|
<br />. .' ',' '" " .-" : , " ;- ," .'
<br />. .
<br />, .. -, .,'
<br />.Commissioner Cleveland felt..tha.t th~ Commission reallYtl.eedst.o look at the timeline~ ,One
<br />'solution could he tor a liaison for an at-large to serve in'that person's term- it's a current
<br />: Councilmember. ' . ". . ... ,
<br />
<br />, ." . . . . .
<br />
<br />Attorney G()odrichcO'mmented that you .could have the City Coun~il. appoint someone in August.
<br />, ' . . .' . . '.: . , . , .
<br />.' . : . "', . ...".. ".' ," ..".
<br />
<br />Comxnissioner Clev~land wanted specific times mentioned .- three weeks, etc., rather . than an
<br />9pen-ended.waytoappoint'Thisis our opportunity to be speciflc..,
<br />
<br />. .' .
<br />'. . '
<br />. " . .
<br />.: Cortunissioner Erickson' agreed 'a specific date would be a good" thing ~ th~n it is simply black or
<br />white - no gray area. ' ' ., .
<br />
<br />, ' "
<br />. "
<br />.' " .' '
<br />
<br />'. Chair Lalvtere read. from the" mo<iel, charter. regarding filling of vacancies: ' A vacancy in the city
<br />council shall be,.filled forth~remainderoftheunexpired term, if any, at the next regular election
<br />following' hotles's than sixty days upon the occurrence of the vacancy, but the council by a
<br />." majority vote .of all its remaining members shall appoint a qualified person .to fill the vaCanCY
<br />until the person elected to' serve the remainder of the unexpired term takes office. ' If the .council
<br />. . fails to do" so within thirty" days following the occurrence of the vacancy, the electIon authorities.
<br />shall call a special election to fill the vacancy, to be held not sooner than ninety days and not
<br />Jater than 120 days following the occurrence of the vacancy, and to be otherwise governed by
<br />law. Notwithstanding the requirement in ~2.11 (c), if at any time the membership of the coUncil
<br />is reduced to less than (blank), the remaining members may by majority action appoint additional
<br />, members to raise the membership to (blank).
<br />
<br />," Attorney Goodrich stated that we can take the City' 5 Charter and make it. more specific or more
<br />", restrictive than State Statute, but we cannot make itless restrictive. If something is not stated in
<br />the Charter, State Statute is what we abide by. We need to check with State Statutes.
<br />
<br />Commissioner Cleveland read the timeline in Brooklyn Park's Charter.
<br />
<br />Commissioner McKinney stated that he isleaming a lot this evening with regard to State 'Statutes ,
<br />and Charters. He felt it was a good idea to research what is . working for other' cities and to
<br />determine what criteria is ,already set in State Statutes.
<br />
<br />.. ' .
<br />Attorney Goodrich inquired if the Commission is concerned about having no one other than a
<br />liaison represent award between eight weeks after the'primary and the end of the year. At what
<br />pomi can we not have'an election? We could back up and say no matter when this happens; we
<br />could have the City Council appoint someone (4.5.4) or we could ledt sit until January land
<br />have time to set.it up ~d do it in January or February, or we could do something else.
<br />
<br />, -
<br />, .
<br />, '
<br />, .
<br />, '
<br />, .
<br />Commis~ione~Cleveland asked if we have agreed on what4.5,4 ,says.
<br />
<br />
<br />Attorney. Goodrich stated that's whatour Charter says - it~s never been amended.
<br />
<br />
<br />," Chai~ LaMere stated that you need to tie 4.5.4 and 4.5;5 togeth~r; it's not always 365 days;
<br />I' . .; ....,. . . - ., . . .
<br />
<br />" ..
<br />. ,<, .
<br />" -
<br />.". .
<br />Charter CommissionIFebruary21,2Q08
<br />J,>age 4 of 6
<br />-20-
<br />
<br />,/"' .
<br />
|