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Commission votes to pursue reducing membership from seven to five; ordinance change to go to council
Summary
Commissioners agreed to reduce the parks commission membership from seven to five due to recruitment challenges and will forward that request as an ordinance change to the city council for approval.
Commission members discussed persistent difficulty filling commission vacancies and debated whether to lower the chartered membership from seven to five. After discussion, commissioners agreed they would pursue the reduction and asked staff to forward the proposed ordinance change to the city council for formal approval.
S1 explained the process: the commission can vote to seek the reduction but the city council must approve an ordinance change. S1 told commissioners that "the membership, since it's been voted to 5, Kim Skinner, she will be presenting that to the city council for their approval." The commission agreed to ask staff to prepare the ordinance language and to allow the city administrator or designated staff to take the item to council.
