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Acting Mayor Riley asked the Council if they wanted to send the changes to this section back to <br />the Charter. <br />Councilmember Specht stated that it still comes down to principle that he does not want the <br />Council to make appointments and that should be left to the residents. He said that changing the <br />language still goes against this principle. <br />Councilmember Musgrove agreed with Councilmember Specht and recommended removing the <br />section from the Charter. <br />Acting Mayor Riley said that if this does not pass the Council it has to go back to the Charter. <br />Councilmember Howell stated that she would like to see the language changed to read `may' <br />because if this becomes a referendum having this input would change the outcome. <br />Councilmember Woestehoff suggested taking action on the other ideas. <br />City Clerk Schmidt asked City Attorney Knaak if the Council can accept part of the section 4.5. <br />City Attorney Knaak stated that a question can be divided in any kind of rational way. <br />City Clerk Schmidt asked if she can make an ordinance with all items that they agree on and leave <br />out the section that they do not agree on and put it in its own ordinance. <br />City Attorney Knaak said yes. <br />Councilmember Musgrove stated that the language in section 4.5.6 is cumbersome and slightly <br />confusing. <br />City Clerk Schmidt explained what this section means. <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked if section 4.5.6 is affected by the removal section 4.5.4. <br />City Attorney Knaak said that these seem consistent. <br />City Administrator Hagen stated that 4.5.6 applies to a vacancy when there is more than a year left <br />in a term and if there is no one interested in the vacancy so there must be an appointment. He said <br />that this change assumes that the appointment occurred the appointed person would continue to <br />serve as there is no candidate to hold the election for. <br />Councilmember Olson asked if this would mean that they would try again every time there was a <br />scheduled election. <br />City Administrator Hagen said yes. <br />City Council Work Session / March 14, 2023 <br />Page 5 of 7 <br />