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Qro= FROM; Member City Officials Gary Bastian, President Neil Peterson, 1989 Nominating Committee Chair the Board of Directors by the unanimous The Board discussed and endorsed this is forwarding it to you for your consid- RE: Proposed By-Law Amendment A proposed By-Law Amendment was brought to request of the 1989 Nominating Committee, proposal at the May 4th. board meeting and eratlon at the May 31st. Annual Meeting. Effect of Proposed Amendment: Current language in By-Law Artlc'^.a Vll, Section 2 limits board members to two consecutive two-year terms unless elected to the presidency or vice-presidency. The proposed amendment would remove this limit for persons representing cities of the first class Proposed Amendment Wording: Article VII, Section 2 would read as follows: SECTION 2. OFFICERS* TERMS. i^^Offlcers shall be elected at the Annual Meeting of the Association and they shall V Jtake office June 1 following the Annual Meeting. The President and Vice-President shall each be elected annually for one-year terms, and the Directors shall be elected for two-year overlapping terms. Eight Directors elected in even numbered years and eight Directors elected in odd numbered years. The same person may not be elected to the office of President for more than two successive terms. The same person unless representing a city of the First Class shall not be elected to the Board for more than two consecutive two year terms or serve more than five years if first appointed by the Board or elected t the Annual Meeting to fill a vacancy, unless elected to the presidency or vice-presidency. Except for cities of over 75,000 population, when a director or officer leaves the Board of Directors for any reason, primary consideration for replacement will be given to member cities who have not been represented on the Board during the past 12 months. Rationale: The two terms limit was placed in the By-Laws in the late 1970*s to increase the opportunity for more cities to have Board representation. This provision has worked well and most AMM member cities have been represented on the Board at une time or the other. However, removing the two term limit for cities of the first class would not have any impact on other cities opportunity to be represented on the Board. Cities of the first class each have two automatic representatives on Board at all times as specified in Article VIII. Consequently, removal of the two term limit for representatives from cities of the first class has no impact on 'spreading* the 7>oard opportunities throughout the AMM membership. The proposed amendment was not ^^>^asked for or proposed by either of the cities of the first class within the AMM inember ship.