) Commissioner shall be appointed for one (1) year, who shall be president of the Commission, one (1) for two (2) years and one (1) for three (3) years. Each Commissioner shall hold their office until a successor is duly appointed and qualified. There shall thereafter be one (1) member of the Commission appointed each year for a term of three (3) years, and each shall, during the last year of their term, be president of the Commission.