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Molalla planning commissioners discuss recruitment; consider high-school nonvoting members for vacant seat
Summary
Commissioners reviewed Molalla Municipal Code language on commission composition and discussed outreach strategies to fill a vacant seat, including recruiting high-school nonvoting members and increasing social-media and council-level notices.
Community development technician Jessica Worth presented a staff review of Molalla Municipal Code chapter 2.06.10 and flagged an open planning commission seat, noting the code limits members to a minimum of three and a maximum of seven voting members and allows up to two nonvoting high-school members who must live within the Molalla River School District.
"The planning commission may also have up to two additional non- voting members of high school age who must live within the Molalla River School District," Worth read from the code as she described recruitment options. Commissioners discussed targeted outreach such as newsletter notices, social-media posts, career fairs and asking City Council to make verbal announcements at council meetings.
Several commissioners favored trying expanded local recruitment—particularly outreach to the high school—before changing the residency rule to allow more nonresident voting members. Commissioners noted the commission has consistently maintained quorums for decisions and that a temporary vacancy has not impeded operations, but emphasized proactive recruitment to replenish the candidate pool.
Staff and commissioners agreed to pursue more robust recruitment steps and to report back; the session included informal suggestions about timing and possible recruitment messaging, and no code change was proposed or approved at the meeting.
