Staff recommends quarterly appointments to boards, with staggered terms

Mary Bunting told council the staff proposal includes moving appointments to boards and commissions to a quarterly schedule and that implementing staggered terms will require a short transition period. "Appointing boards and commissions quarterly only we will actually do this one but it's going to take us some time to get it implemented because we got to stagger terms as we appoint members," she said, estimating a period of a few months to transition.

Council members welcomed the idea but were told by staff that a short series of appointments would still be needed during the transition to stagger terms appropriately. Staff said they would present an implementation schedule alongside any proposed code amendments.