Agenda - Council - 09/25/2001 - Laserfiche WebLink

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i I I I I currently there are 29 active members, by January 2002 they will have 33. The overall have 40 on-call firefighters over a three-year period. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, Anders~ and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #4: Receive Information Regarding Policy on Filling Vacancies Human Resources Manager Heryla stated that at the Personnel C e:e mee~g on June 12, 2001, there was a d~scuss~on regarding the process used to fill ~ssmn:'mcanc~es, and it was suggested that the process be rewewed prior to the appoin S to the Planning Commission. Through research of past meeting m~nutes and C~ty Co cases, ~t ~i~9.!ear that the topic was heavily debated in 1996 and as a result, the "Policy fo.r~ointing M s of Ci~ Boards and Commissions was de eloped and unammously addPted,~y~;,the CiW,, 1 on August 13, 1996. There was also an ordinance chan~ng te&s of~'~e~ 5~':~:~0'~'~% four ye~s and establishing a limitation of ~o consecutive four-year te :~'~ective August 11, 1997. According to the policy the evaluation process includes ~ inte :~panel c¢~pfised of the Chair and Vice-Chair of the applicab}t board or co~ission, ~o~ eE~:(~the Perso~el Committee of the CiW Council, and:~:';~&:A~inistrative Se~ices M ~aw the Human Resources Manager). Staff reqfiest~('~6in=ent of ~o me ~'of the aerso=el Committee of the City CouncilOr° Sd~on the:'~;~nf ;p~nel for theeYlamng Commission vacancy. The closing date for apphCa~ons for th¢~¢.',B!;a~mg,~:Go~ss~on is 4:30 p.m. on September 4, 2001 ~:~::t~ Councilmember Headfi~en inquired if sta~mptifies Co~ig~ion members when their te~ is Assistant citY'Xdministrator Moore-Sykes Councilmemb~ Hendfiks~n-~tated that tM~nt policy requires mat Co~ission members noti~ staff two4=on~ bef6re:'th~:~end ~f~i:~ tee if they wish to se~e another tee. He stated that he does not w~t that to become an i'~sue so he would like staff to be more affi~ative and .i~'uire of the Co~i'ss~on members ~o months in advance, He ~quired if the inte~iew commi~ee would fo~ard a single:reco~endation to the City Council· Assistant Ci~. Administrator Moore-Sykes replied yes, but noted that the inte~iew co~i~ee would be comprised of two Councilmembers. City Administrator Norman noted that final approval would be made by the Council. Councih'nember Zimmerman stated that he feels the Commission appointments are important and for that reason he would like to see all of the applicants before making an selection. Personnel Committee/August 28, 2001 Page 3 of 6 -47-