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Special City Council Meeting Minutes - 11/05/03 Page 4 Ayes: Schroeder and Kysylyczyn. Nays: Maschka and Klausing. Absent: Kough Motion fails. Counciln1en1ber Kough arrives (approx. 6:37). Counciln1en1ber Schroeder n10ved, Mayor Kysylyczyn seconded, a n10tion directing the City Attorney to draft an ordinance establishing a special election as soon as possible when a vacancy was created on the City Council due to a councilmember being elected to a higher office. Mayor Kysylyczyn, Counciln1en1ber Sclu'oeder and Counciln1ember Kough spoke in favor of the motion as an effort to get the policy-n1aking process initiated as soon as possible, that the draft ordinance could be the subject of public input at the council meetings on 11/17 and 11/24 and possibly later, that the draft ordinance could be amended at any point along the way, that this process is similar to the bill drafting and public hearing process in the state legislature, that Councilmember l(lausing had spoken in favor of such an ordinance during his campaign, and that tin1e is of the essence in getting a special election ordinance enacted since a vacancy on the Council will exist on January 5 and it is possible this ordinance won't apply to that vacancy if the ordinance is not in effect by that date. Counciln1en1bers Maschka and Klausing spoke against the motion, saying this special meeting was called for limited purposes and this issue was not part of the call for this meeting and was not on the agenda, that the City Attorney was already preparing a legal opinion on this subject and we ought to wait to see what that opinion says and ought to receive some public comment before directing the City Attorney to draft an ordinance, that the nlotion's direction to the City Attorney is vague, and that the n10tion is misguided in directing that the draft ordinance establish a