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PARKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION
MEETING DATE: January 11, 2010
SUBJECT: Election of Officers
Report by Diane Lowart, Parks & Community Services Director
ATTACHMENTS: None
RECOMMENDATION: Conduct Elections for a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson for one-
year terms.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION: The Bylaws and Rules of Procedure for the Parks and Community
Services Commission states the following:
V. OFFICERS
A. Election and Term of Office. The Commission shall elect a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson at
the first meeting in January of each year or, if a quorum is not present, at the next meeting at which a
quorum is present. The Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall serve until their successars are elected, or
until their terms as members of the Commission expire, whichever is first. The Commission shall, unless
no Commissioners meet the criteria, elect Commissioners to the positions that have not previously served
in the position and that have not declined the appointment, with the intent that no one should serve in the
position for no more than two consecutive years.
The duties of the Chairperson are as follows:
1) Presides at all meetings of the Commission;
2) Appoints committees and chairpersons of committees as necessary;
3) Signs correspondence on behalf of the Commission;
4) Represents the Commission before the City Council; and
5) Performs other duties necessary or customary to the office.
In the event of the absence of the Chairperson or his/her inability to act, the Vice Chairperson presides in
place of the Chairperson. In the event of the absence of or the inability to act of both the Chairperson and
the Vice Chairperson, the remaining members shall elect one of their members to act as temporary
Chairperson.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Parks and Community Services
Commission conduct elections for a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson for one-year terms.
COPIES TO:
ITEM NO.: 8.1
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