Agenda - Council Work Session - 12/17/2002

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2003 COUNCIL WORK SESSION December 17, 2002 Committee, Board & Commission Representation. During the first meeting of the year, the City Council must adopt a Council organization resolution. This resolution will assign Councilmembers to various committees, boards and commissions. A survey has been distributed, collected, and tabulated which allowed each Councilmember to designate a committee, board, or commission preference (attached). Council Committees. The two committees which will be held prior to the Council meetings, only David Elvig indicated a preference for the Finance Committee, while the other five Councilmembers indicated a preference in the Personnel Committee. Two Councilmembers will need to consider Finance Committee rather than Personnel Committee. Preferred Committee Assignments. Of the three preferred committees, the first choice preference of each Councilmember allows the correct number of appointments of the City Council. It should be noted that the Public Safety Board would also include an appointment of the Mayor. The Council could agree to accept the first choices for the preferred Committee assignments. It also may be important to note that if the City were to create a Housing Redevelopment Authority during the year, Council may wish to appoint one or two members to that Authority. Liaison Representative. A couple of problems in Council preference are that three Councilmembers indicated a preference in the LRRWMO. Secondly, the Mayor, rather than Councilpersons, have been appointed to serve as the representative to the Northstar Corridor Development Authority in the past. It should also be noted that the Quad Cities Cable Communications Committee has had two Councilmembers in the past, however, staff is strongly urging that one Council representative be appointed and one staff representative be appointed as the other cities that belong to the Cable Commission currently appoint. Task Force. Staff understands that Council representation on the task force may also be discussed under Council Work Session Topic #5. Action Statement. Direct staff to draft the annual Council Organization Resolution with assignment; to Board; and Commissions as discussed during the December 17 work session. Appointment Process. In 1996, the City Council adopted a policy for appointment members to the City Boards and Commissions. The policy was revised in late 2001 (memorandum attached). The biggest change to the appointing process is that all members of the City Council are now part of the "evaluation panel" rather than the Personnel Committee as had been the practice under the original appointment process policy. Staff will request the Council consider a new