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<br /> <br />Ms. Carr played her recording of the May 22, 2013, Council meeting portion of Ms. <br />Carr making a Point of Order and Mayor Welsch’s ruling. She stated the reason she <br />played that was in Council Rules #5, it states when there is a Point of Order and the <br />Mayor rules; she also offers Council the opportunity to overrule, but Ms. Carr noted as <br />in the recording she just played, the Mayor buzzed right through that offer. She stated <br />that the Mayor did not pause for Council to overturn her ruling. Ms. Carr asked <br />Mayor’s response to be in quotes as she felt this (the way in which Mr. Kraft puth the <br />item on the Agenda under Council Business and Discussion) was a violation of the <br />Missouri Revised Statute 610.020. She said that there was not an attempt to advise <br />the public of that which Council would be discussing. Ms. Carr stated that Mr. Kraft <br />did not do so and misrepresented his topic, which was her point of order and she <br />would like to have Mayor’s response in quotes. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft stated the change requested was a redundancy in Mayor’s sentence. It was <br />his understanding the minutes can be changed to clear up ambiguities such as saying <br />him or her - it could be put in parenthesis as to who it actually referred to and <br />eliminate a redundancy. He said there was no reason to repeat redundancies when <br />people are speaking extemporaneously, which happened in the case of the Mayor. <br />Mr. Kraft noted that previously people have only changed their own statements, not <br />someone else’s, unless approved by that person. <br /> <br />Mr. Crow noted he was not present at the April 22, 2013, Council meeting but noted <br />that everything each of the members of Council say was for the record. He noted that <br />he has a hard time understanding that if you said it, why it shouldn’t be in quotes. Mr. <br />Crow said he did not know how the topic even got on the agenda. He said Mr. Kraft <br />said he wanted to have a discussion, there was no second, and was not noted at the <br />previous study session. Mr. Crow said this conversation went on for 45 minutes and <br />found it hard to believe that a few people did not know this conversation was going to <br />occur. He asked why this agenda item had no notice to any of his colleagues on the <br />Council, yet there was time to research the Charter, the previous minutes, prepare the <br />remarks, research HIPA, research employment law, research Ronald Reagan’s <br />quotes and research the linguistic review of the word policy. Mr. Crow asked why <br />with all the time spent, his colleagues were not notified before the meeting. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft called for a Point of Order, stating the present discussion was to review the <br />minutes of the meeting. He said if you are unhappy with what happened at the <br />meeting, this could be discussed at a different point on the agenda. Mr. Kraft said the <br />discussion was does Council agree with what happened at the meeting, not why it <br />happened. <br /> <br />Mr. Crow stated he appreciated Mr. Kraft helping him understand the rules after his <br />fifteen minutes – Mr. Kraft called for a Point of Order. <br /> <br />Mayor Welsch ruled on the Point of Order, ruling that Mr. Crow should bring up his <br />points during the Council comment section as the Council was talking about the rules. <br /> <br />Ms. Crow appealed the Mayor’s ruling and Ms. Carr seconded the appeal. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />