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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 14, 2020 Page 3 A. Resolution 20-010, a Resolution Appointing Wendy Webster to fill a vacancy on the Saint Anthony Village City Council. City Manager Casey reviewed the resolution with the Council and indicated that the Council is requested to appoint someone to fill a vacancy on the City Council. He noted on Wednesday, January 8, 2020, Mayor Stille and Councilmembers Jenson, Randle and Walker interviewed four applicants. 10 Mayor Stille indicated he had one public input sheet. 12 Ms. Maret Olson stated as a resident of Saint Anthony, she always comes to the meeting to speak 13 in favor of diversity and while she was glad to see the Council the way it is, thought the Council 14 still needed a woman representing the citizens of the City and would speak in favor of all of the 15 female candidates the Council is considering. She would also like to remind the Council to not 16 only consider this person because the Council enjoys working with or agrees with or has a vision 17 that Council thinks will work and accommodate the Council's vision but choosing a 18 representative for everyone in the City. As a citizen of the City, she has not had the opportunity 19 to meet the candidates and to talk to the people who have applied to the position. There are some 20 members within the pool of applicants who ran for office, who made an effort to get her vote and 21 to find out what her views were, sought to represent her, and one of those applicants is Nancy 22 Robinett. She noted Ms. Robinett did not win as Mayor but received 1,150 votes which is 23 enough to win a City Council race in most years. She would speak on her behalf and hope the 24 Council would seriously consider Ms. Robinett as a representative of the citizens of this 25 jurisdiction who have chosen her with their votes in other elections. 26 27 Mayor Stille thanked Ms. Olson for speaking. Mayor Stille asked for the audience to withhold 28 applause during the meeting. 29 30 Councilmember Jenson stated Saint Anthony was fortunate to receive four applications for this 31 position and each one has unique and insightful concepts describing their desire to serve the 32 City's residents. He encouraged residents to go to the City's website to review the four 33 applications. He thought the residents will find, as he did, that significant amount of preparation 34 and time was spent in their development. During last Wednesday's interview session, each 35 candidate was asked eleven questions and provided formal responses. On behalf of Saint 36 Anthony, he thanked all of the applicants for stepping forward and for the willingness to 37 participate in the process and desire to serve the City. He encouraged the applicants to continue 38 using their energy towards areas of public service. 39 40 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Randle, to approve Resolution 41 20-010; a Resolution Appointing Wendy Webster to fill a vacancy on the Saint Anthony City 42 Council. 43 44 Councilmember Walker explained he has conducted interviews over his years in his profession 45 and it was a difficult task in choosing the right person because all of the candidates usually were 46 competent persons for the position. The occasions where the process was easy to disqualify a