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Motion by Councilmember Riley, seconded by Councilmember Woestehoff, to waive the City <br />Charter requirement that the ordinance be read aloud and adopt Ordinance #23-07 amending <br />Chapter 4 of the City Charter - Nominations and Elections. <br />Further discussion: <br />Councilmember Specht stated that he is personally against this as he does not believe that the <br />Council should be appointing replacements when vacancies occur and they should be voted on by <br />the residents. <br />Councilmember Howell asked if the Council currently appoints individuals when vacancies occur, <br />but only when there is less than 365 days left in the term. <br />City Clerk Schmidt stated that if an individual resigns within their last 365 days then the City is to <br />appoint an individual. <br />Councilmember Howell asked if this consists of longer appointments with the proposed changes. <br />City Clerk Schmidt explained that it would possibly prolong the appointment until the special <br />election would take place. <br />Councilmember Woestehoff asked what happens if this motion fails. <br />City Administrator Hagen stated that this would not go into effect and the Charter could choose to <br />get input from Council to redraft the language. <br />Motion failed. Voting Yes: Councilmembers Riley, and Woestehoff. Voting No: Mayor Kuzma, <br />Councilmembers Howell, Musgrove, Olson, and Specht. <br />7.03: Adopt Resolution #23-081 Accepting Bids and Awarding Contract for 161st Avenue <br />Reconstruction, Improvement Project #23-01 <br />Assistant City Engineer Feriancek reviewed the Staff report and recommendation to award the <br />contract for the 161st Avenue reconstruction project to North Lines Contracting Inc. <br />Mayor Kuzma shared that in years past there have been some issues with contractors not doing a <br />full four inches of bituminous on the pavement. He asked if there will be core samples after the <br />roads are done to ensure that the full four inches are being done. <br />Assistant City Engineer Feriancek explained that there will be inspectors on site that will be spot <br />checking as the pavement is being done to verify depth. He added that they will also compare the <br />tonnage to correlate how many tons will be put down. He stated that with all State aid projects <br />there is a requirement to take cores of the road and there are incentives and decentives if the <br />contract does not meet the requirements. <br />City Council /April 25, 2023 <br />Page 5 of 10 <br />