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01/07/1988 - City Council Special MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EAGAN CITY COUNCIL Eagan, Minnesota January 7, 1988 A special meeting of the Eagan City Council was held on Thursday, January 7, 1988, at 6:30 p.m. at the Eagan Municipal Center Building. Present were Mayor Ellison and City Councilmembers Egan, Gustafson, and Wachter. Also present was City Administrator Hedges. The purpose of the meeting was to interview and select from several candidates, a replacement for the unexpired City Council term of Vic Ellison when he assumed the duties of Mayor for 1988- 1989. CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES INTERVIEWS Interviews were scheduled for nine of the twelve residents who had expressed an interest in writing to the office of the City Administrator for consideration of a City Council appointment. Those persons who were scheduled and attended fifteen (15) minute interviews were as follows: 1. Lloyd Krob 2. Sandra Masin 3. Pamela McCrea 4. Louis Olsen 5. Bruce Nauth 6. Stephen Rosenthal 7. Katherine Shoaps 8. Michele Swanson 9. John Westley Larry Guthrie and Nadim Zoberi had withdrawn their names from consideration for business reasons. William Dove, through late notification due to a mix-up in addresses, did not attend the interview session. Following the interviews, that were scheduled alphabethically, the City Council discussed qualifications of each candidate. In attendance for the intereviews and discussion were Karen Flood from the League of Women Voters and representatives of the media. Once the discussion was concluded on the part of the City Council, a ballot was distributed by the City Administrator with three members marking Pamela McCrea and one member who marked Lloyd Krob. Following the ballot, Mayor Ellison requested official action and in a motion by City Councilmember Wachter, seconded by City Councilmember Egan, with all members voting in favor, Pamela McCrea was selected to serve the two (2) year unexpired term of Vic Ellison (1988 and 1989) who had resigned as a member of the City Council to accept the duties of Mayor. It was noted that Pamela McCrea will be considered City Councilmember designee until the official Oath of Office is administered at the January 19, 1988, regular meeting. 47 ~'k r Special Minutes Eagan City Council January 7, 1988 PRAYER/CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS Mayor Ellison asked if the City Council would have any objection if he worked with the local Ministerial Association to introduce a prayer at the beginning of each City Council meeting. There was some discussion and a question raised whether there is any legal concerns of having prayer at a public meeting of a local government entity. The City Administrator was directed to review the matter with the City Attorney and inform the City Council at a later date. ADJOURNMENT There being no additional business, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 10:15 p.m TLH January 7, 1988 Dated ty Adminstra or Ci Clerk