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. . Mr. Lieuallen wondered to what extent Council Assistants could repre- - sent individual Council members, noting perhaps there should be general guidelines set forth. He wondered if perhaps Council Assistants could represent Councilors at meeting to which a Council member is assigned by Council, noting it might be confined to an official assignment that comes from Mayor or City Council. He said he would like to have the ability to ask a Council Assistant to attend meetings, not ongoing committees of which he or she is a member but those which might relate to ideas or projects the Councilor is interested in. He hoped Councilors would have that opportunity and requested staff report back regarding the attendance issue. Assistant Manager noted sometimes staff persons are attending some of the meetings and City Councilors might check with staff to get needed informa- tion. A concern was that staff did not feel the Council Assistants, should ever be placed in the position of representing a Councilor. Staff felt uncomfortable wherever there was mixed membership in the event of getting into a situation of arguing with a City Councilor in a pUblic arena. That situation staff wished to avoid. He said if it were necessary to send a Council Assistant to express the Councilor's view, it should be done only through a written statement prepared by the Councilor. Ms. Smith requested information regarding use of the Word Processing Center, noting recently the information to Councilors was it was not available. She wondered if that situation had been changed. She also requested instruction sessions on the use of word processing. Assistant e Manager noted it would be set up. Ms. Paget Engen responded Word Processing was in the process of training new people and would prefer to wait until those persons were well-trained, which would be after the first of the year. Mr. Bradley left the meeting. VI. Calling public hearings January 4, 1978 re: Vacations (street, alley, and easement) Council Bill 1568--Calling public hearing January 4, 1978, re: Street vacation located on east side of Candlelight Drive, north of Royal Avenue (Transwestern) (SV 77-6) was read by council bill number and title only, there being no Council member present requesting it be read in full. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel, that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the Council, and that enactment be considered at this time. Motion carried unanimously, and the bill was read the second time by council bill number only. Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote. All Council members present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 18077. e 11/23/77--13 8b8