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<br /> <br />Cram: <br />ent: <br />To: <br />Gc: <br />Subject: <br /> <br /> <br />Mark P. <br />Saturday, 2003 2: 19 PM <br />city.council@ci.roseville.mn.us <br />Mark McCahill <br />Special Election ordinance <br /> <br /> <br />election ordinance that mandates an <br />e is a very bad idea. The winter <br />his expense can easi be avoided by <br />the <br />other <br />elections. A fall election wi 1 maximize voter turnout and can easi include a <br />election should more than two candidates run for the vacated council seat. Maintaininq <br />current ry system is he bes method available to us for lections whe <br />eventual winner has a imate claim of represent the maj y of vot <br />ults 0 the most recent city lection should make it clear that Roseville vot <br />y in favor 0 mainta our current <br /> <br /> <br />election outside the usual November lection <br />election would be expensive, <br />the election in the 1 in unction <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />system since candidates that opposed the <br /> <br /> <br />system did <br /> <br /> <br />y at the <br /> <br />Is. <br /> <br />Another idea suggested at last's council meet was some <br />be mandated to fill council vacancies. This idea is <br />that there is any <br /> <br />sort <br /> <br />of <br /> <br />'caretaker' <br /> <br /> <br />best, <br /> <br />goo <br /> <br />. I <br /> <br />s <br /> <br />o imagine <br />y <br />o enforce a requirement <br />worse, <br />t is unlikely <br />he best <br />1 the council <br /> <br />that <br /> <br />an <br /> <br /> <br />ee not run <br /> <br />for election. Even <br /> <br /> <br />that the most ified individuals would agree 0 be caretakers. We need <br />we can find for the council, and making the difficult job of serving <br />less attractive <br /> <br />I~O <br />the most qualified <br /> <br /> <br />is a shorts <br /> <br />ed policy. <br /> <br />Concerns voiced at Monday's council meeting that any person ed to fill <br />Klaus's seat will somehow be 'tainted' do not make sense. Klaus won the ection and <br />vot rs were we 1 aware that this would result in a vacant council seat. Let the next <br />council 1 the vacated seat in and decide when to schedule an election. <br /> <br />The city council should not rush an ordinance into <br />mid-winter, low turnout election, with no <br />ast election. attention to it. <br /> <br /> <br />that <br />The voters <br /> <br />wi <br />sent <br /> <br />result in an expens <br />a clear message in the <br /> <br />r k tvlcC~a hi <br /> <br />64 Rosewood Lane North <br />