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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 23,2023 Page 4 Mayor Roe asked if the interviews would occur in March with the open appoint- ments and if the Council decided not to reappoint the person based on the interview, then would the positions need to be opened up. Councilmember Etten thought all of the positions would be open now for appoint- ment. The City would declare all of the vacancies. Councilmember Groff agreed and thought everyone would be interviewing equally for all of the positions whether they are new or seeking reappointment. Mr.Trudgeon explained in looking at the policy,he was not sure if it was automatic or required to do it at the same time as the other candidates. He did not think this was ever done before. Mayor Roe thought this happened once before while he was on the City Council. But he did not think it would have to be in the same time frame as interviews for everyone else if the Council wanted to consider the reappointment question sepa- rately from the vacancies. He stated there are two ways this could move forward. Everyone could be lumped together,declare seven vacancies in addition to the ones already put in place, everyone interviews in March, or the City could have a sepa- rate interview process for reappointment and those folks could be reappointed on an earlier basis, if eligible and interested in doing that. Councilmember Schroeder indicated she would appreciate the opportunity to inter- view the people up for reappointment. She did think though, if those Commission- ers have fulfilled and done a good job and if the Chair agrees, then the Council should give them the opportunity to be reappointed versus competing with new people going for the same position. She liked the idea of separating them into a different group. Councilmember Etten indicated he was struggling with this because he has not seen this before. He thought this was a big decision, noting there were several people up for reappointment who have worked very hard and done their work. He indi- cated it was a little bit of a surprise for him to be discussing this but he could see the why. Considering the timeframe,he was not sure how much ahead of the March dates an interview process could occur. He thought if there was an interest to see the whole pool against who else is out there in the community that is interested, then it makes more sense for it to happen at the same time, if this is going to be done. Councilmember Strahan explained she could see an advantage to either way. She was open to whichever way the Council would want to go. She noted she was suggesting all candidates rather than singling out one or two people,just because of the situation. She did appreciate that if the Council is really working at trying to