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May 16, 2000
CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
POLICY TITLE
POLICY NUMBER
COMMITTEE SELECTION POLICY
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PROPOSED BY: ADMINISTRATION
DATE APPROVED
BY CITY COUNCIL December 3, 1991
DATE AMENDED
BY CITY COUNCIL: May 10, 2000
PURPOSE
The City of Rosemount wants to assure equal and open access to the selection process for all
City Council appointed standing Commissions and Committees. This policy will set a regular
and formal recruitment and selection process for eligible applicants to all City Council
Commissions and Committees. It will provide applicants for Citizens Advisory Commissions
and Committees with basic information on the application procedures and the appointment
process.
POLICY
This policy will provide guidelines governing the application procedure and the appointment
process for Citizens Advisory Commissions and Committees. The commissions and committees
shall be advisory bodies to the City Council, charged with the responsibility of researching,
reviewing, and making recommendations on related issues.
PROCEDURE
l • All persons making application to the City Council for a position on a Citizens Advisory
Commission or Committee shall be residents of the City of Rosemount.
2• Persons interested in being considered for appointment or reappointment to a City
Commission or Committee shall complete an "Application for Appointment to City
Committee /Commission" form furnished by the City.
3. Appointments to expired terms shall be made annually by the City Council at their first
regular meeting in April. Terms shall run from April to March. All members, regular
and alternate, shall be appointed to terms as designated above, however, the term may be
terminated early by the Council. Compensation for members shall be set by the City
Council
4. When an individual's regular employment and current activities appear to cause a conflict
of interest with the business of a City commission or committee for which the individual
has applied, the individual shall divulge such apparent conflict in writing prior to
consideration for appointment. Prior to making an appointment, the City Council shall
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determine whether the apparent conflict of interest would preclude the applicant from
effectively taking part in the affairs of the City commission or committee.
5. Anyone already holding an elective county, state, or federal office shall not be eligible to
serve in a regular voting position on any of the City commissions or committees.
6. No permanent full -time or part-time City of Rosemount staff employee shall hold a
regular voting position on any commission or committee except that a staff member may
serve as an ex- officio member.
7. An effort shall be made to have a diversity of professions and occupations represented on
all commissions and committees and, as a general guideline, at no one time should one-
third of any one commission or committee be comprised of individuals of like
professions or occupations. As a general guideline, the members of each commission/
committee should be comprised of members representing a wide range of civic groups
and interests.
8. Attendance at the meetings of these advisory bodies is critical to their effectiveness;
therefore, missing three consecutive meetings or attendance at less than 75% of the
meetings in a six -month period will cause the committeelcommission chairman to review
the nature of the absences and, pending the outcome of that review, it may be necessary
to forward a recommendation to the City Council that the member of the
committee /commission be removed for poor attendan In the event an absence cannot
be avoided, commissioners shall notify the City Clerk in al- ance.
9. Commissions filled for mid -term vacancies shall complete the year term. ,
10. Commission/committee members may be removed by the City Council at any time when,
in the judgment of the Council, the public welfare will be promoted by such removal.
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION
Ninety days prior to the expiration of commission terms each year, the Council shall be advised
of the pending vacancies and the attendance record of the individuals whose terms are expiring,
should those individuals be eligible for reappointment. Should the individuals merit
reappointment, those persons will be contacted to determine if he /she wishes to seek
reappointment. New applications should be completed by the incumbents. Council will also
announce to the general public the vacancies on the City Commissions at least sixty days prior to
the expiration of commission terms each year and applications will be accepted from all
interested citizens of Rosemount.
Prior to the expiration of commission terms, the City Council will meet to review all applications
and interview applicants, including incumbent members whose terms are expiring and who wish
to seek reappointment. The qualifications of the members of the commissions shall be those who
in judgment of the Council are representative of the community and are qualified by training,
experience and interest useful for the fulfillment of the Commission's responsibility.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This policy will go into effect the day following its adoption by the City Council of Rosemount,
linnesota.
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A COMMISSION MEMBER'S CODE
As a commission member, I believe that the primary purposes of a commission as advisory
boards, to the City. Council, are to achieve effective and wise guidance of the City through group
thinking and action, to raise the standards of commission membership and to improve the level
of services to the community which supports it.
I realize that mine is a community trust, that I represent all the people and that I have a duty to
the community as well as to the commission I pledge myself. Therefore, to cultivate an
"educated heart" so that I may be sensitive to my obligations and relationships in this trusteeship,
I subscribe to the code of an ethical person, remembering that ethics refers to what a person is
morally obliged to do or not to do in a given situation.
I believe that commission service can be an expression of democratic citizenship, signifying a
willingness to accept community responsibility and the charge to preserve popular control of
American public services. Respecting the dignity and worth of the individual, I shall base my
relations with people on their qualities as individuals without distinction as to race or creed or
gender or color or economic or social status. I believe that a person's greatest possession, as well
as his/her greatest contribution to society, may lie in the ways in which he /she differs from me,
rather than in the ways in which we are similar. I shall accept these differences and try to build a
useful relationship upon them.
I uphold the principles of my organization, recognizing and assuming m y responsibility to
establish and administer the best possible program and policies for my commission. I shall learn
its programs and objectives, give to it a fair share of my time and personal abilities, keep a
community wide perspective knowing that, for sound community sen ice, my commission's work
must be coordinated with the total community.
I promise to be loyal to my own organization and a good neighbor to other agencies. My attitude
shall be one of cooperative open - mindedness and objectivity. In carrying out my assignments, I
shall be professional in realizing that it is not possible to lay down absolute rules for all
situations. I shall be willing to think things through with the other commission members,
weighing alternatives and exercising good judgment in choosing among them.