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day this Council has an obligation to uphold the integrity of the City, our honor and decorum <br />that is expected from the elected officials. <br /> <br />Dr. Carr addressed the bite of the apple. She said that to postpone indefinitely just says you <br />don’t want to vote on it. She said for the same reason you don’t want to keep good minutes <br />and don’t want people to know what you are doing. Dr. Carr noted that all her votes are <br />accompanied by correspondence back and forth with her constituents. She stated that none of <br />the people would be here if Council would have just taken a vote. <br /> <br />Mr. Jennings motion for roll-call vote was “Any resolution that has been finally disposed of at a <br />meeting may not be brought back or renewed at a subsequent meeting for 12 months and any <br />resolution that is the same or essentially the same will be considered out of order during that <br />time period.” <br /> <br />Roll Call vote: <br />AYES: Mr. Kraft, Mr. Glickert, Mr. Sharpe, Mr. Jennings and Mayor Welsch <br />NAYS: Mr. Crow and Dr. Carr <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft asked if Rule 39 could be removed but it was decided that additional rule changes <br />could be done at a later time. <br /> <br />Dr. Carr’s suggested rule change that would become Rule 3 – A “All efforts should be <br />expended to ensure that a physical quorum of Councilmembers is physically present at all <br />meetings. In case of an emergency situation or other circumstances preventing physical <br />attendance, Councilmembers may attend meetings and vote via video conference <br />transmission. If at any time during a meeting one or more of the elements of a video <br />conference becomes compromised (e.g. if any participants are unable to see, hear or fully <br />communicate), then the video conference participant is deemed immediately absent and this <br />absence should be reflected in the minutes. Councilmembers attending a meeting via video <br />conference are deemed present for purposes of participating in a roll call vote to the same <br />effect as Councilmembers who are in physical attendance of the meeting. If the video <br />conference fails during the act of voting, the voting shall stop until all of the components of the <br />video conference attendance are restored and the video conference participant’s presence is <br />again noted in the minutes. If the video conference cannot be restored during voting, the <br />participant will be deemed immediately absent and will not participate in the vote. Council <br />meeting minutes shall reflect the Councilmember, if any, participating via video conference. <br />Participation and vote by video conferences shall not be permitted in closed meetings of <br />Council”. <br /> <br />Dr. Carr said this is referred to as Maria’s Law. She noted that it puts no onus on anyone to <br />participate in this manner but does allow for those who might find themselves out of town and <br />feel the need to participate to do so. <br /> <br />Mr. Glickert asked the City Clerk where the City is at for video conferencing. The City Clerk <br />noted that they are in possession of a video cam but did not know how it could be set up for <br />the dais. The other problem would be having speaker connections with the microphone <br />system. Mr. Glickert noted that there presently are some operational issues right now but they <br />can be fixed. Mr. Glickert asked for the difference between excused and absent as it pertains <br />to the video conferencing. It sounded like if there is a malfunction and the onus is on the <br />member’s back - you will be counted as absent even though you were present originally. Mr. <br />Glickert also looked for some clarification if a person was on a video conference, was counted <br />as present and the video connection stopped after half-way through the meeting would the <br />minutes reflect that person as absent? <br />7 <br /> <br /> <br />