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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP January 17, 1977 CITY of ANDOVER SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL ~IEETINr; - .Tl\.'J1JARY 17, 1<177 mNUfES The Special 'Ieeting of the Andover City Council was called to order by ~layor .Jerold Windschitl on JælUary 17, 1977, 7:30 p,m, at the 1\ndover City lIall, 1Ii85 Crosst01'/11 Boulevard N, W" ·'lnoka, 'Iinnesota, The Special "eetin.r: 1~as held to interview applicants for the position open on the City Council. Councilpersons present: Lachinski, 0rttel, "anderLaan Councilpersons absent: None Also present: City Clerk, P, K, Lindquist, persons to be interviewed, and other interested residents The nomination process to be used after the interviewin!~ was discussed. The letter addressed to the City Council from Hayor Winds chi tl regarding this process and the interviewing process, was reviewed, (s~ AI1W.~"o) 'nTIO~ by Orttel, Seconded hy VanderLaan, to apnrove the agenda as 1'fitten, Carried un~~imously, The fol101~ing persons applied for the position of City Councilnerson: d'Arcy Bosell Arthur .Taworski .Tan Pasche Terry Reuther I The interview of each of the above in attendance was by questions asked of the candidate by each COU:1cilperson and the 'Iayor in rotaÚorì, until all questions had heen answered. I Residents "ere alloweù to ask questions Of each candidate and then the candidate was allowed to ask any questions they had at'that til"C, After d'Arcy Bo ell, Arthur .Taworski and Terry Reuther were interviewed, 'Iayor Wirrdschi tl stat d that .Tan Pasche called him the night be "'ore stating that she would he wi thdra\~ing an applicant and as she has not appeared for the interview it will he assumed that she does not 1~ish to be considered for the onen position on the Citv Council. 'Iavor Windschi t again reviewed his letter to the City Council on the voting process, The fol101áng p ocess will he used: A person 1~ill be nominated, this nomination will be secondeù; it "ould then he possible to nominate another nerson, with another second, until a MOtion s made to close the nominations, At that til"e it would take a I"a.iority vote on one of he candidates nominated to place this person in the open position. If a nomination is not seconded, the motion dies and also i"' there is a tie vote on one candidate, he motion dies. The motion must he carried bv a majority vote. 'f11e nOl"inations 1ál 'he taken and then the voting 1~ill take place. I f no one is voted into the position th s evening the Hayor has the right and the duty to appoint someone for the position, ~e l~ill not, if put in that position, appoint anvone that has come in for interview t is evening, A call was made Ito Attorney 1!a1~kins who stated that if no one is nicked for the nosi tion this evening, t e ~layor can accent a motion to continue the intervie1~ process at a later date. I SDccial City Council '~etin~ .January 17, 1977 - mnutes Page 2 'OTION hy VanderLaan, Seconded by l~indschit1, to nOMÍnate d'Arcy Bose11. HJTION by Lachinski, Seconded by Ortte1, that the nominations be closed. Carried unanimously, 'lOTION by VanderLaan, Seconded by Windschitl, that d' Arcy Bosell be assirned to the onen position on the City Council, Vote: Yes; Windschit1, ,randerLaan - No: Lachinski, Orttel. J ¡ . _,r",~ "\ '< r)~··· , "', ,.,1'. 'OTION by Windscfift1, Seconded hy Ortte1, to readvertize -tor the position ODen on the City CotD1cil. Apn1ications to be accented until .January 27, 1'177 with the next inter- views to be held .January 31, 1'177, 7:3'1 D,m" Andover City lIall. Vote: Yes; Orttel, Lachinski, Winds chi t1 - No; VanderLaan, as she -Feels that three -tine quali ficd residents have come foniard tonight, Does not understand what the Council hones to acco~lish by readvertizing ~~d feels that the City Council is being negligent in their duties and seeing- to the events of their r.overnment. '·mIO~' by VanderLaan, to adjourn the meeting, All in favor said aye. No onposed. '~eting adjourned at 1'1:30 p,m, '?J~ db~ 'larilyn K, Wehs er Recording Secre ary \ \,,1 . \ "I' ~ \ \. , ,. ,A\ 1-' \ ~" OAR Verbatim statement by 1fuyor Windschitl "Before we vote I would like to make a statement about the voting. As I understand, the law ~n filling this position, the Council can vote on any motions made, however, if a tie vote exists or if each motion dies for the lack of a second, the Mayor then has the duty by State Law to appoint someone. If the Council cannot get at least a 3 x 1 vote or hopefully a 4 x 0 vote for someone we have interviewed tonight, I will not appoint from this group of peoplefJ51 feel it would be a major handicap for the individual and the Council to háve someone that was appointed knowing that he or she did not have the support of a majority on the Council. I would attempt to appoint either Don Jacobson or Larry Retzlaff to the vacant seat. Both of these individuals have city experience and based upon past votes on each of theee individuals, it would appear that either one would be acceptable to everyone on the Council. It should be pointed out that neither of these individuals supported me in the last election, in fact one of the persons was Mr. Arntzen's Precinct 2 chairman. I make this statement because the State Law gives the Mayor a lot of power in filling a vacant council position and I want the Council to know my feelings on the entire issue and who I would appoint if a majority agreement cannot be reached here tonight."