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automatically be vacated and Council would fill the position in the manner of original appointments. The Council, by majority vote, could waive the . residency requirement if there were no qualified resident of the city willing to serve. Mr. Delay pointed out the problem of not having a prOV1Slon for an appointed person to remain until a replacement is found. Mr. Haws expressed the . same concern, noting that perhaps a 60- or gO-day waiting period might be appropriate. Mayor Keller felt that in the best interest of the boards and commissions, that might be a logical approach. Ms. Smith noted the problem of qu6rum if members were not replaced for a period of time. Ms. Smith raised a question regarding the appointments required by Council under Section 2.013(6)(c) where it states Council appointments are ma~e by three Councilors appointed by the Mayor. Assistant Manager'said that codified a previously adopted optional procedure. Mayor Keller said it was merely one of three ways City Council could appoint although Council had never chosen to do so. Mr. Haws questioned the efficacy of automatic vacation of a position if the person were working on some special project for a committee. Ms. Joyce Benjamin, City Attorneyls office, said Council could waive residency requirements if it so wished. Mr. Haws replied his policy position would be that there never would be a case when no qualified resident could be found to serve. Mr. Delay felt if the rationale for setting residency for Council appoint- ments to committees and commissions was a good rationale, then it should ... be applied to all appointments, including those made by the mayor. ~ He said these are all City committees and he felt if it ~/ere a reasonable policy, then it should apply to all. Mayor Keller felt there was no conflict, noting this had always been a separate issue. He said there had been some cases where residency had been a problem, but his intent always had been to appoint those who are residents. He said if Council wished to include mayoral appointments, he would concur; however, he would like to look at the ordinance before Council took such action. Assistant Manager noted that there are some staff concerns in regard to certain mayoral perogatives, noting special instances wherein the mayor might wish to create a special committee to deal with certain special concerns, i.e., metro issues. He said Council may not want to bridle the mayor's ability to create a committee as an advisory body to the mayor. Mr. Lieuallen noted the Civic Center Commission as being an example of such appointment. Mr. Haws raised a question regarding terms of committee members with indefinite terms. He wondered Why those were indefinite and what it Meant. Assistant Manager noted those were directed to elected officials who are qualified to serve only while they are in office. It is indefi- nite because it cannot be determined how long a person would be in office. 4/19178--2 . ;Uc.G.