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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday, April 24, 2023 <br /> Page 17 <br /> City is being respectful and asking best practice questions in the application <br /> process. <br /> Mayor Roe explained the only other thing related to the application process is if the <br /> Council wanted to look at any kind of change to the policy as it relates to the process <br /> to interview reapplication people. He asked if the Council wanted to look at any of <br /> that process. <br /> Mr. Trudgeon explained his only comment is that if interviewing re-application <br /> candidates is done at that stage,it can be fairly disruptive to get everybody together. <br /> If the Council thinks they want to occasionally do that,maybe make that automatic <br /> so staff can build it into the process. He always goes back to the"why",why would <br /> the City want to do it or not do it. <br /> Councilmember Groff explained the reason why he would want to do it is because <br /> as a Councilmember, he values these people's opinions, and the Council does not <br /> have very much interaction with them. It is his one chance in two or four years to <br /> connect with them and also give the Commissioner the chance to talk to the Council <br /> one-on-one about their experiences while on the Commissions. He did not think it <br /> would take that much longer, noting it went pretty smoothly this time. <br /> Councilmember Etten agreed and thought there could be value to that, but he did <br /> not personally want to make it automatic as a part of the City Code. <br /> Councilmember Groff agreed with the point of not having it automatic. <br /> Councilmember Schroeder thought it was helpful to talk to the people as well, but <br /> she wanted to be sensitive to letting people know why the Council is doing it. She <br /> did not want the Commissioners to feel like the Council was looking to replace <br /> them. <br /> Councilmember Strahan thought it was easier to ask everyone to come back and <br /> reinterview rather than one or two people because then those people will wonder <br /> why the Council wants to interview them for the position and feel singled out. <br /> Council consensus was therefore not to change the policy related to interviewing <br /> applicants for re-appointment as it is currently written. <br /> Mayor Roe indicated the next step is the interview process. He asked for thoughts <br /> from the Council. <br /> Councilmember Etten explained one of the recently used potential interview <br /> questions was: "what do you believe should be the focus of the Commission", <br /> noting ideally there is already a scope for the Commission so the Council is not <br /> really asking that but rather something along the lines of"what part of the work this <br />