1987 03-09
A G E N D A
MERIDIAN PLANNING & ZONING
MARCH 9, 1987
ITEM
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 23, 1987: (APPROVED)
ELECT NEW CHAIRMAN OF PLANNING & ZONING CO.'KMISSION:
PLANNING & ZONING
MARCH 9. 198?
Regular Meeting of the reridian Pianring & Zoning Commission called to
order by Acting Chairman Walt Morrow at 7:30 p.m.:
Members Present: Moe Alidjani, Jim Johnson, Jim Shearer, Tom Cole:
Others Present: Wayne Crookston:
The P4otion was made by Alidjani and seconded by Cole to approve the
Minutes of the previous meeting held February 23, 1987 as written:
Motion Carried: All Yea:
Chairman Morrow, I have some items that need to be discussed, first
the reason we are having a regular meeting tonits is that under Ordinance
we are required to have a least nine regular meeting per year and
we have already nat had-. two of them. The other item is what we
discussed prior about the size of the Commission, according to a
letter from our Counselor we can have a five member Commission where
the Chairman is a voting member, a quorum would be three therefore
we could conduct business if two members were absent. It is up to
the members of the Commission as to the size or whether to appoint
another member to the Commission. There was discussion between the
members on this item.
The Motion was made by Shearer and seconded by Alidjani to change the
makeup of the Planning & Zoning Commission to five members including
a Chairman who will be a voting member.
Motion Carried: All Yea:
Morrow, the City Council is in the process of changing their meeting
night from Monday to Tuesday, what is the members of the Commission
thought on changing our meeting to concide with the Council?
It was the concensus of the members that this change would be no problem.
The Motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Shearer that contingent
upon the City Council changing their meeting night that the Planning
and Zoning Commission meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.:
Motion Carried: All Yea:
Morrow, the City Engineer who is one of the representatives of the
City to the APA Board asked if the Planning & Zoning Commission
would like him to attend the meetings to keep them advised what is
transpiring at the APA meetings. It was the concensus of the Comm-
ission that if it directly affected the City of Meridian this would
be helpful and the Commission could give him some imput on these items.
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MARCH 9, 1987:
Morrow, the last item is we need to elect a new Chairman of the
Planning & Zoning Commission.
The Motion was made by Johnson and seconded by Cole to elect Walt
Morrow as Chairman of the Planning & Zoning Commission.
Motion Carried: All Yea:
There was discussion as to whom would be the Chairman if Mr. Morrow
was absent. It was the decision of the Commission to elect a Vice-
Chairman.
The Motion was made by Shearer and seconded by Alidjani to elect Jim
Johnson Vice-Chairman of the Planning & Zoning Commission.
Motion Carried: All Yea:
Being no further business to come before the Commission the Motion
was made by Cole and seconded by Shearer to adjourn at 7:45 p.m.:
Motion Carried: All Yea:
AFPROVED:
WALT MORROW, CHAIRMAN
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February 24, 1987
Walt Morrow
Acting Planning and Zoning Chairman
RE: Quorum
Dear PAalt:
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TELEPHONE 888-4461
AREA CODE 208
I have reviewed the question of a quorum for the Planning
and Zoning Commission. Idaho Code 67-6504 C and 11-2-404 C3 of
the Revised and Complied Ordinances of the City of Meridian both
state that, "A majority of voting members of the Commission shall
constitute a quorum."
Under the above language the Commission could consist of
five voting members with the chairman being a voting member in
which case a quorum would be three members. Under this scenario
you could have two members absent and the Commission could still
take action since it had a quorum.
WGC/mks
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