Councilmembers shall submit their requests for standing committee appointments to the committee on committees no later than the first regular meeting of the city council in January. Requests may include alternate committees, but no councilmember will be appointed to more than one standing committee.

If a councilmember requests membership on a standing committee which has no vacancy, the most senior member of the committee who has served at least four consecutive years on the committee shall be appointed to a different standing committee in the same manner as a councilmember requesting a new committee appointment, provided that no more than two senior members of each standing commmittee shall be involuntarily appointed to another standing committee in any one year.

If there are more requests for membership on a standing committee than vacancies, including vacancies resulting from the involuntary re-assignment of up to two senior members, a coin toss shall be used to determine which of the requesting councilmembers will be appointed to each vacancy on the committee.