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Keizer committee endorses appointment framework, staggered terms and procedural materials; asks council to consider youth voting
Summary
The Keizer Community Diversity Engagement Committee voted to keep its current appointment process, adopt staggered three-year terms and recommended standardized interview materials and presenter instructions; it also voted to ask the city council to allow its youth member’s vote to be counted.
At its March 6 meeting the Keizer Community Diversity Engagement Committee reviewed the city council’s recommended changes to its charter and approved several procedural items while asking council to consider one substantive adjustment: allowing the committee’s youth member to be a voting member.
The committee voted to maintain the current appointment process (members appointed by council) and to preserve staggered three-year terms for members so the committee avoids complete turnover at once. Chair Tammy Kuntz made a motion to keep staggered three-year appointments and to ask council to use the committee’s standardized interview framework when making appointments; the motion passed after a second and roll-call…
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