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Lake Forest Park tree board seeks full inclusion for incoming appointees as council readies confirmations
Summary
The Lake Forest Park Tree Board urged the City Council to treat two incoming appointees as full members rather than alternates and discussed process transparency for future appointments. Staff said the mayor makes appointments and the council confirms them; staff will ask the council to amend the motion if the board desires.
The Lake Forest Park Tree Board discussed three pending appointments and recommended that newly named participants be treated as full members, not second-class alternates, before the City Council considers confirmations.
Mark Hoffman, the city’s community development director, told the board the municipal rules set a minimum of seven members and allow up to two nonresidents. He said staff had interviewed three candidates and forwarded a recommendation to the mayor that all three be…
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