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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2.B. Planning Commission Vacancies 4ROSEMOUI1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CITY COUNCIL City Council Work Session: November 14, 2012 AGENDA ITEM: Planning Commission Vacancies AGENDA, CTION: E PREPARED BY: Dwight Johnson, City Administrator AGENDA NO. ATTACHMENTS: September 12th staff memo APPROVED BY: 04J RECOMMENDED ACTION: Consider whether to change the size of the Planning Commission or advertise for vacancies BACKGROUND Earlier this year,Planning Commissioner Val Ege resigned. On November 6`h, Planning Commissioner Vanessa Demuth was elected to the City Council which will leave another vacancy in the Planning Commission after January 1S` At the September 12th work session, the Council reviewed several options for the Planning Commission vacancies including the possibility of reducing the size of the Commission to five members as it was several years ago. CONCLUSION The Council should make a final determination on whether we should advertise for new Planning Commissioners or direct staff to prepare an ordinance reducing the Planning Commission size to five members. ROSEtvlOUNT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CITY COUNCIL City Council Work Session: September 12, 2012 AGENDA SECTION: AGENDA ITEM: Planning Commission Vacancy Discussion PREPARED BY: Dwight Johnson, City Administrator AGENDA NO ?, Amy Domeier, City Clerk ATTACHMENTS: None APPROVED BY: O Q) RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discussion Only DISCUSSION Due to the resignation of Val Ege,the Planning Commission has a vacancy for a term ending March 31, 2013. Staff is requesting that the City Council determine how to proceed with the vacancy. Options include the following: • Re-interview or select from the four candidates on file; • Recruit for the vacancy and hold interviews; • Appoint a commissioner after regular recruitment in January; or • Pending results of November 6`h election, change back to a five member Planning Commission if Commissioner DeMuth is elected to the Council. Listed below are the current commissioners along with the term end dates: Planning Commission Valerie E. Ege 3/31/13 Bruno DiNella 3/31/13 Wade Miller 3/31/13 John Powell 3/31/14 Mike Weber 3/31/14 Vanessa DeMuth 3/31/15 Syed Ammar Husain 3/31/15 Recruitment of all commissions was held earlier this year. Of the applications still on file, four applicants specifically mentioned interest in serving on the Planning Commission. The applicants include Marvin Turner,Terrance Yourchuck, Denise Bednar and Paul Finkenhoefer.