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City Council Regular Meeting - 10/11/04 Minutes - Page 19 other commissions as they now stood; and did not support standardizing them. Mayor Klausing spoke in favor of standardizing all commissions at seven members, to provide uniformity, and yet allow more perspectives and input above and beyond a commission (i.e., Public Works and Transportation) at five members. Councilmember Schroeder concurred with Councilmember Maschka's rationale regarding the HUlnan Rights COIDlnission being too large at ten members; but opined that the others seemed to work as they were not defined, and expressed his reluctance to standardize the sizes, or to expand the Public Works and Transportation Commission from five to seven members, noting that the environmental issues were being addressed by other advisory groups, or agency resources that were available as needed. Councilmember Ihlan suggested that a seven member commission could serve as a floor, rather than a ceiling, and circumstances could dictate if additional members were needed. Councilmember Ihlan clarified that student representatives were outside the confines of the regular membership quota. Councilmember Kough suggested that additional people were beneficial to accommodate absenteeism or vacations in order to achieve a quorum. Councilmember Kough supported leaving the commissions at their current size, with the exception of the Human Rights Commission, which he agreed was too large. Mayor Klausing spoke in support of standardizing the size of commissions, but directed staff to obtain input from the commissions, and potential impacts to those existing commissions and their work tasks. Re-evaluate Roles and Responsibilities of Existin2 Commissions before Creatin2 new Commissions City Manager Beets had suggested the Council may want to consider, as part of expanding the membership of the Public Works and Transportation Commission from five to seven members, repurposing it to become the Public Works,