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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 12, 2007 Page 16 Mayor Klausing noted the benefits ofreceiving preliminary agendas from City Manager Malinen and receiving items earlier to allow the City Council to question and address issues with staff before meetings. Mayor Klausing noted the other meetings and extracurricular items requiring Council atten- tion during the month, outside of regular Council meetings and Study Ses- sIons. Councilmember Roe opined that the concept of reviewing items twice before taking action could still be accomplished without the addition of an extra meeting. Mayor Klausing opined that the issue had come up too fast, and had not been given sufficient consideration of ramifications prior to consensus adoption. Mayor Klausing concurred with Councilmember Roe's observations, in the context of current meetings. H.b Future Council Meeting Items a. Councilmember Roe Councilmember Roe requested that a future Council Study Session in- clude discussion of the Commission appointment process. a. b. Mayor Klausing Mayor Klausing requested that each Councilmember choose their two preferred candidates for each of the Commission vacancies to be voted on at the March 26, 2007 regular Council meeting; and provide them to City Manager Malinen, at which time staff would provide a ranking - not numerical ranking - to determine consensus prior to ad- ditional voting. Mayor Klausing suggested that Councilmembers could include input of Commission Chairs or not at their discretion. Councilmember Ihlan opined that the process, as followed from the Planning Commission appointments, had not served to be transparent enough for applicants and interested residents to determine which Councilmembers were putting forth which candidates. City Manager Malinen was directed to add further discussion of the Commission candidate selection process and for further discussion on the March 19,2007 Study Session agenda.