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Staff warns board that council may shorten board appointment terms to two years
Summary
City staff informed the Independent Ethics Review Board that City Council is considering standardizing appointment terms and possibly changing many boards from three-year to two-year staggered terms; the board received the information as a heads-up with no action taken.
Staff alerted the board that City Council is reviewing the appointment process for boards and commissions and may propose standard two-year terms rather than the current three-year terms for many boards.
The staff member (speaker 2) said the proposal is under consideration and that changes would be staggered to preserve continuity; no formal council action had been taken at the time of the meeting and the board received the information only as an advance notice.
Members acknowledged the possibility and said they wanted to be aware in case reapplication or altered staggering affected continuity on the board.
