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Deemer cautioned that he was not so sure we should "toy" with any of this anymore. <br />Commissioner Sherman asked if the motion and second should be withdrawn. <br />Commissioner Deemer withdrew his motion. Commissioner Anderson withdrew her second. <br />Motion by Commissioner Niska, seconded by Commissioner Sherman, that the City Attorney <br />draft an ordinance amending 2.5 to clarify the clause referring to non - residency in the City to <br />have language including non - residency in the ward. <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Field, Commissioners Niska, Sherman, Anderson, <br />Bendtsen; Niederhaus, Niska, and Shea. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Sivertson. <br />Motion by Commissioner Niska, seconded by Commissioner Bendtsen, that we draft an <br />ordinance to delete 2.3.3 and rewrite the last sentence of 2.3.1 to make it easier to understand <br />what years different wards are elected without really having to do the math. <br />Further discussion: City Attorney Goodrich stated he will go to the State Statutes and see how <br />they set up the governor's term, etc. and plug that in here. <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Field, Commissioners Niska, Bendtsen, Anderson, <br />Deemer, Niederhaus, Shea and Sherman. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Sivertson. <br />City Attorney Goodrich stated that Section 4.5.5 was discussed years ago. It talks about such a <br />remote event. He is not sure why the Charter wants to even review it again. Maybe we need to <br />look at the date of the Primary election. <br />Chairperson Field noted that it goes from 4.5.5 to 4.5.6 — but it's not broken out. <br />Mr. Goodrich recommended the Commission members read 4.5 dealing with vacancies and we <br />could have a learning session on it and maybe brainstorm to make it clearer. <br />Discussion ensued about how this is only about when someone resigns. Mr. Goodrich reminded <br />the Commission that the possibility of this happening is so remote but we should probably look <br />at it anyway. We just did this two years ago. Maybe there are some different things to look at. <br />Chairperson Field stated that he was looking at this 4.5.4 in the event of a tie vote — the Mayor <br />shall make the appointment from the candidates involved. <br />Commissioner Deemer noted it is a case of who breaks the tie. <br />Commissioner Niska asked if in Section 4.5.1, do we want to extend that time period to offer a <br />primary election. He talked about the percentage of how many votes a candidate could win by. <br />Do we want to change it so there's time for a primary election. <br />Mr. Goodrich offered that we could review all of this. It seems there should be a primary. <br />Charter Commission/ April 19, 2012 <br />Page 6 of 10 <br />