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• FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES -6- March 10, 2004 Election year discussion and consideration (continued) Council member Lindstrom said that he would like to table this item indefinitely. Roseville has decided to move from odd to even year local elections. He understands the School District will be examining this issue over the next year and a half to determine whether they will move to even year elections or remain with odd year elections. Council member Talbot said the City Council has held four workshops on this. Regardless of what the School District does, his opinion on the subject will remain the same. Have a motion to vote this up or vote it down. Council member Kuettel said that she agrees with Council member Talbot. She is not interested in spending more workshop time on this. Council member Lamb said that if a vote is taken this evening and this item is defeated, only someone from the prevailing side can bring the matter up again. What is the legal timeframe for reintroduction of this item to an agenda? Is it a few months, one year? Administrator • Worthington said she would have to consult the City Attorney for an answer to his question. Council member Talbot said that he wants to be done with this. There are good reasons for staying with odd year elections. Odd year elections get the focus of the informed voters. An informed electorate is the backbone of democracy. Even year elections mean getting lost in the pack, little press coverage, and being eenie, meanie, mo'ed into office. A brief discussion followed. The general consensus of the Council was to remove this item from this evening's agenda. REPORTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS: None INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council member Talbot said the North Suburban Communications Commission will be accepting applications for their annual scholarship awards. Scholarship funds are provided by Comcast Cable Company. Applicants must be residents of CTV's member cities and must have completed at least one year of college or vocational training, with a primary field of study in mass communication, journalism, television production, video engineering or similar course of study. Applications can be picked up at the CTV offices, by calling CTV at 651-792-7515, or via their web site at www.ctvl5.or~. To be considered, the completed application must be returned no later than 4:00 PM, Friday, April 16. Students selected for a scholarship award will be notified in May and will be invited to receive their awards at the NSCC meeting in June. p