4.d) Staff Report-Comittee Appointments
Staff Report
Date of Meeting: January 8, 2014
To: City Council
From: Kristina Handt, Administrator
Re: Committee/Commission Appointments
Background:
In November the City advertised for applications for various committee and commission
openings. Two terms are set to expire on the Park and Recreation Committee on Feb. 1, one
Planning Commission seat will be vacated, one position is open on the Wastewater Advisory
Committee for someone on the Anderson/Erickson system and there is currently a vacancy in the
citizen representative position on the Forest Lake Cable Commission.
The Council may also want to review existing council liaison appointments for Parks and
Recreation and Planning and determine if any changes are necessary.
Issue:
How would the Council like to proceed with committee/commission appointments?
Proposal Details:
The application deadline for all citizen committee/commission appointments was Friday,
December 20th. The following is a summary of applications received by committee:
Parks and Recreation (two vacancies) 5 year terms:
Michael White
Brad Borg
Ryan Jinks
Planning (one vacancy) 5 year term:
Michael White
Jeff Melby
Daniel Squyres
Wastewater Advisory (one vacancy on A/E) 5 year term:
Michael White (not currently an A/E customer)
Forest Lake Cable Commission (one vacancy) 3 year term:
Daniel Swanson
Current Council Liaisons:
Parks and Recreation: Dan Lee
Planning Commission: Chris Ness
Forest Lake Cable Commission: Randall Simonson
The Council will also need to appoint an Acting Mayor at the Annual Meeting (January 21st) and
may wish to discuss possibilities/express interest at this time.
Options:
1) Set a date to interview applicants
2) Make appointments without interviews
3) A combination of the above
4) Readvertise for applications