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City Attorney Langel stated that when there is a conflict in the Charter with State law,the City has <br /> been following State law and ignoring certain details in the Charter. He stated that staff would <br /> continue to do that until the Charter is amended. <br /> Mayor LeTourneau agreed that it would be helpful for the Council to have further discussion on <br /> this topic with the Charter Commission. <br /> Charter Commission Chairperson Fields noted that the Charter Commission has spent a significant <br /> amount of time on this topic and it would be helpful to have specific direction from the Council. <br /> Councilmember Heinrich asked if any of the Councilmembers that are not in support of this are <br /> prepared to provide specific input on the topics they are struggling with. <br /> Mayor LeTourneau stated that his concerns are that some Council members are confused and that <br /> there has not been much discussion on this topic as of yet. <br /> Councilmember Heinrich stated that this is not the first time the Council is seeing the redline <br /> document and therefore she is surprised by that. <br /> Charter Commission Chairperson Fields stated that bullet points would be helpful. He noted that <br /> he would need to speak with the Charter Commission to determine if there is support for a joint <br /> meeting. He noted that the topic has been beat to death for the Charter Commission and he would <br /> want specific bullet points for discussion if there is a joint meeting. <br /> Councilmember Kuzma referenced the desire for the Charter Commission to hold a separate study <br /> on franchise fees, even though the Council spent a large amount of time researching the issue. He <br /> noted that this would be a similar situation where the Charter Commission spent a large amount <br /> of time, but the Council has not yet had that ability. He stated that he is not willing to eliminate <br /> the primary election simply because of the anomaly of the recent vacancies. <br /> 3. TOPICS FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION <br /> 3.01: Review Future Topics/Calendar <br /> Noted. <br /> 4. MAYOR/COUNCIL/STAFF INPUT <br /> None. <br /> 5. ADJOURNMENT <br /> The Work Session of the City Council was adjourned at 6:56 p.m. <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> City Council Work Session/December 10,2019 <br /> Page 7 of 8 <br />