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not new and had been raised both among individual council members and in public meetings. Without pay, <br />he added, the City would run out of candidates for the council. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly asked for more information from the other councilors on citywide elections. He also agreed that <br />charter review was a separate question. He pointed out that election results were nearly impossible to predict. <br />Finally, he said, he expected the committee proposed would have a public process and that would be a chance <br />for a broad diversity of citizens to weigh in on crafting the measure. <br /> <br />Mr. Fart said he needed more time to think about the topic, but would support the motion to put himself in a <br />position to raise a motion to reconsider at the next regularly scheduled council meeting. <br /> <br /> Ms. Taylor called for the question. Mr. Pap~ seconded the motion to end debate. The <br /> motion passed, 4:3; with councilors Fart, Lee, and Nathanson opposed. As the motion <br /> did not pass by a two-thirds vote, debate continued. <br /> <br /> Again, Ms. Taylor called for the question. Mr. Pap~ seconded the motion to end <br /> debate. The motion passed, 4:3; with councilors Nathanson, Fart, and Lee opposed. <br /> Again, a the motion to end debate did not pass by a two-thirds vote, debate continued. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson explained that the motion on the table was something significantly different from what was <br />included in the council's meeting packet. She said the smaller committee with a very specific charge was a <br />good idea but reiterated that an advisory vote would be just as useful as a specific charter amendment on the <br />ballot. <br /> <br /> Ms. Nathanson moved, seconded by Mr. Lee, to postpone the item to September 8, <br /> 1999. <br /> <br />Mr. Lee said he was supportive of the motion out of respect for the others. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly said he opposed the motion because he did not wish to hand this off to the next council. <br /> <br /> The motion passed, 4:3; with councilors Taylor, Meisner, and Kelly opposed. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey offered the council an opportunity to reconsider the question on the joint intergovernmental <br />agreement with School District 4J with respect to the youth sports complex. <br /> <br />Mr. Lee said he was satisfied with the changes in the revised draft agreement. <br /> <br />The meeting adjourned at 7:32 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />James R. Johnson <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council August 11, 1999 Page 9 <br />5:30 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />