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T'��.��rt�r,cait Approval: <br />��� <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />��i,�n � r.r.��p: o���: <br />�� �� <br />Date: 8/28/2006 <br />Item No: � 4• <br />Agenda Section: <br />Staff ReQorts <br />Item Description: Consider Appointing Planning and Ethics CommissionMembers <br />Background <br />On July 10, 2006, the City Council authorized Staff to advertise for applicants to fill out the <br />Planning Commission term vacated by Kedrick White. Mr. White's term expires on March 31, <br />2008. When a person resigns mid-term, the City Council appoints someone to fill out the term. <br />The City advertised for and received 5 applications for i vacancy. Interviews of the applicants <br />toa�c place on August 21,2006. <br />On June 20, 2006, the City Council authorized Staff to advertise for applicants for the Ethics <br />Commission. The City advertised for and received 10 applications for 5 vacancies. Interviews <br />of the applicants took place on August 28, 2006. With regard to the Ethics Commission <br />appointments, City Code, Section 206.01 reads as follows: <br />206.01: ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP: <br />There is established an ethics commission of the City which shall consist of five <br />(5) members appointed by the City Council. Members shall be residents of the <br />City and appointed for three (3) year staggered terms. Terms of the initial <br />members will be established by the council at the time of their appointment. No <br />member shall serve more than two (2) �ull consecutive terms. <br />Discussion Items <br />For the Planning Commission, the Council is asked to appoint one (1) applicant for the vacant <br />position. The position will expire on March 31, 2008. <br />For the Ethics Commission, the Council is asked to appoint five (5) applicants for the five (5) <br />vacant positions, with terms to be set as described by City Code Section 206.01. It is suggested <br />that the appointments be made with the following expiration dates: <br />Q March 31,2009 — 2 members (the 1 St and �"� highest ranked applicants) <br />C� March 31,2008 — 2 members (the ��� and �`�' highest ranked applicants) <br />q March 31,2007 —� member (the ��' highest ranked applicant) <br />