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l\IINUTES City of San Leandro City Council and San Leandro Redevelopment Agency Joint Meeting-June 7, 2004 Page 21 2. Business Development Committee Meeting of May 26, 2004. Accepted as submitted. 3. Finance Committee Meeting of May 20, 2004. Accepted as submitted. 4. Rules and Communications Committee Meeting of May 19, 2004. Accepted as submitted. Recommendation for City Council Consideration: a. Two conlpanion ballot nleasures which would provide the voters with the choice of amending the City Charter to either: 1) retain elections by majOlity vote and fix the term issue, or 2) return to plurality vote elections. Councilmember Glaze asked the City Attorney if the measure would have to go on the November ballot. He expressed concern about placing too many items on one ballot. Ms. Williams stated that it would complicate matters for those elected in November if the Charter was not amended to address the term issue. Councilmenlber Santos commented that the City has not yet had experience with a majority vote election and that it should be given time to see how it works. He pointed out that the Charter amendment requiring a candidate to win by Inajority vote was passed by a large margin, and he expressed interest in retaining.it through the November election. Mayor Young emphasized the need to address the telTIl of office problem for the elected candidates. If seated in March, they may serve only three years and nine months. Councihnember Glaze asked if the term of office problem would be fixed if the incumbent resigned on Dec 31 st. Ms. Williams replied that it would not, since the Charter currently states that in the event of a run-off, all officers will assume office 35 days following the run-off. She pointed out the need to amend the Charter to eliminate the 35-day provision for seating the new Council and replace it with a fixed date of January 1. Councilmember Grant asked questions about the available options. She agreed with Councilmember Glaze that there will already be many items on the November ballot, and she is hesitant to add more. Councilmelnber Stephens agreed with the need to keep the ballot offerings simple. He suggested that by experiencing problems with the current election system, the community might recognize the need to fix it. Councilmelnber Nardine commented that if the true cost of conducting run- off elections was presented to the community when the Charter amendment