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Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Field, Commissioners Leistico, Deemer, Fuhreck, May, <br />Moore and Rusert. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Bendtsen and Jumah. <br />COMMISSION BUSINESS <br />5.1 Approve Year End Activity Letter to Chief Judge for Year 2022 <br />Motion by Commissioner Deemer, seconded by Commissioner May, to approve the year-end <br />annual report letter for 2022 and direct staff to submit such report to The Honorable Stoney L. <br />Hiljus, Chief Judge of the Tenth Judicial District. <br />Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Field, Commissioners Deemer, Fuhreck, Leistico, May, <br />Moore and Rusert. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Bendtsen and Jumah. <br />5.2 Review Council Supported Options Regarding Chapter 4 of the Charter — <br />Nominations and Elections <br />City Clerk Schmidt presented the staff report, summarizing the recent actions of the City Council. <br />She stated that the Charter Commission will need to review Sections 4.5.4 and 4.5.6 of Chapter 4 <br />as those changes were not approved by the City Council. <br />Chairperson Field noted the proposed changes supported by the Council for 4.5.4 and 4.5.6 and <br />welcomed input from the Commission. <br />Commissioner Leistico commented that the unanimous vote concept seemed to be a common <br />ground between the Council members. She stated that she does not feel very strongly about it but <br />noted that would be a tough bar to pass. <br />Commissioner Fuhreck agreed that unanimous would be difficult to pass and would like to see <br />something less than that but acknowledged that a close split of the vote would not be ideal for <br />appointing someone to the Council. <br />Commissioner Deemer provided some historical context on special elections, going back to the <br />1970s. He commented that the Council does seem to support appointing someone if there is less <br />than one year of the term remaining, which is progress. <br />Chairperson Field commented that it seems that the Council is willing to accept that there could <br />be a vacancy for the last year if they could not find a candidate that all members of the Council <br />agreed on to appoint. He noted that one member of the Council objecting to the appointment <br />would kill the chance of an appointment. <br />Commissioner Deemer commented that with seven members on the Council it would not seem to <br />be a huge deal if one seat were vacant. <br />Commissioner Fuhreck asked what would be needed for a super majority and whether they would <br />be any possibility the Council would agree to that versus a unanimous approval. <br />Charter Commission/ July 19, 2023 <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />