Minutes - Council Work Session - 03/15/2022 - Special

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Councilmember Musgrove stated that based on the most recent Council discussions, she would like to have a discussion about the appointment to the EPB. She thought there was a consensus that the vertical appointment to the Charter and another Board or Commission was not as desirable, but to have someone horizontally serve on two Boards was acceptable. She asked if there was interest in a conversation about options or possibilities regarding this. Mayor Kuzma replied he believed setting the new policy would be addressed at the next meeting. He thought the people that are on the Commission, and there are several that are on multiple Commissions so he didn’t see how Council could take them off. He suggested they should be grandfathered in to finish out their terms and the new policy could be implemented as the terms run out. Councilmember Specht asked if these didn’t have terms that were ending and if the question was whether or not to keep them on. Mayor Kuzma replied these are terms that are up right now that Council filled but the people who are serving on multiple levels right now, and he knew of at least two people who were serving on multiple boards. Councilmember Specht replied the concern, as Councilmember Woestehoff had brought up, is the horizontal versus vertical move. Councilmember Woestehoff corrected it was Councilmember Heineman. Councilmember Specht replied that is the idea of the difference there. Councilmember Heineman asked if there was a statute or anything that say Council has to approve the incumbents tonight. Administrative Services Director Lasher replied no. Councilmember Heineman continued he thought some of the frustration he is picking up from Councilmember Musgrove is that their hands are tied for this City Council meeting even though a change is coming but they are about to make a recommendation for a four-year term a week before revising the policy. He thought the question was whether Council waits to confirm the re- appointment suggestions until after the policy is written, because if the policy changes that would impact the decision. He didn’t think it was a good policy to push it through and have it be implemented four years later. He asked Councilmember Musgrove if that was correct. Councilmember Musgrove replied she agreed because there was a consensus that they didn’t like it, this is the policy they have now, and that Council gets a chance to review it. She thought the Mayor wanted to do it as it has been done in the past instead of looking at the policy and that is where her frustration is coming from. Councilmember Howell commented on Councilmember Heineman’s suggestion that the timeframe allows an opportunity to make a policy change and implement it. She asked if it helped City Council Special Work Session / March 15, 2022 Page 7 of 19