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! I I I I I I I I I I i I I I i I PERSONNEL COMMITTEE CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey Personnel Committee conducted a regular meeting on Tuesday, April 9, 1996, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Glen Hardin Councilmember Carolyn Beahen Councilmember Sheila Beyer Also Present: City Administrator Ryan Schroeder Administrative Services Manager Linda Waite Smith Police Chief Mike Auspos CALL TO ORDER Councilmember Beyer called the regular meeting of the Personnel Committee to order at 6:07 p.m. CITIZEN INPUT None APPROVE AGENDA Consensus was to approve the agenda as presented. COMMITTEE BUSINESS: Case #1: Commission Appointment Process Administrative Services Manager Waite Smith reminded the Committee that she had be~n directed by Council to study the process used to select members of the City's commissions, including Planning, Economic Development, Park and Recreation and the Charter. The direction included examining and recommending a process for interviewing applicants, the most important criteria for members of various commissions, the optimum number of seats for each commission, and whether someone should be allowed to serve on two commissions simultaneously. Ms. Wake Smith explained that she requested information from a variety of sources. She reviewed City ordinances relating to commissions and conducted interviews with the Mayor and Councilmembers. She surveyed other TUG cities and received 39 replies. She also distribUted a questionnaire to every person currently serving on the Planning, Economic Development, Park and Recreation and Charter Commission and received 18 of a possible 30 back. She listed the following recommendations: Members of 'all the City's commissions should receive a copy of her report; commissions should be allowed to continue interviewing applicants, using an interview process to be jointly developed by the Administrative Services Manager and the commission chairs; each commission should agree on the most important qualifications for members of their commissions and applicants should be compared on the basis of those qualifications; commissions should remain at their current sizes; commissions should not have term limits, but when terms expire, incumbents should apply for re-appointment and be interviewed, along with other candidates; people should not be allowed to serve on more than one commission simultaneously (this would not be retroactive); and the Administrative Services Manager should work with the City Council and the commissions to improve the recruitment process for commission candidates. Personnel Committee/April 9, 1996 Page 1 of 3