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• <br /> (e) The City Council shall advise Standing Committees of any evaluation made of the <br /> Standing Committee's actions and direction, and any proposed action to amend the Standing <br /> Committees charges. <br /> (f) Each Standing Committee is encouraged to send a representative to City Council <br /> and Planning Commission meetings whenever possible. <br /> Section 3. Appointment of Committees. The following general rules shall be <br /> applicable to the qualifications of members of Standing Committees, and their appointment and <br /> removal; <br /> (a) The members of each Standing Committee shall be appointed by the Mayor with <br /> the approval of a majority of the City Council. <br /> (b) Each Committee member shall: <br /> (i) be a resident of the Town at the time of their appointment and for so long <br /> as they serve; <br /> (ii) serve at the pleasure of the Council, without compensation or payment of <br /> mileage, for a term of four(4) years. <br /> (iii) be eligible for reappointment upon application to the City Council, but the <br /> City Council shall encourage new applicants in order to promote <br /> widespread community involvement; <br /> (iv) be considered to have resigned in the event of three consecutive absences <br /> from the meetings of their Committee, unless the Chairperson of the <br /> Committee shall have excused the member's absence and informed the <br /> other Committee members of the exception at the third consecutive <br /> meeting missed. <br /> (c) Notification of resignations or terminations shall be submitted to the City Council <br /> in writing. Vacancies in the membership of any Standing Committee shall be filled in the <br /> following manner: <br /> (i) The City Clerk shall post in three (3) public places in the Town a notice of <br /> the fact that a vacancy has occurred and that the applications will•be <br /> received prior to a date stated in the notice. <br /> (ii) All persons interested in serving shall submit to the City Clerk a written <br /> request for appointment containing such information on their background <br /> and qualifications as they deem appropriate. The City Clerk shall notify <br /> all applicants of the Council meeting at which their application shall be <br /> considered. <br /> 2 <br />