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for the legal work required to re-draft the Charter. Mr. Kennedy's billings, including those for work before his first meeting and his memorandum noting the legal changes the Charter should make, totaled $1,364.50. V. Charter Review Term Limits: Ruth White offered the proposal from the June 1993 meetings for inclusion on the Fall ballot: "4.02, subd. 2. No elected city office holder will be allowed to hold more than eight consecutive years in the same office." The commission briefly discussed the state constitutional law issue presented by a term limit proposal--that the city can't violate the State Constitution which prohibits limits on office seekers. The commission agreed that the wording on the ballot would have to make successful passage of a city term limit proposal dependent on the concurrent successful passage of a state constitutional amendment allowing term limits. Primary Election: The commission noted that the language previously discussed and proposed to the voters as potential new section 4.03 was: "On a Tuesday at least four weeks in advance of the regular municipal election as determined by the council, such as concurrent with a statewide primary, there shall be a primary election for the selection of two nominees for each office to be filled at the municipal election, unless no more than four imes the number-of candidates-to be-elected-file-forany elective office. No primary shall be required in the event a special election is required regardless of the number of candidates filing for office." The commission briefly discussed the operation of this primary--it would only be required if more than 4 persons file for mayor and/or more than 8 persons file for 2 council seats.