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Mr. Sharpe questioned why Council was even dealing with something from 2006. Ms. Carr stated that this meeting concerns the election issue and her belief is that knowing the past provides more depth to your discussions. She stated that in order to make a decision about how the City approached the election certification she had looked back to see what had been done previously. And during this meeting there was a challenge to remove two candidates from the ballot because they had not paid their taxes by the time they were certified. Ms. Carr stated that although the decision had been made not to go forward with the challenge she believes that it is important that the City always have minutes that are as complete as possible. Mr. Sharpe stated that even if Council believed that there was a necessity to revise what occurred during this meeting they should not be used with respect to future candidates or certifications. He stated that in his opinion Council should be guided by the current City Attorney and her research based upon what the laws and regulations are today. Ms. Carr respectfully disagreed with Mr. Sharpe’s comments, adding that her research can only be as good as the documentation, as Ms. Glickert has often said; this is the history of our City. Mr. Sharpe stated that one of the things he does believe will be a necessity is to have Mr. Mulligan present so that Council can hear what he has to say. Mr. Crow stated that in his opinion this does not have as much to do with the most recent election issue, as it does with the veracity of all the actions taken by Council, so there needs to be a record that the action was taken. Mayor Welsch stated that if Council’s desire is to recreate minutes from eight years ago then she believes that the other members of Council who were at that meeting should also be made available to provide information to assist in the creation of those minutes. Because what she remembers is that they discussed a legal issue in a legal Executive Session. Mayor Welsch stated that she would also like to say on the record that the issue Ms. Carr is talking about was not the certification of the candidates, because the formal certification happened in January of 2006, ten Tuesdays before the election. She stated that the issue outlined in the notes pertains to reigning in a City Manager who was trying to go to court without permission of Council to sue another member of Council’s staff, the City Clerk, to get two candidates that had already been certified taken off the ballot. Mayor Welsch stated that the candidates in the 2006 election were certified by the City Clerk ten Tuesdays before the election in April 2006, which is mandated by State law. Mayor Welsch concluded that there was a consensus by Council that Ms. Pumm will, as she can, put together minutes that will go into Council’s record books. She stated that the minutes also need to indicate that they were recreated eight years after the fact. M. UNFINISHED BUSINESS BILLS N. NEW BUSINESS RESOLUTIONS BILLS O. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION (continued if needed) P. COUNCIL COMMENTS Ms. Carr stated that for as long as she can remember the City has always held the League of Women Voter’s Candidate Forum, but last Friday she discovered that they were not going to do so this year. She stated that she and former Senator Joan Bray contacted the League to discuss the issue and learned that the reason they had decided not to conduct the forum was that the unit who typically handled the event were no longer interested in doing it. Ms. Carr stated that the league advised her that they would be amenable to conducting the forum if she would be the point person. She stated that she then asked Mr. Walker if he would provide her with a location to hold the forum