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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 9, 2018 Page 19 Nays: None. h. Discuss Commission Application and Interview Process Assistant City Manager Olson briefly reviewed this request, recommending ap- proval as detailed in the RCA and related attachments dated April 9, 2018. Fol- lowing the recent round of Commission appointments, the City received feedback and now is bringing it before the Council for discussion. Assistant City Manager Olson reviewed the current timeline staff follows in the- Commissioner appointment process, beginning from the initial advertisement of the openings to the swearing in process. Assistant City Manager Olson brought forward 5 suggestions from staff: • Set aside a separate night (not a Council meeting night) for interviews. This would allow a few more minutes per applicant without other business that needs to also be addressed that same evening. • Move the application deadline up to allow more time to contact appli- cants with interview times. • Have one start time for each Commission • Only allow applicants to select their top 2 commissions they are inter- ested in, making appointments based on preference easier. Only show commissions which have vacancies when choosing their preferences • Add an additional question to the application: a. "What specific skills or experiences do you have that you feel would be beneficial in serv- ing on the advisory commission to which you are applying?" Councilmember Willmus stated a separate meeting for interviews would be bene- ficial for everyone. He would be open to reducing the interview advertising peri- od to four weeks. He also liked the question about skill sets or experiences. Councilmember McGehee concurred about Councilmember Willmus' comments. She also would be open to having existing Commissioners share questions ahead of time with the Council to ask, if desired, of the applicants during the interview process. Councilmember Laliberte added she is supportive of adding the additional ques- tion,but it does come down to the individual applicant. The Council concurred the application should not be any longer, with the excep- tion of the one new question about skill set. Councilmember Etten concurred with the comments by the Council so far. He al- so suggested putting the interview dates on the application page.