§ 2-86. Attendance requirements.

(a)

Purpose. To assist boards and commissions in fulfilling their purposes and duties and to ensure that they are not prevented from doing so by the repeated absence of their members, the council hereby establishes an attendance policy for members serving on boards and commissions.

(b)

Removal. Any member of a board or commission established by the council shall be deemed to have resigned as a member of the board or commission under the following circumstances:

(1)

The regular member fails to attend three consecutive regular meetings, or for a regular member of the planning commission fails to attend four consecutive regular meetings.

(2)

The regular member fails to attend at least 75 percent of the regular scheduled meetings in any calendar year, not including the joint work sessions with the council. For a regular member, whose term begins during a calendar year, attendance in that calendar year is measured as at least 75 percent of the scheduled meetings following the beginning of the member's term.

(c)

Exceptions.

(1)

The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to attendance at special meetings, or of meetings of committees or subcommittees, including committees of the whole, established by a board or commission pursuant to section 2-82.

(2)

The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to members of the housing and redevelopment authority of the city, the East Edina Housing Foundation or the city council.

(d)

Annual review. The council shall conduct an annual review of the attendance of members of boards and commissions established by the council.

(e)

Vacancies. The successor to any member of a board or commission who has been removed pursuant to this subsection shall be appointed pursuant to section 2-81.

(Code 1970; Code 1992, § 1500.09; Ord. No. 162, 4-4-1974; Ord. No. 162-A1, 3-6-1975; Ord. No. 162-A2, § 180, 5-16-1990; Ord. No. 2007-21, 1-2-2008; Ord. No. 2009-7, 5-5-2009; Ord. No. 2011-02, 2-10-2011; Ord. No. 2011-14, 8-4-2011; Ord. No. 2012-06, 2-21-2012; 2014-12 , § 1, 8-19-2014; Ord. No. 2017-01 , § 3, 3-7-2017; Ord. No. 2018-03 , §§ 1, 2, 2-21-2018)