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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 23, 2023 Page 5 create these really great teams though, that might mean getting them all together so the Council can see how they all fit together. Councilmember Groff thought the other thing was that the Chairs of the Commis- sions try to come to those interviews so it would be nice to have their input as well. So putting the candidates all together might be a better use of their time. He be- lieved many of these candidates will be reappointed because they have done the work. Councilmember Schroeder believed these should be done on the same night instead of trying to do it at two different times. She did not want to send a message to the people who are up for reappointment and on the Commissions to believe they have done a poor job. She thought the way this is communicated is important. She does not want them to think that the Council does not appreciate their work so far. Mayor Roe agreed and appreciated that point. He asked the Council if it is the belief that this is a one-time approach, will this be the new norm, or should the Council evaluate that after the process is done. Councilmember Strahan thought it is done this time and then figure it out later. Councilmember Schroeder wanted to note that if for some reason the Commissioner was not available on the date of the interviews, that Commissioner would still be considered for reappointment. Councilmember Strahan explained in the past if the Commissioner was not able to make the interview it was up to the Council to contact the individual and interview them on their own. She thought that should still remain an option. Mayor Roe was not sure if the Council needed to declare these seven positions as vacant this evening as a part of this process. He thought it really comes down to practicality and if someone is not reappointed, the Council can follow up with ap- pointing an additional new person to that particular Commission. Councilmember Etten noted there is one person going for reappointment to the Po- lice Civil Service Board but otherwise, there would not be anything posted about having an opening for that. He thought the City would have to at least post but the posting could change to indicate there are openings for commissions without put- ting specific numbers on each commission. But if this is going to be done, he thought there needed to be a posting including the Police Civil Service as one of the positions that is potentially available. Mayor Roe thought it could be posted saying there are potential positions open on every Commission.