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. . .e . . I I . . Ie I . . . . I . .e . Arden Hills council January 10, 1994 2 Councilmember Aplikowski further stated she would appreciate if any Councilmember could not attend their appointed Committee meeting, to inform the other councilmembers. Mayor Sather commented that under Council comments any member unable to attend their designated Committee meeting, should inform the Council at that time and another member could volunteer to attend the meeting on their behalf. Mayor Sather further commented that all Committee meetings are open meetings and anyone is welcome to attend. Mayor Sather continued with the appointment of members to the committees. Mayor Sather appointed Mary Robinson, 1200 Edgewater Avenue and Rita Lafferty, 1721 Crystal Avenue to the Human Rights commission. Councilmember Aplikowski questioned who appoints the Committee Chairperson? Mayor Sather stated Planning Commission and Human Rights Commission chairpersons are appointed by the Mayor. Other committee chairpersons are appointed within the committee. Councilmember Probst commented whether the Council wanted to continue in this manner with the Committee making the appointment of the chairperson. Discussion followed. Council concurred to continue the practice of allowing the various committees to vote on their own chairpersons except for the Planning and Human Rights commissions. Councilmember Aplikowski commented she would like to receive a copy of the minutes from the various commissions/Committees. It was agreed that staff would provide copies of the minutes to all Councilmembers. Councilmember Aplikowski questioned the responsibilities of the committee members, the committee chairperson, the Council Liaison and the Staff Liaison, and suggested that a mission statement be completed for each of the committees. In addition, she suggested that each committee set goals, and present these goals and the Mission Statement to the Council with a yearly review. Mayor Sather stated the committee should approach the Council liaison with their ideas for work projects. Councilmember Hicks commented that committee members should be encouraged, but not required to move to other committees. Moving to a different committee would broaden their experience, however, it should not be mandatory. Councilmember Hicks further commented that it is difficult to get citizen involvement in volunteering to serve on committees, therefore, we need to appreciate their commitment to serve on any committee. The