Minutes - Council Work Session - 03/14/2017

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Community Development Director Gladhill stated that the incumbent has been a great contributor to the Planning Commission. He stated that The COR Development Plan and Comprehensive Plan update are both occurring at this time. He noted that additional funds have been budgeted towards training and therefore they are able to get new Commissioners up to speed faster. Councilmember Shryock stated that if nothing precludes the Council from appointing someone now to begin their term in one year, that would be great, as the incumbent could continue for the next year and the new appointee could gain traction and be ready to go when the incumbent leaves. Mayor Strommen stated that the Council would need an effective date and perhaps a conversation can occur with the incumbent. Human Resources Manager Lasher stated that the incumbent specifies a date of March 31, 2018 in her letter. City Administrator Ulrich stated that perhaps that date was chosen because the incumbent knows that is when the recruitment occurs. Mayor Strommen stated that it is her experience that people that are not chosen do not apply again and therefore she would like to solidify the date and have someone set up to take the position from this pool of applicants. City Administrator Ulrich noted that there is often turnover during the course of the year. Councilmember Williams stated that she is in favor of reappointing the incumbent until her official notice of resignation is provided. Councilmember Kuzma stated that he would prefer to replace the incumbent with a new applicant. Mayor Strommen suggested appointing the incumbent to the date she specified in her application, March 31, 2018 and the new applicant would become effective on that date. Councilmember LeTourneau stated that he agrees that the incumbent should stay but noted that there has been a lot of turmoil on the Planning Commission and it feels as if there is a lot of instability. He stated that the more that new members are introduced, it will be harder on the leadership and to be productive. He agreed that the incumbent should remain on the Commission for the one year term. It was the consensus of the Commission to reappoint the incumbent to the Planning Commission, directing staff to work with her to define her exact resignation date and appointing a current applicant to begin on that date. The Council discussed the applicants and on which Commission or Board they would best fit. City Council Work Session/March 14, 2017 Page 3 of 4