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IJS�kSPaC+E <br />NEQUEST FOR, COUNCIL ACTION <br />Department Approval <br />Date: July 28, 2008 <br />Item No.: 13.a <br />City Manager Approval <br />�ilri�l <br />Item Description: Ordinance Amending Section 103.06 Filling a Council Vacancy <br />1 ACKGROUND <br />2 The Council has held several discussions on the process to fill a vacancy on the Council. <br />1 3 Councilmember Roe developed a draft ordinance to change the City's special election <br />41 provisions. <br />5 POLICY OBJECTIVE <br />6 The primary purpose of the draft ordinance is to broaden the use of special elections to cover any <br />7 type of vacancy, rather than the current limitation to cases where a councilmember assumes an <br />8 incompatible office. <br />The second purpose is to specify the timing of when a special election would occur. <br />1� 2 REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION <br />1 Consider the attached draft ordinance. <br />Prepared by: Bill Mallinen, City Manager <br />Attachments: A: Draft Ordinance <br />B: Memorandum from Councilmember Roe <br />C: Special Election Timeline Examples <br />D: Memo on a Proposed Special Election Ordinance from Councilmember lhlan <br />E: Memo on a Proposed Special Election Ordinance from Mayor Klausing <br />F: 2003 Communications regarding Special Elections <br />Page I of 6 <br />