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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Field, Commissioners Sivertson, Leistico, Anderson, <br />Bendtsen, and Fuhreck. Voting No: None. Abstentions: Commissioner Deemer. Absent: <br />Commissioner Niederhaus. <br />COMMISSION BUSINESS <br />5.1 Accept Resignation of Charter Commission Member Mark Barrows, Declare <br />Vacancy, and Advertise to Fill Same <br />City Clerk Thieling explained that Charter Commission Member Mark Barrows submitted <br />correspondence indicating he has moved permanently to the State of Florida and is no longer <br />eligible to serve on the City's Charter Commission. She indicated staff has submitted an <br />advertisement to fill the vacancy for the next Ramsey Resident and will also place an ad on the <br />City's website. Mr. Barrows' term has an expiration date of December 31, 2022. <br />City Clerk Thieling referenced Commission member's term expirations as detailed in the staff <br />report, noting the Commission currently has no other members whose terms are expiring at the <br />end of the year 2019. <br />Motion by Commissioner Deemer, seconded by Commissioner Bendtsen, to accept, with regret, <br />the resignation of Charter Commission Member Mark Barrows, declare vacancy, and advertise to <br />fill the vacancy. <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Field, Commissioners Deemer, Bendtsen, Anderson, <br />Fuhreck, Leistico, and Sivertson. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Niederhaus <br />5.2 Review Proposed Amendments to Chapter 4 of the City's Charter, titled <br />Nominations and Elections <br />City Attorney Langel explained the purpose of this case is to review draft amendments to <br />Chapter 4 of the City's Charter, titled Nominations and Elections. He explained the Charter <br />Commission had a preliminary review of Chapter 4 at the February meeting and asked him and <br />staff to present options for updating this chapter. City Attorney Langel reviewed the reason <br />Chapter 4 needed updating including compliance with State Election Law, duplicative language, <br />and eliminating vagueness. <br />Chairperson Field requested to review the changes in chronological order and have City Attorney <br />Langel explain each option within the section. He asked the City Attorney to clarify State law as <br />he went through the options. <br />City Attorney Langel stated the red lining within the document takes into account State law. He <br />stated the draft of each section and option complies with State law. <br />City Attorney Langel introduced Section 4.1 regarding Primary Elections. He presented two <br />options. Option 1 will eliminate primaries entirely and Option 2 will eliminate primaries except <br />Charter Commission/ October 17, 2019 <br />Page 2 of 10 <br />