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Council asks legal to draft vacancy and remote-participation rules for charter
Summary
Council members discussed requiring special elections to fill vacancies unless fewer than six months remain in a term and requested updates to remote participation rules and meeting schedules in Section 207 and 208.
The council reviewed Section 206 and discussed a proposal to require special elections for council vacancies, with an exception to appoint interim members when less than six months remain in the unexpired term; minutes state that legal staff will draft the specific language. Members also reviewed Section 207 and asked that the charter be updated to reflect current remote participation practices and meeting schedules, and proposed changing the regular meeting time to 6:00 p.m. and fixing a December meeting to the first Thursday.
No final action was taken at the workshop; the council's direction was to have legal draft the vacancy and remote-participation provisions and return redlined language for a future meeting. The minutes show the drafting instructions are intended to reflect current practice and provide clarity for public notice and quorum rules.
