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MUNICIPAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES REORGA1~tIZATION 4 Recommended Changes ' Introduction: The New Brighton City Council initiated a process in early 1994 for conducting a thorough review of the organization of the nine municipal advisory committees to determine where organizational improvements might be made. The Ciry Council's goal in this comprehensive effort was to ensure that our municipal governmental process was being handled as efficiently and effectively as possible using the extensive participation of local residents and representatives. The review process included committee meeting discussions to collect information and feedback from all municipal committee members. All of the feedback received was incorporated in a staff report which was subsequently reviewed and modified by an ad hoc Council/Committee Chairperson/Staff Committee. The recommendations identified below were developed through the efforts of this ad hoc committee. It is the City Council's intent that any reorganizational issues be implemented as of January 1, 1995 and be considered by the Council within its 1995 committee appointment process. Structural/Procedural Issues: A. Committee Size Existing committees will be requested to consider and recommend an appropriate size of their committee to the City Council prior to October 31, 1994. This committee size shall range between seven (7) and nine (9) members. The determination shall be made after each committee has an understanding of their revised committee responsibilities. New standing committees will have an established committee size of nine (9) members. Committees will be encouraged to draw additional membership from the community for any subcommittees established. B. Term Limits Committee membership terms shall be limited to a maximum of three (3) three-year terms. Committee terms shall be structured so that they overlap with each other and shall provide that approximately one-third of committee membership expire each year. The following matrix provides for how term limits shall be staggered: EXPIRING TERMS Membership Size Year One Year Two Year Three 7 2 2 3 g 2 3 3 9 3 3 3 If for some reason there are no members of the community interested in serving on the committee at the time of the appointment process, a committee member that has served their maximum allowable length of .service may be reappointed by the Council for one additional three-year term.