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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 13, 2007 Page 32 Councilmember Roe briefly reviewed the proposed procedure for fill- ing HRA vacancies and rationale for changes to current procedure. Discussion points included term limits; applications received after deadline; mayoral discretion; appointments or reappointments; inter- view process; and term expirations or vacancies. Additional discussion included the proposed 60-day timeframe and ra- tionale for that length of time to allow for advertising and the inter- view process. Mayor Klausing thanked Councilmember Roe for his work on this resolution; and spoke in support of the proposed motion. Mayor Klausing opined that it institutionalized and involved the City Council in the appointment process. Mayor Klausing suggested one modifica- tion to page 2, I.E. to the procedure statement to provide an option for the Mayor electing to eliminate any applicants from consideration, with reasonable notice to such applicants AND THE CITY COUN- CIL, prior to the established date of applicant interviews. Councilmember Roe concurred with Mayor Klausing, and noted this was included in his original suggested language. Councilmember Kough shared some of his philosophy for his creation of the HRA originally; even while voicing objections to some of their recent spending. Public Comment John Kysylyczyn, 3083 N Victoria Street Mr. Kysylyczyn thanked Councilmember Roe for his draft resolution; speaking generally in support, with one exception. Mr. Kysylyczyn opined that the City Council should be made aware of whether an ap- plication was received after the deadline. Mr. Kysylyczyn further opined that there was nothing preventing multiple votes on the same nominee; double term nominations as attempted earlier this year; and the apparent arbitrary nature in allowing the mayor to pick who and who would not be interviewed.