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Maple Valley council amends municipal code to remove commissioner term limits, add appointment matrix and rename advisory committee
Summary
The council approved Ordinance O-24-841 on Dec. 16 amending Title 11 (Boards and Commissions): it removed a three-consecutive-term limit, directed use of a decision-making matrix to score applicants, changed "citizen" to "resident" throughout Title 11 and renamed the Lake Wilderness Citizen Advisory Committee; final approval passed 6-1.
The Maple Valley City Council on Dec. 16 approved Ordinance O-24-841, amending Title 11 of the Maple Valley Municipal Code (Boards and Commissions) to extend current commissioner terms, remove a three-consecutive-term limit and require the council to use a decision-making matrix to score applicants for commission appointments.
Councilmembers Syd Dawson and Didem Pierson presented the subcommittee’s work on the ordinance. Councilmember Les Burberry moved to remove the phrase "with a maximum of 3 consecutive term limits" from section 11.01.030; the motion was seconded by Deputy Mayor Dana Parnello and carried, 7-0. Councilmember Pierson moved to add a decision-making matrix language to section 11.01.030; that amendment also passed, 7-0.
The minutes record a motion by Councilmember Burberry and seconded by Councilmember John Herbert to ask councilmembers to submit questions to the subcommittee and to extend current commissioner terms for an additional six months while Title 11 is being amended; that motion is recorded in the minutes as failing, 1-6. The minutes include a line reading "Dissenting votes were Mayor Kelly, Councilmembers Burberry, Dawson, Pierson, Schroff and Herbert," which is inconsistent with the numeric tally; the council’s published minutes present the vote outcome numerically (1-6) and list the names as shown in the minutes.
Later the council voted 6-1 (Deputy Mayor Parnello dissenting) to end debate, and a final motion to approve Ordinance O-24-841 as amended carried 6-1, with Deputy Mayor Parnello recorded as the dissenting vote.
The council also unanimously voted to change the Lake Wilderness Citizen Advisory Committee to the Lake Wilderness Advisory Commission and to replace the word "citizen" with "resident" throughout Title 11. The minutes note the term "ex-officio" will be considered further by a council subcommittee. Mayor Sean P. Kelly asked to step down from the subcommittee and the council approved that change so Deputy Mayor Parnello could begin his term on the subcommittee effective immediately, per the minutes.
The minutes do not record any public comment on the ordinance at this meeting and do not provide additional detail on implementation timelines for the code changes.
