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Council Minutes of 3/8/2000 Mrs. Kasler asked the Mayor if the meeting schedule of the Charter Review Commission 9~,,~ was published. Mayor Musial said it was not published yet, but anyone who is interested in attending can call Tom Dubowski at 716-9419. Mr. Nashar said he wanted to congratulate the staff of Springvale on a job well done for the St. Richard's parish Fat Tuesday party which was held at Springvale. The management, the staff and the food were excellent. President Saringer made the following committee assignments: Ordinance 2000-18 to the Streets & Drainage Committee; Resolution 2000-19 and 2000-20 to the Finance Committee; Ordinance 2000-23 to the BZD Committee; Ordinance 2000-24 and Resolution 2000-25 to the Legislative Committee; Ordinance 2000-27 to the Finance Committee. Mr. O'Grady moved to amend Rule 13 of the Rules of Council. The motion was seconded by Mr. Limpert. Mr. O'Grady noted that the proposed amendment had been supplied in writing to all members of Council, and a committee meeting was held where the amendment was recommended for approval. Mr. O'Grady read the proposed amendment to Rule 13 of the Rules of Council: "Thirteen. Standing Committees. Not later than the second regularly scheduled meeting of Council for each year following a municipal election and preferably prior to the first regularly scheduled meeting in those years or upon the need to reorganize Council due to a vacancy, a meeting of Council of the Whole shall occur to determine chairpersons and members of Council's eight standing committees for the next two year period or for the remainder of that two year period if required due to a vacancy. Each committee shall consist of three members of whom the first named shall be chairperson. No Council member shall hold a committee chairmanship for more than four consecutive years. a. Chairperson. Each member of Council shall select one committee chairmanship based upon order of seniority with the most senior member selecting first and followed by the rest of Council in order. Once all members have selected a chairmanship, the chairmanship of the eighth committee of Council shall be awarded to the most senior member who desires it. In the event that more than one elected member has the same date of seniority, seniority among those members shall be awarded to the member who has earned the most votes in the general election. In the event that more than one appointed member has the same date of seniority, seniority among those members shall be determined by the toss of a coin. b. Members. Following the selection of all chairmanships, the chairperson of each committee shall entertain requests for membership on their committee. A majority vote of all members of Council will be used to determine committee membership from among those members who have requested consideration. Per the city's Charter, Council shall ensure that any member of a minority party shall be a member of one committee selected by their party. Minority members shall select their one committee membership prior to ~" the start of any voting." 14 .. ,. ,.,,,~„x ~ M_.. _ m,