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Rule 11. Ms. Brot thought the word “objection” had been changed to amendments. Moreover, she questioned using the negative question of using “defeated”. Mayor Adams suggested that in order to take away the negative approach it should read “What is the pleasure of the council?”. Rule 18. Ms. Brot thought that it was agreed that a copy of the agenda should be placed on the library bulletin board and a binder on the receptionist desk at City Hall. When told that this is being done, Ms. Brot suggested that it should be formalized and explained in detail in this rule. Mr. Price preferred a more general approach, saying accessible and/or available prominent place in the City Hall, instead of mentioning a specific location. Rule #19 - Ms. Brot wanted to indicate that the City Clerk worked specificly for the City Council. Mayor Adams said that this would be discussed at the next Study Session. Rule #32 – Ms. Brot would like to suggest that the staff liaison review the requirements for the Commission members and then inform the City Clerk which current members fulfill the specific requirements, .according to the Charter.. In this manner, Councilmembers would then know the kinds of requirements the nominated replacement must have. Also she would like to change the maximum time allowed for councilmembers to appoint someone be changed to 30 days from 60 days in order to prevent having too many vacancies which might leave the commission without a quorum Mayor Adams said the reason for the 60 days was to give council enough time to find a qualified person. Furthermore, in most cases he remarked that the persons whose term had expired were asked to remain until a replacement member had been selected. In response Ms. Brot commented that vacancies do not always happen when a term expires. Vacancies also occur when a member moves or just quits. Mr. Sharpe, Jr. questioned why some of the commissions don’t have equal ward representatives. Mayor Adams answered that this was the responsibility of the Council not the City Clerk. Mr. Price said that his job restrictions affect the amount of time he has to find replacements. He did not understand why there are not equal distributions of commission members from each ward. Mayor Adams said the way the system has traditionally worked; the nominations are rotated among all of the council. He went on to give reasons why there are not always representatives from each ward: some members move, and others quit for one reason or another, some nominate members outside of own ward and a member of Council could have forfeited his or hers turn by not nominating anyone in the specified time.