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EXHIBIT "A" BOARD APPOINTMENT PROCEDURES 1 . Board openings will be advertised on the City's web site for at least 30 days prior to end of the calendar year. The City Clerk will also send out letters to sitting Board members whose terms have expired requesting that they submit applications if they desire reappointment. If the City Clerk has received applications during the year from interested persons, the City Clerk shall also send out letters to those persons notifying them of the upcoming appointment process. 2. In order to express interest in appointment to a City Board, an applicant is required to file an application with the City Clerk at least one week prior to a City Commission meeting where appointments are to be made. The bulk of the appointments are generally made at the second City Commission meeting in January. 3. It is essential that a complete application be submitted in order for the applicant to be considered for appointment to any Board. The applicant will be requested to list, in order of preference, three City Boards the applicant would like to join, if the applicant is interested in more than one Board. 4. The City Clerk will review the applications to determine that the applicants meet the eligibility requirements for Board membership. Applicants will be subject to a background check. The City Manager and City Clerk will determine internally if there is a reason to challenge an applicant's qualifications based on the background check information. If it is determined that an applicant has provided misleading or incorrect information on an application, the applicant will be disqualified by the City Manager. 5. Selection Process. a. From a list of available candidates having submitted applications for a particular board or committee, each City Commissioner in attendance will select individuals equal to the number of vacancies (one vote each, each vote being equal). Discussion will occur prior to the vote. b. Votes on reappointments will be completed first. Incumbents' attendance records shall be reviewed. Open positions on the same board with different terms will be voted on separately, and voting will occur in order of longest to shortest terms. Voting for alternates will occur last. c. Voting shall take place in the following order: 1) Planning and Zoning Board; 2) Board of Adjustment; 3) Code Enforcement Board, and then the rest of the Boards in the order set by the Commission. d. A tally of the votes by Commissioners is taken, and, in order of the