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'It <br />,ARZEN HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: December 18, 2023 <br />AGENDA ITEM — 3G <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br />FROM: Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br />SUBJECT: EDA Membership Discussion <br />Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br />N/A N/A N/A <br />For Council Consideration <br />Council should consider providing further direction on Economic Development Authority (EDA) <br />membership guidelines. <br />Background <br />A Councilmember requested Council consider changes to its EDA membership guidelines, <br />currently the EDA is made up of the Mayor and City Councilmembers. The Councilmember wants <br />Council to consider increasing the number of EDA members to seven. Below is the statute relating <br />to EDA Commissioner Appointments. <br />469.095 COMMISSIONERS; APPOINTMENT, TERMS, VACANCIES, PAY, REMOVAL. <br />Subdivision L Commissioners. <br />Except as provided in subdivision 2, paragraph (d), an economic development authority shall <br />consist of either three, five, or seven commissioners who shall be appointed after the enabling <br />resolution provided for in section 469.093 becomes effective. The resolution must indicate the <br />number of commissioners constituting the authority. <br />Subd. 2.Appointment, terms; vacancies. <br />(a) Three -member authority: the commissioners constituting a three -member authority, one of <br />whom must be a member of the city council, shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of <br />the city council. Those initially appointed shall be appointed for terms of two, four, and six years, <br />respectively. Thereafter all commissioners shall be appointed for six year terms. <br />(b) Five -member authority: the commissioners constituting a five -member authority, two of whom <br />must be members of the city council, shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />