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Committee declines recommendation on boards-and-commissions interview process after debate over diversity and ownership
Summary
The committee discussed whether borough boards, commissions and committees should interview candidates and recommend appointments or whether council should conduct interviews; after debate, the committee gave no recommendation and sent the matter to full council.
West Chester — The Administration, Communication, and Technology Committee discussed the borough's process for filling vacancies on boards, commissions and committees on Feb. 11 and decided to take no recommendation back to council after hearing concerns about diversity and local ownership of interviews.
The nut graf: some members favored a standardized process that would let board chairs recommend candidates, while others worried that delegating interviews to boards could reduce diversity and concentrate appointments among like-minded applicants; the committee ultimately…
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