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OCTOBER 17, 1994
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
The City Council Special Meeting was called to order by Mayor Dan
Wilde at 5 30 P m Councilmembers present Vance Edwards, Rae
Jean Behm, Jean D Fields, Ken Siler, Claudia Worth, Donald
Eafanti; Also present City Clerk, Wanda Sang; City
Administrator, Robert Middaugh, City Attorney, Kathryn Schroeder
The subject to be voted on will be the setting of an election to
fill the vacancy in District IV Per the requirements of Section
2 7 of the Wheat Ridge City Charter
Mayor Wilde prefaced the Memorandum submitted by Kathryn
Schroeder, City Attorney
Mrs Schroeder spoke to the memorandum stating it contains two
items 1 ) Prerequisites to setting an election date and 2 )Type
and Timing of Election She referred to the City Attorney/City
Council client privilege and stated the Memorandum can be only
released by a majority of the Council and not by individual
Council members She addressed the prerequisites to setting an
election date stating the problem of setting an election date
tonight on the Recall petitions is that the Recall Petitions are
not before Council She stated by law the Recall Petitions have
to be presented by Mrs Sang with a Certification that stating
that the Petitions are sufficient in all respects The City
Council does not have the Recall Petitions before them, and until
that is done, you cannot set an election date on the recall The
second item in the Memorandum deals with the specifics and
substantive issue of whether, when and how an election should be
set
Mr Siler stated that as he understands that no action can be
taken tonight, does that mean the petitions cannot be brought
forth at some later date and cannot be discussed then?
Mrs Schroeder stated there is an obligation on the part of the
City Clerk to certify the petitions to the City Council as
sufficient if she so finds them, and also Mrs Sang first has to
make a finding on the protest brought by Mr Hall She stated
the Council can discuss it at the next regular City Council
meeting
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
October 17, 1994
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Motion by Mr Siler for adjournment; seconded by Mrs Behm, tie
vote on the motion 3-3 with Mr Eafanti, Mr Siler and Mrs Behm
voting Yes Mayor Wilde broke the tie by voting Yes The motion
carried 3-4
Meeting adjourned at 5 45 P m
Wanda Sang, City Clerk
APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 14, 1994 BY A VOTE OF
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