Richfield Planning Commission Approves, Discusses Bylaws

The Richfield Planning Commission approved its bylaws Monday night with an amendment regarding voting procedures within the commission. The new amendment states that as long as quorum is met, only a simple majority is needed to pass an item.

Commissioner Bob Hall made sure to clarify certain points in the bylaws in order to ensure public hearings were always open unless the commission voted to have a closed hearing, among other things. All were passed.

In addition, Commissioner made a motion for all officer terms to have limit of three consecutive years. He said it was good for the commission to have rotation in the officer positions. However, after much discussion, the motion failed to pass in the end.

In other business, commission members were appointed to various positions:

• Rick Jabs, chairman and alternate liaison for the Richfield Community Services Advisory Commission;
• Daniel Kitzberger, vice-chairman and Richfield School Board liaison;
• Hall, secretary and Richfield City Council liaison;
• Maureen Scaglia, Richfield Transportation Committee liaison;
• Rublein, community services advisory commission liaison;
• Josh Root, Richfield Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) liaison;
• Dennis Schuller, city council liaison along with Hall;
• Gordon Vizecky, Richfield Chamber of Commerce liaison.

The next Richfield Planning Commission meeting will be at 7 p.m. on March 28 at Richfield City Hall.