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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 />