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Rskspvlffi� <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Department Approval <br />Date: June 16, 2008 <br />Item No.: 13.a <br />City Manager 41*oval <br />Item Description: ordinance Amending Section 103.00 Filling a Council Vacancy <br />BACKGROUND <br />Following on the discussions during the recent appointment process to fill the vacancy that <br />resulted from the passing of Tom Kough, Councilmember Roe developed a draft ordinance to <br />change the City's special election provisions. <br />POLICY OBJECTIVE <br />The primary purpose of the draft ordinance is to broaden the use of special elections to cover any <br />type of vacancy, rather than the current limitation to cases where a councilmember assumes an <br />incompatible office. <br />The second purpose is to specify the timing of when a special election would occur. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACTS <br />$20,000 per special election plus staffing costs <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION <br />[Text] <br />REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION <br />Consider the attached draft ordinance. <br />Prepared by: Bill Malinen, City Manager <br />Attachments: A: Draft ordinance <br />B: Memorandum from Councilmember Roe <br />C: Special Election Timeline Examples <br />Page 1 of 6 <br />