12-06-2000 CCM
MINUTES
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2000
Mayor Torgerson called the special meeting to order at 7:00 a.m. Present were Mayor
Marlin Torgerson, Council Members Jim Haugen and Kay Peterson. Absent: Council
Members John Mlinar and Duane Hoversten. Also present were City Administrator Gary
D. Plotz, Finance Director Kenneth B. Merrill and Administrative Secretary Marilyn 1.
Swanson.
The Mayor inquired ifthere were any questions regarding the amended City Charter.
Haugen questioned what process would be implemented to change the regular municipal
elections from an odd year to an even year in the amended City Charter under Chapter 4,
Section 4.01 REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
The Mayor responded that the process would be worked out for an orderly transition.
Peterson inquired what the term "failure to perform duties" meant in the amended section
of Chapter 2, Section 2.09 VACANCIES IN THE COUNCIL. It was the consensus of
the City Council that it was open to interpretation.
It was noted that a correction was needed to delete the words "of the" in Chapter 2,
Section 2.09 in the second line of copy to read: "qualify on or before the ef-the second
regular meeting of the new council, ...."
Motion by Peterson, second by Haugen to adopt Resolution No. 11623 with attachments
Exhibit A and Exhibit B. Motion unanimously carried.
The meeting adjourned at 7:05 a.m.