Agenda - Charter Commission - 04/19/2001

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Case #2: Charter Vacancy Applicants and State Statutes Dealing with the Process of Appointing Charter Commissioners City Attorney Goodrich stated that four of the Charter Commissioners whose terms are up are ineligible for reappointment. Commissioner Vogt is eligible for reappointment and has indicated an interest in being reappointed. With regard to the vacancies, the Chief Judge of the l0th District appoints members unless he defaults, then it is up to the City Council. This year, staff wants to make the Chief Judge aware and we wilI advise him of that. Under State Statute, anybody can apply to the Chief Judge to be on the Charter as long as they are a resident of the City and of legal age. The Charter Commission can interview applicants and then make a recommendation to the Judge.. We need to tell everyone that they can apply directly to the judge though even if they are not recommended by the 'Commission. Commissioner LaMere asked if the Commission could seek an opinion from the Chief Judge. Is it worth going through the interview process. Mr. Goodrich stated he would ask the Chief Judge if he is interested in recommendations of the Charter. Chairperson Kiefer stated he would like to put together a questionnaire to send to applicants and he would also like to be involved with the interview process. Connnissioner Vogt stated he, too, is interested in a questionnaire to narrow down the applicants. He suggested having three people rather than two people do the interviews. Commissioner Henke stated she would like to have at least five people interviewing. Motion by Commissioner Donovan and seconded by Commissioner Childs to recommend reappointment of Commissioner Timothy Vogt, noting that he has been and continues to be a good member on the Commission. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Kiefer, Commissioners Donovan, Childs, Henke, LaMere, Netzloff and Vogt. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Rosenow and Spain Brist. Discussion ensued relating to who should be on the interviewing panel. A suggestion was made that it should be the outgoing Commission members on the interviewing panel because they would be more unbiased. Commissioner Henke stated she is very interested in being on the interviewing panel. Motion by Cor~issioner Vogt and seconded by Commissioner Childs to appoint the outgoihg people, which would be Keith Kiefer, Dennis Donovan and Richard Netzloff to interview the applicants to fill the four remaining vacancies on the Charter Commission. Charter Commission- February I5, 2001 Page 10 of 12