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Study Session 1944 January 10, 2005 for the City manager and I was one of them." She said she was not part of any consensus to have an Executive Session and there was no consensus like it says in this paragraph. Mayor Adams said that this was not what he heard. He asserted that his viewpoint was that we were not going to move forward with that until we had a meeting of the entire body in Executive Session. Mr. Wagner said that the Mayor was not correct. Mr. Wagner clarified that it was kind of muttered at the end of the meeting, but his clear recollection was that several of the Councilmembers confirmed that we wanted to move ahead with the subcommittee and the last thing asked for was that the subcommittee be appointed. Mr. Wagner moved acceptance of the minutes with those changes. Mayor Adams asked that it be noted that he disagreed with that portion because he didn't believe it was correct. Ms. Welsch seconded the motion and also asked the City Clerk if there is a tape of the session. The City Clerk affirmed that there was. Mr. Wagner said he would change if the tape shows otherwise but the collective memory was that the Council was going to move ahead with a subcommittee. Ms. Brot said that there were very few of the Council there and the ones that were there didn't recall this consensus. Mayor Adams responded that is why he doesn't believe that setting a subcommittee prior to the executive session is the proper form to establish anything until all members of the Council can be present to make that decision. Ms. Brot said that the rest of the Council understood what the Mayor wanted, but there wasn't a consensus because those remaining did not feel the same way. Mayor Adams believed that the person typing up the minutes received the same sense from the discussion. He said that when the Council does get to this issue he has some questions with concerning the correct direction to go. Mr. Wagner asked the City Clerk to transcribe that portion of the tape and send it to the Councilmembers and if there is a difference these can be brought back before Council. Ms. Welsch seconded the motion to approve the minutes as modified. The motion passed with six AYE votes and with the Mayor voting NAY. APPOINTMENTS/REAPPOINTMENTS Mayor Adams moved to appoint Jonathan Galloway, 761 Heman Avenue, Apartment 3N, to serve an unexpired term on the CALOP Commission, ending September 9, 2007, and Mr. Sharpe seconded. Ms. Brot commented that as the former chairman of the CALOP Commission and as a Councilmember very interested in the direction the commission is taking, she thinks it is very important to have someone appointed who has lived in the City more than two months. Mayor Adams pointed out that his residence was longer than the date shown on his application and added that his appointment was as a result of his expertise. Ms. Brot said she did not see him as fully qualified and mentioned some of the qualities she Page 2