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Special Council Meeting May- 1 , 1990 page 2 1 of term of the appointee. If the Council vacancy occurs during the first 2 two years of a four-year term, the appointee will serve only until the 3 next City election, when a special election will be held to fill the remaining 4 two years of the term. If the vacancy occurs in the last two years of the 5 term, the appointee will serve for the remainder of the term of the person 6 replaced. 7 8 Mayor Pro-tem Ranallo had inquired of the City Attorney what the outcome 9 would be if there were a tie vote, that being, two to two, in filling 10 the vacant Council seat. The City Attorney felt this motion would probably 11 fail for lack of a majority, but he will research the question and advise 12 the Council of his findings. 13 14 Motion by-Marks, second by Enrooth to accept the resignation of Robert 15 Sundland as Mayor and place his letter of resignation on file. 16 17 Motion carried unanimously 18 19 4. APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR 20 21 Motion by Marks, second by Makowske to appoint a qualified person to fill 22 the position of Mayor; and since Clarence Ranallo has been filling that • �3 position and has been serving as Mayor Pro-tem for quite a few years, 24 that Clarence Ranallo be appointed to the position of Mayor of the City 25 of St. Anthony. 26 27 Mayor Pro-tem Ranallo indicated his willingness to serve as Mayor if the 28 City Council passes the motion. He noted there is three and one half years 29 left of his term as Councilmember. 30 31 Roll Call : Marks, Enrooth, Makowske - aye 32 Ranallo - no vote 33 ' 34 Motion is carried 35 36 The City Manager requested Mayor Ranallo to come to City Hall on May 2nd 37 to be sworn in as Mayor. 38 39 Mayor Ranallo thanked the Councilmembers for their vote. He stated he- felt 40 a vote of confidence like this by one's peers is very significant. He noted 41 he has worked with all of the presently-seated Councilmembers for over 42 twelve years, both as Planning Commission members, as well as Councilmembers 43 and they know him very well . 44 45 Mayor Ranallo shared the feelings that no one could replace Bob Sundland, as 46 he is a very special kind of person. The Mayor thinks Bob Sundland is a very 47 good teacher as was his predecessor, Sally Haik. 48 • 49 Mayor. Ranallo stated his intention to stand for re-election as Mayor in a 50 year and one half.